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.
India has introduced a new excise duty on cigarettes, ranging from 2,050 to 8,500 rupees ($22.8–$94.5) per thousand sticks depending on product length, the finance ministry announced late Wednesday. The levy, effective
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The emerging rapprochement among China, Pakistan, and Bangladesh has shifted the strategic equation in South Asia. This development is shocking to the international observers, as at the time of the ousted prime
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by Luxman It is an early twentieth-century work by Edward Gait, first published in 1926, shaped by the intellectual and imperial assumptions of its time. A History of Assam is not simply a regional
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On December 25, 2025, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ‘commander’ and ‘Central Committee Member (CCM)’ Ganesh Uike aka Rupa aka Rajesh Tiwari aka Chamu aka Pakka Hanumantu (69), who carried an INR 11 million bounty on his head, was among
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India is demanding over $30 billion in compensation from Reliance Industries and BP in an arbitration case over gas the companies allegedly failed to produce from offshore fields, Reuters has reported for
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Ambassador Satish Chandra, a 1965-batch Indian Foreign Service officer and current Vice Chairman of the Vivekananda International Foundation in New Delhi, belongs to a generation of diplomats whose professional lives unfolded alongside
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The Indian Army has significantly expanded its counter-terrorism operations across the Kishtwar and Doda districts of Jammu and Kashmir, pressing ahead through freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall to pursue Pakistani terrorists seeking
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On December 26, 2025, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Kashmir’s chief cleric and a long-standing moderate separatist leader, removed the designation “Chairman, All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC)” from his social media profile following a
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The Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses occupies a discreet position within Delhi’s top security institutions. Winter light lay flat and pale across the office passages, lending the space a
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On December 20, 2025, a permitted Sikh Nagar Kirtan-a traditional religious procession-held in Manurewa, South Auckland, New Zealand, was briefly disrupted by around 50 protesters linked to Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki.
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The US Embassy in India has issued a strong warning to applicants about visa scams, amid ongoing delays in H-1B visa processing and renewals that have left many stranded in India. According
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Two of Tata Steel’s Dutch subsidiaries are facing a class action lawsuit in the Netherlands, with claims totaling about €1.4 billion (₹14,810 crore) over alleged environmental and health-related damage, Mint reports. The
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As India closes a tumultuous year in foreign policy, the government is turning its attention squarely to economic measures aimed at stabilizing growth and investment. According to Front Line India, a combination
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India’s rapid push to become a global hub for artificial intelligence is fueling an unprecedented expansion of data centers across the country, but the infrastructure boom is placing growing strain on water
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India has registered a remarkable level of economic development over the last eleven years, with the country emerging as the fourth largest economy in the world. With the Government of India implementing
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