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Hormuz Paradox
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.

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
Climate Stress

It is time we realise the need to stop ignoring the glaring mismatch between our excellence in economic progress and technological advances on one hand, and our neglect to achieve similar excellence in adapting our cities to climate realities on the other.

Climate Stress
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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’
World
Business
Adani Dharavi SPV launches 24-hour interactive AI helpline for residents

Adani Navbharat Developers Private Limited (ANDPL), the special purpose vehicle (SPV) company undertaking the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP), officially announced here on Wednesday that it has launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform called ‘Dharavi Didi’, which will act as a 24x7 interactive AI companion answering all questions from Dharavi slum dwellers regarding the project's redevelopment and rehabilitation.

Adani Dharavi SPV launches 24-hour interactive AI helpline for residents
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Education
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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The ballads that outlived time

Before history was written down, it was sung. Ask someone to name a folk tradition from North-East India, and chances are they will pause.

Flood fury in Assam linked to torrential rain in Naga Hills

Unprecedented heavy rainfall in neighbouring Nagaland, which has been facing a probable ecological imbalance over the years because of various developmental activities, has created massive floods in downstream Assam for several days.