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The wages of war, for Trump and Netanyahu
Every war leaves behind soul-searing questions.
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April 20, 2026
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Fraying of the federal pact
The quota debate has highlighted genuine anxieties about delimitation and threatened to widen a north-south fault line
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April 20, 2026
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Lessons from US courts on social media liability
Even as Gen Z appears to have intuitively decided posting online is passé and India ponders social media bans, courts in the US have taken a strong stand, holding social media platforms liable for online harms, addiction, and its health ramifications.
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April 20, 2026
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Two new springs are born
In remote parts of rural Ethiopia, such as Adami Teso and Kumato, women and children typically spend half the day walking to the nearest pond, spring or river and back, to fetch water.
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April 19, 2026
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The mighty Ganga tells our story
India is like a different planet when it comes to water.
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April 19, 2026
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Rethinking global order in the precincts of Nalanda
thas become fashionable to criticise the US for its recent conduct toward Iran.
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April 19, 2026
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Peter Magyar, the Eliza Doolittle of Hungary
Iizarre as it may seem, the news of Viktor Orban’s shattering defeat in last Sunday's elections in Hungary made me think of Zoltan Karpathy.
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April 19, 2026
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H2...Whoa: Where we stand on water
We can all list the problems. We prefer to ignore their scale. How bad is it? The World Economic Forum has declared 2026 the Year of Water; it will be a central theme at the Davos summit. The term 'water bankruptcy' is gaining traction. The good news? Even a little careful action can help - as it is doing in China, Ethiopia, Peru
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April 19, 2026
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A podium to speak and heal, not wound further
When the world despairs about what Washington DC and Tel Aviv have done in these fiery times, recalling utterances by former US presidents that underlined humanity's quest for peace
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April 19, 2026
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The death of the pride of Dhaka
The French merchant Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, in his 1684 travelogues, wrote that Dhaka seemed to extend only in length, as “everyone coveted to have a house by the Ganges-side” (referring to the mighty Buriganga).
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April 19, 2026
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A Sponge City plan
Intense dust storms loom over Beijing regularly now, some unlike anything seen before this decade.
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April 19, 2026
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The Colorado river no longer reaches the sea
They say: “Follow the river and it will eventually lead you to the sea”.
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April 19, 2026
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A harvest of sinkholes
Some of the world’s first agricultural societies emerged here, about 9,500 years ago.
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April 19, 2026
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That sounded better in Mandarin
Zendaya and Robert Pattinson could take notes from a moving new Chinese drama
2 min |
April 19, 2026
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Why it is hard to trump a civilisational State
Inthe context of the ongoing Iran war, Iwonder if people have thought about the difference in intrinsic strengths between nation-States and civilisation-al-States.
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April 19, 2026
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Azure model set to anchor Microsoft’s next big AI push
Two weeks after announcing its foundational artificial intelligence (AI) models for transcriptions, voice and images, Big Tech firm Microsoft wants to use its Azure cloud business strategy to sign long-term Al contracts with clients.
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April 18, 2026
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Raiders of the lost art
Historic artefacts get stolen all the time. Here are 10 from around the world that are still missing, making us all weep
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April 18, 2026
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Building the case for open-source licences
he New Delhi AI Impact Summit Declaration noted that “opensource AI applications and other accessible AI approaches can contribute to scalability, replicability, and adaptability of AI systems across sectors”.
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April 18, 2026
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Top of the food chain
From standout noodle bars to exceptional Awadhi, Mangalorean, Chinese and Italian, here’s the best of Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru’s dining scene
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April 18, 2026
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All the rage, all the time
What drives you up the wall? What's your villain origin story? We asked writers, actors, sound engineers, curators - everyone, really – about their pettiest rage-bait. They gleefully obliged. So, do these things piss you off too?
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April 18, 2026
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Conservatism’s paradox: Abiding internationalism
The concern behind this stance is the perceived global advance of progressivism, which US vice-president JD Vance described as an ideology that deems western civilisation illegitimate
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April 18, 2026
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IAF’s moment of reckoning
Apart from being a well-respected military analyst and reporter, Vishnu Som is an unabashed military aviation enthusiast, who has emerged as one of the most informed aviation journalists in India.
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April 18, 2026
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JIO PLATFORMS LIKELY TO FILE DRAFT PAPERS FOR IPO NEXT MONTH
Reliance Industries Ltd. is likely to file draft paperwork for the initial public offering of Jio Platforms Ltd. in May, incorporating earnings for the full fiscal year, according to people familiar with the matter.
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April 18, 2026
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JSW One eyes $350 mn IPO, pre-IPO round on
JSW One Platform, the Sajjan Jindal-led conglomerate’s B2B digital marketplace, has held discussions with bankers for an initial public offering (IPO) later this year, and is also in talks to raise a private round ahead of the listing, three people familiar with the matter said.
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April 18, 2026
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Let us spray
Want to smell like the main character? Pick a perfume based on your personality and commit to the plot
3 min |
April 18, 2026
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Divided House, defeated bill
The government's bid to fast-track women’s reservation hits the delimitation hurdle
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April 18, 2026
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A love letter to fish
Eerie but believable, Amitav Ghosh's Ghost-Eye lives in the friction between the worlds of Westernised rationalist modernity and traditional Indian ecological knowledge
4 min |
April 18, 2026
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'Authoritarianism is part of the colonial legacy'
At the Jaipur Literature Festival, the Pulitzer Prize-winner spoke about why historians must engage with the public
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April 18, 2026
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SEBI asks top brokers to share P&L data of clients
Exercise to assess full-year financial impact of equity derivatives trading on investors
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April 18, 2026
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Nitish Kumar: Last tall leader of JP movement
In the long arc of India’s political journey, the socialist movement led by Ram Manohar Lohia and later galvanised by Jayaprakash Narayan (JP), stands apart.
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