US 100% Tariff Bill on India: What It Means
The US House of Representatives advanced the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 by a 214-211 procedural vote, authorising President Donald Trump to impose…
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BRICS Summit 2026: New Delhi Declaration Explained
The 18th BRICS Summit, held in New Delhi on September 12–13, 2026, concluded with the unanimous adoption of the 140-point New Delhi Declaration — the longest BRICS leaders'…
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A New Coastal Highway Promises to Cut the Mumbai–Goa Drive to Six Hours
A long-awaited coastal highway linking Mumbai to Goa moved closer to completion, with officials saying the bulk of the route would open to traffic in phases over the coming…
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Delhi Doesn't Need New Building Rules. It Needs to Enforce the Ones Already on the Books.
The Worst Trait The Satya Niketan building collapse — which has killed several students living in a Paying Guest accommodation near Delhi University's South Campus has brought up…
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Six Students Dead. Building Was 50 Years Old. Basement Work Was Underway. And Delhi Has 28,000 More Buildings Just Like It.
1:30 PM, Sunday At approximately 1:30 PM on Sunday, September 7, 2026 , a five-storey building in Satya Niketan — a congested residential neighbourhood adjacent to Delhi…
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Modi Shook Hands with Xi, Met Putin, Sat in a Room with Shehbaz. Every Interaction at Bishkek Carried the Weight of a Different Crisis.
One Room. Five Crises. On September 1, 2026 , Prime Minister Modi sat at a table in Bishkek's Yrys Ordo Congress Hall with four leaders. Each represents a crisis The Squirrels has…
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Punjab's Floods Have Drowned 2.3 Lakh Acres of Paddy at the Worst Possible Moment.
A flood is an economic event as much as a humanitarian one — and Punjab's hits at the intersection of farming, food security and small enterprise. August 30 is observed in India…
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Himachal's Monsoon Has Killed 320. The Hills Are Collapsing Onto the Plains Below.
The story of north India's monsoon this year runs downhill — and it starts in Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh has recorded a cumulative death toll of 320 since the monsoon set…
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As Punjab Drowns, Bhagwant Mann Asks Delhi for ₹60,000 Crore in Relief.
Every big Indian disaster eventually becomes an argument about money — and Punjab's flood is now squarely there. As Punjab battles its worst floods in nearly four decades , Chief…
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Punjab Is Facing Its Worst Floods Since 1988 — and the Water Is Made Upstream.
Punjab has not seen a monsoon do this in nearly four decades — and the disaster is being made upstream, in the hills. For most of August, meteorologists called Punjab…
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The Supreme Court Cut the Bar to Become a Judge From Three Years of Practice to One.
Who gets to sit in judgment, and how soon, just changed. The Supreme Court has softened its own rule barring fresh law graduates from judicial service exams — trading a three-year…
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India Just Opened Its Conventional Missile Production to Private Firms.
For decades, building India's missiles was the work of the state. This week, the Defence Ministry decided to share that work with the private sector — and the list of systems on…
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