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TOPIC – Trump again
The Trump Organization, the company owned by former U.S. President Donald Trump, has been charged by authorities in New York state on...
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TOPIC – Net loss
The digital divide in India’s school education system, reflected by the absence of computers and Internet access on campus, emerges starkly from the Education...
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TOPIC – Mixed bag
India’s merchandise exports reached an all-time quarterly high of $95 billion in the three months ended June, providing welcome cheer on the...
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TOPIC – Later than ever
The Union Territory of Puducherry has finally got a Council of Ministers. It has taken almost two months after the Assembly...
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TOPIC – Flying terror
The use of drones to attack an Indian Air Force base in Jammu on June 2728 brought to the fore a troubling,...
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TOPIC – A case of no case
The sedition case against Lakshadweep filmmaker Aisha Sultana has all the undesirable indicators of the misuse of the penal provision: intolerance...
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TOPIC – Another shade of grey
Pakistan’s hopes of being let off the Financial Action Task Force’s grey list were dashed once again, as the 39member grouping decided...
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TOPIC – Future State
Political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) who attended a meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday came away with...
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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...
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TOPIC – Engage Iran
The U.S.’s decision to block dozens of Iran-linked websites at a time when both countries are trying to revive the nuclear deal...
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TOPIC – Policy creep
Barely 11 months after the Government notified the Consumer Protection (ECommerce) Rules, 2020, the Department of Consumer Affairs has mooted a set of sweeping...
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TOPIC – The rise of Raisi
With the election of Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline cleric, as Iran’s President, the Islamic Republic’s ruling clergy have tightened their grip on...
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TOPIC – Cold peace
The Geneva summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday, has set a pragmatic tone for engagement between the two...
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TOPIC – Old and slow
Ever since Australia and England played the first-ever Test at Melbourne in March 1877, cricket’s longest format has constantly evolved. Timeless Tests were...
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TOPIC – Closure, compensation
Nine years after two Italian marines shot dead two fishermen off the Kerala coast under the belief that they were pirates, the criminal...
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TOPIC – The invisible tax
The pandemic’s second wave may have subsided but hopes of a smooth rebound in the economy in tandem with easing restrictions remain muddled,...
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TOPIC – A wolf in watchdog’s clothing
The new rules introduced by the Centre last week to regulate all types of digital platforms, with the idea...
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TOPIC – Renewed uncertainty
The latest factory output data released by the National Statistical Office is yet another sign of the rocky start that the economy...
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TOPIC – The long shadow of Trumpism
"(Biden faces an uphill task in manoeuvring through the legacy of Trump)"
As America prepares for the transition from the...
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TOPIC – A necessary reversion: On going back to centralised procurement of vaccines
The Centre has announced a much-needed course correction in India’s vaccination policy...
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TOPIC – Digital tax tussles
The United States announced and then immediately suspended a whopping 25% tariff rate on over $2 billion of imports from six countries including...
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TOPIC – Sweating the small stuff
The GST Council, which met last Friday, could not live up to the expectations of some meaningful relief from...