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’s aspiring middle class is grappling with an unprecedented wave of personal debt, as years of aggressive retail lending and rising living costs converge into a national financial crisis, according to a
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India’s foreign exchange reserves increased by USD 10.872 billion, reaching USD 676.26 billion in the week ending April 4, 2025, according to official data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
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A CIA report later revealed that J.R. placed his hopes in America and his foreign allies to help him weather the storm of the 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord. But as their silence grew
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Nearly one-third of all domestic digital payments in India this year have been credit-driven, powered by credit cards and equated monthly instalments (EMIs), according to a recent survey analysing transaction data from
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In a haunting reminder of India’s protracted internal conflict, the central government’s militarised approach toward tackling Maoist insurgency in the mineral-rich Bastar region of Chhattisgarh has deepened the marginalisation of the Adivasi
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Ahead of the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday announced that the AIADMK, BJP, and other allied parties will contest the state polls together under the
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On 8th April 2025, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India severely criticised the Tamil Nadu Governor for not giving assent to ten bills for several months after they were
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BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has subscribed to a $750 million bond issue by India’s Adani Group, a private placement deal that marks a potential recovery for the conglomerate despite ongoing
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In 1964, during the second summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Cairo, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) Sirimavo Bandaranaike proposed that the Indian Ocean be turned into a ‘zone of
More India is intensifying its efforts to finalize a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom as the country navigates the economic fallout from newly imposed US tariffs. With global trade tensions
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In the face of escalating tariffs under President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, Apple is deepening its reliance on India to mitigate the financial blow to its business. With the tech
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Bimal Rathnayake was a notable absentee during Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka. Although other key figures, such as Lalkantha and Samantha Vidyaratna, were also absent, Bimal’s absence stood out significantly. Recently, Bimal
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India is pushing for the rapid finalization of a bilateral trade agreement with the United States, following the implementation of new reciprocal tariffs introduced by U.S. President Donald Trump. Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi The Rising Bharat Summit 2025 unfolded as a timely convergence of ambition, reflection, and regional introspection, as two young South Asian leaders—Namal Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka
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I was the Security Officer of Naval Base, Trincomalee in month of September 1987. My phone rang. It was Chief of Staff from Naval Headquarters, Colombo. “Ravi, Indian Navy wants some help
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