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Every year, usually on the 14th of April, Tamil people around the world mark Puthandu, their new year, and the first day of the month of Chithirai in the Tamil solar calendar.
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Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, a fearless Palestinian-American journalist whose writing and reports are defined by unparalleled integrity, depth and eloquence, was arrested on March 3 in Kuwait. He is charged with spreading false information
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Since the beginning of the new era, China’s policy of fostering amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness in neighborhood diplomacy has significantly advanced its relations with neighboring countries. China has reached a
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by Nil “Rumour and conspiracy theories can produce even more powerful effects than reality.” With this disquietingly contemporary observation, Rasputin: And the Downfall of the Romanovs by Antony Beevor declares its central
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by Durga “‘Azadi’ means ‘freedom.’” The clarity of this statement is immediately destabilised by the lived reality that follows: “Azadi Stadium… where 100,000 fans can watch the country’s most important games. But
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At a solemn Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony today afternoon, David Barnea, head of Mossad, delivered a stark message about the future of Israel’s covert operations against Iran, signaling that recent military actions
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Editorial Today in Sri Lanka, and many other countries across Asia, April is not simply being celebrated—it is being performed, consumed, and, in some cases, quietly misunderstood. The Sinhala and Tamil New
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What compels a young woman raised in comfort to seek proximity to violence? What does it mean to voluntarily step into conversations with those who openly declare allegiance to brutality? And how
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The two-week ceasefire between the United States, Iran and Israel, announced by Donald Trump just hours before a self-imposed escalation deadline, has paused a 39-day conflict that had moved with unusual speed
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Iranian authorities carried out at least 1,639 executions in 2025, marking the highest annual figure recorded since 1989, according to a joint report by Norway-based Iran Human Rights and Paris-based Together Against
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Tripura sustained its status as a “zero-insurgency” State through 2025 and into 2026, with no reported insurgency-related fatalities and no active militant violence. The gains achieved through the September 4, 2024, Memorandum
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On March 30, 2026, Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Harish Kumar Gupta declared that the state was free of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), a day before the Centre’s
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