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Cleaner water

Universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all by 2030 is the norm under UN Sustainable Development Goal 6.

Hormuz Paradox

Iran’s attempt to turn the Strait of Hormuz into an instrument of strategic coercion may have given Tehran something years of missile development, proxy warfare and nuclear brinkmanship never quite achieved: the ability to impose an immediate economic cost on countries far beyond the battlefield.

Hormuz Paradox
Wartime Reckoning

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has defused an extraordinary political crisis, but only after reversing the logic of the decision that created it.

Wartime Reckoning
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‘No anti-incumbency in Uttarakhand’

Uttarakhand Education Minister and the state's well-known organisational strategist, Dhan Singh Rawat, has consistently earned the confidence of the BJP's central leadership to manage parts of its election campaigns in poll-bound states across the country.

‘No anti-incumbency in Uttarakhand’
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Introducing Shakespeare at School
Introducing Shakespeare at School

Have you ever tried reading Charles and Mary Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare, out of sheer curiosity? As a middle schooler, when it was passed down to me by my cousin, I held the much revered title in my hands.

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Universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all by 2030 is the norm under UN Sustainable Development Goal 6.

Kerala CM Satheesan faces ‘patriarchy’ backlash over kitchen advice to mothers

Kerala Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan faced widespread backlash following his recent statement that mothers should pass down ancestral recipes to their daughters-in-law. Detractors swiftly condemned the remarks, arguing that they uphold regressive, patriarchal stereotypes and perpetuate unfair domestic expectations solely based on gender.