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From predictable to perilous: How climate change is reshaping the monsoon
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From predictable to perilous: How climate change is reshaping the monsoon

The southwest monsoon has been advancing rapidly due to oceanic and atmospheric factors and is likely to make landfall over the subcontinent this weekend. IMD updates said the monsoon is likely to strike Kerala and the Northeast almost simultaneously. The normal onset date for monsoon over Kerala...
From campaign boasts to diplomatic blunders: Trump’s Ukraine stalemate
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From campaign boasts to diplomatic blunders: Trump’s Ukraine stalemate

No matter his bluster and bravado, US President Donald Trump has not been able to fulfil any of his major election campaign promises. For instance, he had stated that from the very day he was elected, commodity prices would go down – on the contrary, the ill-advised global tariff war he started has...
International Tea Day: Brewing hope for rural livelihoods & sustainable growth
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International Tea Day: Brewing hope for rural livelihoods & sustainable growth

Recognising the long history and the cultural and economic significance of tea around the world, as well as the significant role it plays in rural development, poverty reduction and food security in developing countries, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), on December 21, 2019, proclaimed...
No end to agony: Netanyahus Gaza offensive deepens crisis
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No end to agony: Netanyahu's Gaza offensive deepens crisis

With Israel launching a military operation in the Gaza Strip, codenamed Operation Gideon Chariots, to pressure Hamas to release the hostages still remaining with them, there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel for the helpless civilian population of Gaza. That the right-wing government...
Too close for comfort: Bangladesh airbase near Siliguri corridor worries India
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Too close for comfort: Bangladesh airbase near Siliguri corridor worries India

Bangladesh is reportedly building an airbase just 20 km from India’s ‘Chicken’s Neck.’ Dhaka has sought assistance from China to build the base at the site at Lalmonirhat of Rangpur division, which had once housed an airfield of the World War II era. There are reports that Chinese officials had...
Govt boost to dairy sector crucial in Assam where self-entrepreneurship has few takers
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Govt boost to dairy sector crucial in Assam where self-entrepreneurship has few...

The State Cabinet’s decision to approve land for AMUL to set up a product dairy plant in the State is timely and can help boost the dairy sector. With a lot of potential still to be tapped, this sector needs more investment and a sustained focus. Under the arrangements, AMUL will be given on lease...
India’s United Front: All-Party delegations to take anti-terror message global
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India’s United Front: All-Party delegations to take anti-terror message global

In a brilliant strategy on the part of the NDA government, delegations of all-party Members of Parliament are slated to set out on international outreach bids to brief foreign governments on the recent India-Pakistan conflict and our nation’s stance on the issue. Seven senior MPs – Shashi Tharoor...
Manipur’s endless crisis and Delhi’s deafening silence
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Manipur’s endless crisis and Delhi’s deafening silence

New Delhi has displayed inexplicable incompetence in dealing with the impasse in Manipur, where ethnic violence between the Meiteis and Kuki-Zo communities, which had begun on May 3, 2023, has so far resulted in the death of over 250 people and displacement of 60,000. The fact that the issue has...
Balochistans revolt: Pakistan faces the fire it lit abroad!
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Balochistan's revolt: Pakistan faces the fire it lit abroad!

With public sentiment shifting and groups like the Balochistan Liberation Army intensifying attacks, Islamabad struggles to contain the unrest.
Rohit, Virat’s Test exit: Legends depart, but timing raises eyebrows
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Rohit, Virat’s Test exit: Legends depart, but timing raises eyebrows

Indian stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli announced their Test retirement in a space of just five days, leaving India’s batting with a big hole before the England tour. The two senior batters drew curtains on their illustrious careers at a time when India was getting ready for a challenging...
Russian-Ukraine war: Putin’s prolonged gamble & the West’s counterweight
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Russian-Ukraine war: Putin’s prolonged gamble & the West’s counterweight

The conflict in Ukraine, after Russia’s invasion, has become overly protracted, entering as it has its fourth year, making it one of the longest of modern times. Ironically, Russian President Vladimir Putin had begun the campaign expecting to capture the Ukrainian capital Kiev within a matter of...
Bluff, bluster and Trumps tariff tantrums
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Bluff, bluster and Trump's tariff tantrums

As things unfold, more and more the feeling has grown among the international community that US President Donald Trump's tantrums regarding his nation being taken advantage of by all countries in matters of trade, and his threats to impose enormous tariffs upon them, had been full of sound and fury...
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