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Crossing the Line

The deaths of three Indian sailors in an American strike on a commercial tanker off the coast of Oman mark a grim turning point in a conflict that has steadily expanded beyond its original protagonists.

Borders First

Only days ago, football invited us to believe that the World Cup’s greatest gift lies beyond victory itself. The tournament’s magic has never resided solely in identifying the strongest team.

The Fifth Stream ~ I

The greatest characteristic of Indian politics has been that ideological struggles here have always been multi-layered. Since the freedom movement, different conceptions of nationalism, secularism, socialism, cultural identity, and democracy have competed with one another.

Boundless Belief

India’s first Women’s World Cup victory was not just a sporting milestone ~ it was the crystallisation of decades of perseverance, family faith, and the quiet revolution of ambition taking root in small-town India.

World on the brink

The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) 1996, which prohibited “any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion” was signed by 187 countries, including Russia, China and the United States.

Vigilance lost

The theft of royal jewels from the Louvre is more than an audacious crime. It is a warning about what happens when prestige eclipses prudence.

Quantum Meets AI

For some years now, artificial intelligence has commanded the spotlight, reshaping industries, dazzling investors, and alarming policymakers in equal measure.