by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor India has decided to sideline Sri Lanka from a substantive role at this year’s BRICS summit in New Delhi, scheduled for 12–13 September this weekend, according to
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In a small village in Haryana, a mother’s grief has become a stark symbol of a much larger national crisis. “My son wanted to become a wrestler. How does a liver collapse
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The fragile architecture of the transatlantic alliance is showing new cracks as U.S. President Donald Trump’s disputes with European leaders deepen, casting even his former allies into political isolation. Nowhere is this
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A growing backlash is unfolding across the United States as President Donald Trump faces rare and vocal criticism from within Christian and particularly Catholic circles, after a series of provocative posts in
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M.A. Sumanthiran of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) declared that the Tamil demand for self-rule remains unchanged, even as his party faces the fallout of a significant electoral setback in Sri
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Former Minister Douglas Devananda has issued a blunt warning over what he describes as the growing failure of local governance mechanisms, stating that he will take the concerns of the public directly
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Across the globe, the tools of conflict are evolving. In South Asia, the erosion of the Indus Waters Treaty is transforming rivers into instruments of strategic leverage between India and Pakistan. Half
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At the end of Hannah Arendt’s 1970 interview with Adelbert Reif, she offers some of her most direct thoughts on our political predicaments today. Across the political spectrum, she writes, there is
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of striking a ₹1,000-crore deal to unseat her government, triggering a major political confrontation ahead of the state elections. Her
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China has intensified its anti-corruption campaign by formally targeting intermediaries who facilitate bribery, as part of a broader effort to combat increasingly sophisticated and concealed forms of graft. In new judicial guidance
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