LOK-SABHA-ELECTION
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | Why Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay joining the BJP in Bengal is significant
General Elections 2024 | Trinamool Congress has been in a tizzy ever since Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay’s BJP announcement. The reasons could range from his anti-corruption stance, to how he gives the BJP in Bengal what it hasn't had before: a Bengali Bhadralok face that other educated middle-class Bengalis can relate to.
WORLD
Why Indians must see Vladimir Putin's interview by Tucker Carlson
Throughout the Carlson interview, Russian President Vladimir Putin appears at ease, sometimes waving his arms to emphasise a point. This is a man who was supposed to be dying of some mysterious brain disease a year ago according to Western mainstream media.
TRENDS
What's Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa got to do with food sustainability?
These attacks on works of art are eco-terrorism. George Bernard Shaw defined murder as the most extreme form of criticism. Similarly, terrorism is the most extreme form of advertising.
WORLD
US Presidential Election: Why Donald Trump will eventually lose the 2024 election
Donald Trump may have won the Republican primaries in Iowa and New Hampshire, but he cannot win the US Presidential Election 2024 without the votes of the Republic-leaning independents. Plus, there's that small but significant set of “never-Trumper” Republicans.
TRENDS
Ayodhya: Why the Ram Janmabhoomi case went on for as long as it did
Burden of proof: Tulsidas wrote in a poem that he had travelled from Varanasi to Ayodhya on Ram Navami to begin his work, first Sikh guru Nanak Dev is said to have meditated in Ram Janmabhoomi in 1510-11, and other literary and official documents make note on Ram Navami celebrations in Ayodhya over centuries.
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Russia Ukraine war: 53 years on, The Fiddler On The Roof has new resonance
The Fiddler On The Roof is set in Ukraine in the last days of czarist Russia and tells the story of a Jewish family. Ukraine, Russia and Israel are involved in the two bloodiest wars going on right now.
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Ayodhya Ram Mandir | Whose land is it anyway — events and legal cases from 1608 to 1992
Ram Mandir Ayodhya: A look at the annals of Ayodhya as recorded over the centuries and the build-up to 6 December 1992. All information from three sources: Professor Meenakshi Jain's book Rama and Ayodhya, and public records of the judgments passed by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court in 2010 and the Supreme Court in 2019.
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Ayodhya Ram Mandir: What ASI found when it excavated the site 20 years ago
Dozens of people were working quietly with picks and shovels, whisks and dustpans, probing into the earth for the secrets it may have concealed for centuries, secrets that, when uncovered and understood, could impact the lives and minds of a billion Indians...
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DeepMind cofounder explains why AI needs a licensing regime like cancer drugs or vaccines
Book review: In 'The Coming Wave: AI, Power and the 21st Century’s Greatest Dilemma', DeepMind AI and Inflection AI co-founder Mustafa Suleyman outlines four key characteristics of AI, AI regulation challenges and solutions, and why no one should be allowed to launch a state-of-the-art AI without government approval.
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Reasons to remember Subrata Roy, Sahara group founder
Sahara group founder Subrata Roy served up a unique cocktail of nationalism and spirituality, even as the group ran pyramid schemes. Sahara was a “parivaar”—a gigantic family with Roy as the benign patriarch, the “managing worker”.
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Diwali crackers: Is it okay to light fireworks sometimes?
Are Indian Premier League matches and weddings exempt? Can people burst crackers on some days of the year, and not on others? How useful or executable are bans announced just days before one of the biggest Indian festivals?
WORLD
Cautionary tales for Indian conservatives: American universities and the perils of illiberal left-liberal politics
Over the last four decades, left-liberal academics have taken over the humanities departments in Western universities. Empirical studies show that professors who identify themselves as left-liberal now outnumber conservatives in these departments by ratios that go up to 17 to 1.
WORLD
But what about the war in Ukraine?
With the Israel-Palestine war making more headlines in the US, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's recent reception in America was a far cry from his earlier visit in December 2022 when he had addressed a joint session of the Congress.
INDIA
Delhi's very poor air quality is a sign of murkier issues
Crores of rupees have been spent on a bio-decomposer to curb stubble burning, and clean the air in Delhi NCR through initiative like the 'smog tower' in CP - so far, nothing has worked.
INDIA
National Unity Day 2023: What Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel did for India, and Indians
While it is impossible to say what India would have been like with Sardar Patel as India's first prime minister, what is undeniable is that Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was a tireless soldier of India.
CRICKET
Book review: Mike Brearley's Turning Over the Pebbles | 'Cricket has given me a frame for thinking about my life'
Mike Brearley's latest book 'Turning Over the Pebbles' is a thoughtful meditation on life, sport, philosophy, psychology, religion, literature, music, death—in fact the whole human condition.
WORLD
Israel must eliminate the Hamas, end the monstrosity
No one would have bothered if Hamas attacked an Israeli army unit. That is par for the course. But the mass slaughter of civilians can and should never be forgiven.
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How Indian wrestling became a cautionary tale in an otherwise spectacular Asiad 2023
Along with some other leading Indian wrestlers, Bajrang Punia had spent the first six months of the year agitating on the streets of Delhi. Their principal demand was the removal of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh from the presidency of the Indian Wrestling Federation. The long protest obviously affected Punia’s diet and training regimen.
WORLD
India-Canada row: Justin Trudeau wants to talk to India privately now
The West is in trouble. As often happens, when pushed into a corner, some people tend to get more belligerent. This is what we are witnessing right now in the India-Canada row.
INDIA
India-Canada row is proof that Indians are more confident of their place in the world now
Older Indians carry the burden of colonialism, passed on to them by their parents and validated by their own memories. Younger Indians have no such mental baggage.
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Is this the funniest X handle by a cricket association anywhere in the world?
Amid rising ODI World Cup fever, @icelandcricket provides a welcome bit of self-deprecating humour and fun.
INDIA
India-Canada row: Who killed Hardeep Singh Nijjar?
If Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau does not make some more information public, he risks getting weaker domestically.
WORLD
2024 US Presidential bid: How things look for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Michelle Obama right now
The 2024 US Presidential election is going to get more fraught, with concerns around Joe Biden's health, Kamala Harris's unpopularity, the spectre of Donald Trump returning, and the social media attacks on the Obamas.
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70 years of Roman Holiday: Is this the sweetest film ever made?
Starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, Roman Holiday brims over with a sheer spirit-uplifting joy that transcends time and geography. It celebrates living life in the here and now without losing one’s moral anchor.
