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Drawing Room: Why Olympe Ramakrishna is a fan of Rithika Merchant's art

India, Jan. 23 -- What exactly is 'women's work'? Is femininity in art meant to play out only as 'delicate', 'intricate' and less visible labour? How does the Indian contemporary female identity find ... Read More


Cost of Living Index by City 2026: Zurich Still World's Most Expensive Urban Center, Americans Feel the Squeeze

New Delhi, Jan. 23 -- From Zurich to Honolulu, the definitive 2026 Cost of Living Index exposes where everyday life has become an elite expenditure and where affordability still persists. 7 minutes ... Read More


India in first league of AI nations: Vaishnaw at Davos

New Delhi, Jan. 23 -- Minister for electronics and information technology (MeitY) Ashwini Vaishnaw pushed back against the suggestion that India belongs to a second tier of AI nations, at the World Ec... Read More


Iran never wanted to have nuclear weapons, it is "haram": Abdul Majid Hakeem Ilahi, Representative of Iran's Supreme Leader

New Delhi, Jan. 23 -- Iran never wanted to have nuclear weapons, because "it is haram", Dr Abdul Majid Hakeem Ilahi, Representative in India of Iran's Supreme Leader, has said, while stating that the ... Read More


Maryam Nawaz Sharif's Punjab Model: E-Governance and a Corruption-Free SystemPublished on: January 23, 2026 8:12 AM

Pakistan, Jan. 23 -- As the Punjab Government completes two years in office this February, the moment invites a measured assessment of governance under Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif-one grounded ... Read More


RBI announces third tranche of stimulus ahead of MPC as rupee hits new low

Mumbai, Jan. 23 -- Amid persistent tightness in liquidity conditions, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today announced its third tranche of open market operations (OMOs) for the purchase of government ... Read More


Trigger warning: Here are 20 of our most unhinged unpopular opinions

India, Jan. 23 -- Why is it that every time we go to the cinema, we're funnelled out the back door at the end? Always down some long flight of stairs, usually dank, dim, and slightly dirty. You walk i... Read More


Trigger warning: Here are 20 of our most unhinged unpopular opinions

India, Jan. 23 -- Zahan Kapoor33, actor Why is it that every time we go to the cinema, we're funnelled out the back door at the end? Always down some long flight of stairs, usually dank, dim, and sli... Read More


Hollow Case for "Genocide" and the Dangerous Drive for PartitionPublished on: January 23, 2026 8:07 AM

Pakistan, Jan. 23 -- For nearly four decades, the tragedy of 1990 has been repeatedly reframed as a singular, sanitised story: the "genocide" of Kashmiri Pandits and their forever-exile. That narrativ... Read More


BFF or backup spouse? Here's why Marriage Pacts died out on screen

India, Jan. 23 -- Ah, old movie tropes! Cops would get into NYC taxis and yell, "Follow that car!". Dudes, giving CPR to total strangers would yell "Don't you die on me!" Young women had glamorous job... Read More