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Wars have often accelerated technological change. The machine gun altered infantry tactics, the tank transformed mobility, and air power redefined strategic reach.

Tariff Reboot

President Donald Trump’s trade policy has acquired a second life. After the US Supreme Court curtailed key elements of the architecture that defined much of his economic agenda, the White House has returned with a familiar instrument wrapped in a different justification.

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Cattle Shed Answer

On 28 February 2026, the war that diplomats had spent two years rehearsing began. American and Israeli aircraft struck Iranian nuclear and missile installations; Iran’s Supreme Leader was killed, and by 2 March the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had formally closed the Strait of Hormuz to merchant traffic, laying mines and warning off shipping.

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Celebrating artistic diversity and creative exchange
Celebrating artistic diversity and creative exchange

Fine Touch has organized a group art exhibition KALABIMB–26. The 9th edition of the prestigious national art exhibition, it has brought together an inspiring collection of paintings, sculptures, photography, and mixed-media artworks by 25 distinguished artists from across India and beyond.

‘People vote for good governance’
‘People vote for good governance’

Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Hemant Khandelwal (61) is a seasoned politician with almost 20 years of experience at all levels of politics.

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Film criticism need not sound the death knell
Film criticism need not sound the death knell

Time was when Tamil films had regular press shows, which were held a few days before the movies hit the theatres. But this has now been cancelled, as filmmakers found much to their chagrin that journalists flouted the cardinal rule of journalism: balance.

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The Steel Plant that Sir Rajen built

The whirring of heavy earthmoving machinery dismantling the old and making way for the new was at work, punctuating the silence hanging heavy over the vintage steel mill which had come up here as the first steel plant in the state in the midst of World War I in 1918.

PM Modi applauds Praggnanandhaa after historic Norway Chess triumph
PM Modi applauds Praggnanandhaa after historic Norway Chess triumph

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated Indian chess sensation R Praggnanandhaa on his landmark victory at the Norway Chess tournament, hailing the achievement as a testament to the young grandmaster’s exceptional talent and consistent excellence on the international stage.