In May 2026, three United Nations Special Rapporteurs issued a warning to the Indian Government, stating that the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls might endanger democratic participation.
A well-honed tool in the United States’ diplomatic box is to rub the nose of its vassal states in the dust occasionally to remind them they are a lower form of life,
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A national daily commented editorially yesterday that apropos of the United States’ war on Iran, the Modi government should “take a more emphatic stand against the war and work with other powers to de-escalate
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India allowed an Iranian warship to dock at a southern naval port after the vessel reported technical problems, according to government sources, in a development that unfolded just days before another Iranian
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by Our Defence Affairs Editor “The war has expanded to the Indian Ocean, if not the Indo-Pacific. And the sinking of the Iranian warship, while within the boundaries of what is permissible
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Five days after the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in what is widely reported as a US-Israel strike, India formally expressed its condemnation and
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In a spectacle that has stunned observers around the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood in Israel, publicly embracing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—a leader wanted by the International Criminal Court for war
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Manipur is quietly arming itself into a deeper deadlock. Between July 2023 and February 2026, amid ongoing ethnic violence and a severe law-and-order crisis, the State government issued over 7,227 new arms
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India’s fertilizer subsidy bill is poised to climb in the current and upcoming fiscal years as tensions in the Gulf region threaten to drive up natural gas prices and freight costs, industry
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India’s lucrative basmati rice exports, valued at nearly $6 billion for FY25, are facing an unprecedented threat as escalating tensions in West Asia disrupt shipping and raise logistics costs. Exporters are meeting
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India and Canada took a major step toward strengthening bilateral ties on Monday, signing a landmark agreement on uranium cooperation and agreeing to finalize a comprehensive economic partnership agreement in the near
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In Mumbai’s Dhobi Ghat, a sprawling open-air laundry, residents initially greeted Nagi’s arrival with skepticism. Buckets of bright yellow, magenta, green, turquoise, and red paint sparked fear that the government was marking
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Any longtime observer of the US-Iran hostility would know that appearances can be deceptive diplomacy. Over time, one gets to read the tea leaves with reasonable success with the help of intuitive
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India’s foreign exchange reserves fell by $2.11 billion to $723.608 billion in the week ending February 20, according to the latest data released by the Reserve Bank of India. This follows a
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In Gurugram, just outside New Delhi, Krishna Khandelwal is leading a quiet revolution that could reshape India’s workforce. His startup, Hunar.AI, uses artificial intelligence to create chatbots capable of managing entire hiring
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The United States has long maintained a network of military bases across the Middle East, intended as a shield for allies, a deterrent against regional threats, and a platform for projecting power.
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