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The distance between actor Vijay & CM Vijay

India, May 20 -- On May 4, actor-politician C Joseph Vijay stormed the political box office in Tamil Nadu. Vijay's win seemingly marked a rupture with the Dravidian politics that dominated the state f... Read More


Reimagine Brics for present times

India, May 20 -- The confirmation from Moscow that President Vladimir Putin will attend the Brics summit in New Delhi in September raises the profile of the event. Chinese President Xi Jinping is also... Read More


Clearing the air on right to bail

India, May 19 -- The Supreme Court's unusual criticism of its own judgment denying bail to former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid and activist Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi rio... Read More


A Nordic-Indian push for a low-carbon world

India, May 19 -- The green partnerships with Sweden and Norway are among the highlights of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's five-nation tour that ends on Wednesday. The partnerships - Green Transition w... Read More


Global lessons from Ebola emergency

India, May 18 -- On April 24, a nurse in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ituri province fell ill. The illness was confirmed as Ebola - a rare strain called Bundibugyo with no licensed vaccine o... Read More


Wake-up call from Ukraine

India, May 18 -- The drone attack on Moscow that killed an Indian worker and injured three others is a rude reminder of the conflict in Ukraine that is now in its fourth year. With the world focussed ... Read More


Guarding past gains in a decade of disasters

India, May 18 -- Speaking in the Netherlands, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi rightly cautioned the world about the 2020s being the "decade of disasters" and called on the global community to take c... Read More


Testing times for social amity

India, May 18 -- The decision by the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court, declaring the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar district a temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, ... Read More


When Trump and Xi met

India, May 15 -- In April 2025, US President Donald Trump fired the first shots in his trade war against China (and the rest of the world). Some countries quickly capitulated, but the Chinese dug in t... Read More


Oil casts a shadow on WPI inflation

India, May 14 -- The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) grew by 8.3% in April. This number was 2.3% in February and 3.9% in March. The sequential increase between March and April is 4.4 percentage points, th... Read More