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Big turbulence in Indo-US relations: The US authorities have “exposed” an Indian government official’s role in plotting the murder of Khalistani extremist Pannun!
Shortly after the Financial Times (a UK-based daily newspaper company) floated a news piece illustrating how the US government allegedly ‘thwarted’ an Indian plot to execute a ‘Sikh separatist’ Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on the American turf, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) i
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“Indian Robinhood” Ananta Lal Singh: How a Revolutionary Nationalist went down in history as a propounder of anarchy?
The protagonist of this article, Ananta Lal Singh, is an archetypal ‘anti-hero’ of the Indian National Movement. The title of his autobiography, “Keu Boley Dakat, Keu Boley Biplobi” (Bengali for ‘Some Call Me a Robber, Some Call Me a Revolutionary’), exemplifies h
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Does Nepal want a return to Monarchy? Thousands of pro-monarchy protestors clashed with authorities, leaving 30 injured.
On November 23rd, Kathmandu witnessed waves of pro-monarchy protesters and demonstrators storming into the national capital, waving the national flag and coming to blows with the Nepalese authorities and bureaucrats. If you watch this footage, it will remind you of phenomenal movements like the Quit
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‘Mysterious pneumonia’ plagues Chinese children: The WHO and other global experts are spooked, fearing the onset of another pandemic.
On November 13th, Chinese health authorities got coerced into holding a press conference where they acknowledged an abrupt spike in cases of a ‘mysterious pneumonia’ that has been preying predominantly on children since mid-October. A week earlier, a children’s hospital in Beijing
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West’s ‘moral high ground’ is in shambles: A far-right anti-Islamic demagogue, Geert Wilders, is en route to take oath as the new Dutch PM!
Meet Geert Wilders, the promulgator of far right-wing and anti-Islam ideology in the Netherlands, whose party prides itself on its flagrant Islamophobic and anti-immigration policies. In one of the biggest upsets in Dutch politics since the Second World War, exit polls suggest the sixty-year-old Dut
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Doomsday for Myanmar’s Junta? Burmese President fears the country could get split into two.
On November 10th, Myanmar’s (military-installed) president, Myint Swe, expressed his apprehension regarding his fear that the country would split into two unless its military ‘Junta’ government urgently crushed the ethnic rebellions spawning in the country’s border areas. Man
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Government mandates state-provided Unique ID (UID) for doctors: Why is this necessary?
How good a solution is providing Unique ID (UID) for doctors in India? On October 26th, a resident of Delhi, Jai Narayan, was diagnosed with gall bladder stones at Agarwal Medical Centre at Greater Kailash-I in South Delhi. None in the facility conducted the necessary tests before abruptly
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“Make Adultery a Crime Again,” the Parliament and the Supreme Court to enter into a legal quagmire?
Amidst a recent development, a parliamentary committee on Home Affairs has suggested that the act of ‘adultery’ should be reconsidered as a criminal offence and be re-instituted in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023. The BNS is set to replace the 163-year-old Indian Penal Code (IPC)
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“Saharashri” Subrata Roy, founder of Sahara Group, passes away at 75.
One of India’s most impactful and controversial business tycoons, the founder of the ‘Sahara India Parivar’ Subrata Roy, breathed his last on November 14th. At around 10:30 PM, ‘Saharashri Ji’ (an affectionate endearment given to him by his company) passed away due to a
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Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse: The lives of forty trapped labourers stay jeopardised as a 30-meter segment of the ‘under construction’ tunnel crashed down.
On November 12th, while we woke up with a festive mood of Diwali, dreadful news from Uttarakhand surfaced. At around 5:30 AM, a 30-meter segment of the Uttarkashi-Yamunotri Tunnel collapsed, trapping forty labourers inside. As of now, none of the workers have gotten rescued, but thankfully, the conc
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“Laal Qiley se aayi awaaz __ Sehgal, Dhillon, Shahnawaaz!” The story of the Red-fort trials.
After Japan’s surrender and the defeat of the Axis powers in the Second World War, the Indian National Army (INA) could see their doomsday approaching. With Netaji’s mysterious disappearance following the Taihoku plane crash on August 18th, 1945, the leaderless INA got obliterated by the
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Diwali 2023: History, significance, and unknown facts.
Deepawali (Diwali), also known as the “Festival of Lights,” is an auspicious Hindu festival spreading over five days that symbolises the ‘victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance.’ The celebration starts with Dhanteras and ends with Bhai Do
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Swami Vivekananda’s view on ‘Gau Raksha’ might unsettle a lot of religious fanatics in modern India.
According to a report published by Reuters in 2017, the cases of violence under the placard of ‘Gau Raksha‘ (Cow Vigilantism) have skyrocketed since 2015. From 2010 to 2017, 28 Indians (24 Muslims) were killed and 124 injured due to cow-related violence. The rate of murders under C
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Remembering Shri Bipin Chandra Pal, the man who tried to liberate India both from the British and the country’s intrinsic religious dogmatism.
Every revolution on this planet has been a manifestation of the ideas and ideologies put forward by a ‘writer’ or a ‘journalist.’ Since time immemorial, journalists have used the might of a pen to influence their readers by spinning a narrative of public concern. The Indian N
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Meet the founder of the Bajaj group and Gandhi Ji’s “Merchant Prince,” Shri Jamnalal Bajaj
In India, Bajaj is a household name. Today, the Bajaj group comprises 40 companies, and its flagship company, "Bajaj Auto," is ranked as the world's fourth largest two and three-wheeler manufacturer
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How Sardar Patel welded 565 princely states with a young dominion to create the India we know?
“Little pools of water tend to become stagnant and useless, but if they get joined together to form a big lake, the atmosphere is cooled, and there is a universal benefit,” these were the profound words uttered by the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of the young Dominion of
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Durga Puja of West Bengal: A sacred precept of communal harmony that has shattered the historic dirge of oppression and dogmatism
One of the most celebrated festivals of eastern India is the Durga Puja (pronounced ‘Pujo’), which stretches for five days, coinciding with ‘Navraatri’ during the ‘Sharat Ritu’ (Autumn). It is a festival that narrates the vigour of divine feminity against evil. Fo
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Sacrificing long-term financial security for short-term satisfaction: How debt has become our new lifestyle?
Earlier this month, I had flocked to a nearby smartphone retail shop to explore their stock. There, I noticed a curious pattern unfold. Stacks of the newly launched iPhone 15 were lined up at the display, and the catalogue featured EMI rates and loan rates but not the entire retail price. Instead of
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“No means No,” unless you are her husband: How marital rape stays legalised in India despite terrorising figures?
Hi, do you want to know what a married woman can do if her husband has sexual intercourse with her WITHOUT consent? According to India’s criminal law, she only has two options: She could either ‘tolerate’ forceful sex with her husband for the rest of her life; Or, she should get he
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The untamable and unpredictable Kishore Kumar!
I can vividly recollect the first song I babyishly blabbered when I had only started to speak. The song was “Kehna Hai,” from the evergreen classic Hindi movie “Padosan.” While I was too young to comprehend the plot of the movie, the visual of a young man named “B
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