Gyanesh Kumar and the ECI Standoff: What's at Stake
India's Election Commission faces a rare public standoff: opposition parties have declared they will not vacate protest sites until Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar…
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Governance
›Egypt Warned Netanyahu Three Times Before Oct. 7
Egypt's intelligence chief Abbas Kamel personally warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about an impending Hamas attack from Gaza at least three separate times before…
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Jaishankar vs Pak Journalist: What Really Happened?
When Pakistan's External Affairs Minister faces pointed questions at multilateral forums, India's response reveals the state of bilateral diplomacy. At a recent international…
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CEC Gyanesh Kumar Under Fire: The SIR Row Explained
India's Election Commission is facing an internal dissent crisis over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has issued a 48-hour…
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Policy
›ECINet and the SIR: Why Maharashtra's Poll Chief Wants Local Officers to Have More Say
ECINet and the SIR: Why Maharashtra's Poll Chief Wants Local Officers to Have More Say Maharashtra's Chief Electoral Officer S Chockalingam wrote to the Election Commission of…
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Balen Shah's UN Broadside: Nepal's Cry for Climate Justice
Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah used his September 2026 address to the United Nations General Assembly to directly challenge the global community's failure to protect…
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Jaishankar vs Pak Journalist: What Really Happened?
When Pakistan's External Affairs Minister faces pointed questions at multilateral forums, India's response reveals the state of bilateral diplomacy. At a recent international…
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Corporate
›Essar's $15B Iowa Steel Plant: What It Means for India-US Trade
India's Essar Group has announced an $18 billion investment in the United States, anchored by a $15 billion steel manufacturing facility in Iowa — a project President Donald Trump…
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LPU Student Protests: What Triggered Punjab Campus Unrest?
Lovely Professional University near Phagwara, Punjab, erupted in violent protests after social media reports alleged the rape of a female student in a hostel by a plumber.…
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Sahil Wakode: Caste, IIT, and a Death Demanding Answers
IIT Bombay student Sahil Wakode died by suicide in September 2026. His parents allege sustained caste-based discrimination drove him to this end. An FIR has been registered, IIT-B…
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Politics
›Ahead of State Polls, Two Regional Parties Announce a Seat-Sharing Alliance
Two regional parties announced a seat-sharing arrangement ahead of upcoming state elections, reshaping the contest in a politically pivotal region and setting up a direct fight…
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Parliament's Session Opens With a Contested Bill on Urban Local Bodies
The new session of Parliament opened with the government tabling a bill to overhaul the way the country's fast-growing cities are governed, setting up an early confrontation with…
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Modi Returns to China for the First Time in Years, for an SCO Summit and a Xi Meeting.
The optics are enormous. The substance is deliberately modest. That gap is exactly what makes this trip worth reading closely. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is preparing to travel…
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Economy
›Essar's $15B Iowa Steel Plant: What It Means for India-US Trade
India's Essar Group has announced an $18 billion investment in the United States, anchored by a $15 billion steel manufacturing facility in Iowa — a project President Donald Trump…
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Bank Strike Deferred: What UFBU and IBA Agreed
Bank Strike Deferred: What the UFBU–IBA Agreement Actually Means A three-day nationwide bank strike scheduled for September 28–30, 2026 was deferred on September 27 after the…
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Netanyahu's UN Speech: What Did He Actually Say?
Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the UN General Assembly on September 24, 2026 was one of the most combative speeches delivered at the body in recent memory — targeting not just…
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News
›Putin's Party Wins Supermajority: What It Means
Russia's United Russia party secured a record 355 seats in the State Duma on September 21, 2026, winning a supermajority in a tightly controlled election held as Ukraine launched…
Trump's Houthi U-Turn: What MBS's Calls Revealed
Trump's Houthi U-Turn: What MBS's Calls Revealed By The Squirrels Editorial Bureau | September 21, 2026 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called US President Donald Trump…
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Russia-Ukraine War: Why Tensions Are Rising Again
Russia has declared it has "no choice but war" following what the Kremlin describes as a U-turn by the Trump administration on Ukraine negotiations, with US-Russia rapprochement…
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