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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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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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The border that broke the relationship in 2020 is now the venue for putting it back together — one carefully worded consensus at a time. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval…
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One of India's oldest statehood demands has been reopened — carefully. The Centre has set up a committee to chase a settlement for the Gorkhas of the Darjeeling hills, while…
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A threat India helped suppress two years ago has resurfaced in the Gulf of Aden. On August 17, 2026 , armed pirates seized the Cameroon-flagged cargo vessel M/V Lutuf off Marraya…
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Two democracies at opposite ends of Asia are stitching their navies closer together. The agreement is technical. The signal is strategic. On August 20, 2026 , India's Defence…
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In Bihar, a job notification is never just a job notification. Student protests erupted in Patna as demonstrators marched toward the Chief Minister's residence and Raj Bhavan ,…
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One person, one vote — or one state, one voice? India cannot have both at full strength. The Tamil Nadu Assembly has passed a resolution demanding that the number of Lok Sabha…
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Not a Look Back at 1947. A Countdown to 2047. On the morning of August 15, 2026 , for the first time on an Independence Day, Vande Mataram rang out from the ramparts of the Red…
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The First Indian Flag to Go Down On August 4, 2026 , the MSV Faize Noore Oliya — an Indian-flagged cargo vessel carrying oil from Saudi Arabia — was attacked by an…
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The Number India Has Frozen for 53 Years India's Parliament has 543 Lok Sabha seats . This number — and each state's share of it — has been frozen since 1973 , when constituency…
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A terrorist attack in Kulgam district on July 31, 2026, resulted in the death of one migrant worker and critical injuries to another. This incident at a Kelam brick kiln marks a…
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