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TOPIC – Probing Pegasus
The institution of a judicial probe by the West Bengal government into allegations of surveillance using advanced spyware on potential Indian targets marks a significant political and legal...
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TOPIC – Shared values
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s day-visit to Delhi this week was heavy on discussions and understandably light on deliverables. The visit,...
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TOPIC – Crisis in Tunis
Tunisian President Kais Saied’s decision to sack the Prime Minister and suspend Parliament, amid widespread anti-government protests, has triggered the worst political crisis...
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TOPIC – Wounded Mountains
The tragic death of nine tourists in a landslip in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh is another pointer to the fragility of the ecology...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Wounded Mountains
The tragic death of nine tourists in a landslip in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh is another pointer to the fragility of the ecology...
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TOPIC – A perpetual war
The dilemmas of ending the U.S.’s ‘forever war’ appeared to fall heavily upon the shoulders of President Joe Biden, who is...
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TOPIC – Fits and starts
After a month of moves and messages that indicated a détente, events last week appear to have slammed the brakes on the IndiaPakistan dialogue...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Fits and starts
After a month of moves and messages that indicated a détente, events last week appear to have slammed the brakes on the IndiaPakistan dialogue...
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TOPIC – Spy in hand
At least 1,000 Indian phone numbers are in a list of potential targets of surveillance using the Pegasus spyware sold by...
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TOPIC – Sensitive and precise
Undoubtedly, trafficking is a pernicious offence, one that societies and governments must have zero tolerance for, and yet, handling the offence of trafficking...
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TOPIC – Deserving winners
The sun, after playing hide and seek with the clouds, finally shone in all its glory at Southampton and the inaugural ICC...
PARAGRAPH , WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Sensitive and precise
Undoubtedly, trafficking is a pernicious offence, one that societies and governments must have zero tolerance for, and yet, handling the offence of trafficking...
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TOPIC – Overdue review
It is gratifying to note that the Supreme Court, while indicating its intention to reconsider the sedition provision in the IPC, has...
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TOPIC – Growing precarity
The latest inflation data based on retail and wholesale prices are yet again flashing cautionary signals as spiraling costs continue to...
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TOPIC – Deserving winners
The sun, after playing hide and seek with the clouds, finally shone in all its glory at Southampton and the inaugural...
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TOPIC – Showing the way out
In what must be a déjà vu moment for outgoing Prime Minister K.P. Oli and President Bidya Devi Bhandari, the Supreme Court...
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TOPIC – Silver win
Sport is a distillation of microtragedies and megaecstasies enmeshed with whirring limbs, glistening sweat, unabashed tears and booming laughter.And football presents a wider canvas for all these attributes, which were exhibited at Rio...
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TOPIC – The power of scrutiny
The Supreme Court of India’s verdict last week, upholding the authority of a committee of the Delhi Assembly to summon a senior...
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TOPIC – Silver win
Sport is a distillation of microtragedies and megaecstasies enmeshed with whirring limbs, glistening sweat, unabashed tears and booming laughter.And football presents a wider canvas for all these attributes, which were exhibited at Rio de Janeiro’s...
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TOPIC – Undead section
It is quite disconcerting that the Supreme Court has been informed for the second time in two years that Section 66A of the IT Act, which...
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Topic - The surge
The rapid territorial gains made by the Taliban over the last two months should worry both the Afghan government and the...
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TOPIC – Cultural genocide
The recent discovery of hundreds of graves in Canada has put the spotlight back on its dark past, when indigenous people faced systemic discrimination and violence....