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CHEAPER CRUDE, COSTLIER FUEL AHEAD
THE Gulf war is likely to end following the latest peace deal between the US and Iran. On cue, global crude oil prices slumped to $76 per barrel from a peak of $120 last month.
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June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express
The Hidden Cost of Standing Out
Tall Poppy Syndrome explains why success often attracts criticism, resentment, and attempts to cut high achievers down to size
1 min |
June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express
TRUMP’S WAR & PEACE: NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON’T
THE ironies of history from the Palace of Versailles eerily reverberate across the world.
4 min |
June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express
The Young Sound Wave
This World Music Day, we discover how disciplined parenting and social media power are shaping India’s teenage generation of professional musicians
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June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express
Farmers oppose tribunal plan in Mekedatu issue, threaten stir
A day after the Tamil Nadu Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution against Karnataka government's plan to build a dam at Mekedatu, delta farmers on Saturday opposed a provision in the resolution that proposed for the constitution of a new tribunal to adjudicate the dispute.
1 min |
June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express
'INDO' DROP
LOADED SIGNALS FOR INDIA, THE QUAD, U.S. STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
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June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express
IUML breaks ties with DMK, third time in 64 years
THE Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) on Saturday announced that it has officially broken its 64-year-old alliance with the DMK, marking only the third time the party has walked out on the DMK since they first partnered in 1962.
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June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express
Op Tiger hits murder case acquittal roadblock
A special CBI court’s verdict acquitting all nine accused in the 2006 Pavanraje Nimbalkar murder case appears to have stalled Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s plan of engineering a second split in the Uddhav faction of the Shiv Sena.
1 min |
June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Addressing the malady of judicial delays
As CJI Surya Kant recently said, people’s confidence in the justice delivery system rests on quick verdicts
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June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Love and Loathing Laid Bare Between Breasts
Recently hypersexualised images of Janhvi Kapoor had the perpetually pugnacious on social media furiously fulminating about the portrayal of women in cinema especially the tendency to objectify them in the name of entertainment.
2 min |
June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
1st fatality among women who suffered kidney failure after C-sec deliveries in Raj
A 20-year-old woman suffering from post-delivery complications at PBM Hospital in Bikaner, Rajasthan, has died.
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June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
A SAPLING for final farewell
HERE is a poignant cruelty in entering a crematorium with the remains of a loved one, only to leave with their absence ringing louder than ever.
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June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Double Dealing of Persecution Does Not Shame Conscience
Let me begin this column with the pronunciation of populism in the mother tongue of elections.
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June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
HEADING FOR A TWO-PARTY SYSTEM?
WHILE ideologies unite, individuals divide. In the sprawling arena of Indian democracy, where more than 500 parties national, regional, state-level and even unrecognised compete for the mandate to govern a nation of 1.5 billion, a stark truth is emerging.
4 min |
June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Schoolgirl, college kid die in accidents near Tambaram
A college student and a schoolgirl were killed in separate accidents near Tambaram on Friday evening.
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June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Tuning in to Language
In Jharkhand, a radio helps the Asur community in preserving the stories, oral histories and identity of Asuri, spoken by fewer than 10,000 people
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June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Student gets Abu Dhabi centre, NTA says no fault
NEET testing agency lets Nagpur candidate appear in home town
2 min |
June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Ram Temple SIT identifies 150 suspects, may act on 25
THE special investigation team (SIT) probing the alleged Ram Mandir donation theft has identified around 150 suspects, of whom nearly 25 individuals may face action, said sources.
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June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
THE NEPHEW AND THE NEPO KID OF POLITICS
IN West Bengal politics, few relationships have shaped a party’s future as profoundly as the one between Mamata Banerjee and her nephew, Abhishek Banerjee.
2 min |
June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
LIFE ON THE LINE
AN 87-year-old man sat like an unread chapter on a busy railway platform — frail and shrouded in neglect, while Chennai Central pulsed around him with the indifferent rhythm of announcements, arriving trains and hurried commuters.
3 min |
June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Life is What You Make It
Books are seldom alternatives to therapy. But Dancing Snail’s It’s Okay Not to Get Along with Everyone is no less than therapy in print.
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June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Judicial probe into encounter killing in Bihar
THE Bihar government on Saturday ordered a judicial inquiry into the June 17 police encounter at Bilauti village under the Shahpur police station limits in Bhojpur district in which a youth was killed.
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June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Pak court convicts four Imran allies over riots
A Pakistan court on Saturday sentenced four senior leaders of jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party to 10-year imprisonment in a case related to the 2023 riots, while it acquitted ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
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June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
RIL aims ₹1L cr sales from FMCG biz
RCPL reports gross revenue of ₹22,000 cr in FY26; Campa achieves sales of 4,700 crore
2 min |
June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
What’s behind Jio Platforms $3-billion deleveraging plan
WITH over ₹70,000 crore in total borrowings, Jio Platforms plans to deploy a significant portion of its IPO proceeds towards debt servicing and repayment, underscoring the company’s focus on strengthening its balance sheet after completing the most capital-intensive phase of its nationwide 5G rollout.
1 min |
June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
1.4 lakh candidates in TN to write NEET re-exam
AROUND 1.42 lakh candidates will take the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG) 2026 re-examination that will be conducted in 307 centres across the state on Sunday, director of school education S Kannappan said on Saturday.
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June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
India’s data centre pipeline estimated to reach 8.33 GW
INDIA’S data centre development pipeline is expected to reach 8.33 GW, according to a report by Knight Frank India.
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June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Bolivian prez declares emergency as protests spread
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Paz on Saturday declared a state of emergency that gives the military broad power to remove road blockades that have put a stranglehold on fuel and food supplies in Bolivia’s seat of government and other major cities.
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June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Dutch of class from Brobbey and Gakpo
BRIAN Brobbey and Cody Gakpo sizzled as Netherlands beat Sweden 5-1 in a Group F tie in Houston on Saturday.
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June 21, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Govt bans 16 ‘combo’ drugs for being risky, not effective
THE Centre has banned the manufacture, sale and distribution of 16 fixed-dose combination (FDC) drugs with immediate effect, saying they lack “therapeutic justification” and their use was not considered beneficial keeping in mind the potential risks involved.
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