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'Several People Stranded, Families Separated Across Continents': India Flags H-1B Delays With US 

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The Wire Staff

Political Musical Chairs: Congress Asks Whether PMO Will Replace Hiren Joshi with Navneet Sehgal

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The Wire Staff

Bajrang Dal Activist, Associates Arrested in Connection With Assault of Kashmiri Shawl Seller

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Jehangir Ali

Revisiting the Draconian Law of Preventive Detention

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Madan B. Lokur

Does the IndusInd Board Run the Bank? Or is There a Centre of Power Outside?

Listen to this article: Ashok Hinduja, chairman of IndusInd International Holdings, said the following in a recent interview published in a...

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Hemindra Hazari

Tarique Rahman Returns: What Kind of Leader Will He Be in a Fractured Bangladesh?

Tarique Rahman Returns: What Kind of Leader Will He Be in a Fractured Bangladesh?

Listen to this article: Bangladesh’s political future is once again suspended in uncertainty. Since the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s regime following a...

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Rezaul Karim Rony

Bangladesh: After 17 Years in Exile, Tarique Rahman Comes Home as BNP Eyes Power

London: Tarique Rahman, the 60-year-old leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), returned to Dhaka on Thursday to a hero’s welcome after...

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Sabir Mustafa

Aravallis on Trial: When Law Protects Profit, Not Life

Aravallis on Trial: When Law Protects Profit, Not Life

Listen to this article: The Supreme Court’s recent acceptance of an elevation-based definition of the Aravalli hills – restricting legal...

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Adityakrishna Deora

Third Christmas Away from Home: The Lonely Celebrations of Manipur Violence Survivors

Third Christmas Away from Home: The Lonely Celebrations of Manipur Violence Survivors

Listen to this article: New Delhi: In the dim glow of a single string of fairy lights strung across a cramped apartment in Delhi, Mary (32, name...

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Syed Abubakr And

Environment Ministry Announces Ban on New Mining Leases in Aravallis – But It’s Not New

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Following the huge uproar and outrage against the new definition for the Aravallis – which the Supreme Court...

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The Wire Staff

There Is ‘Indisputable’ Evidence To Link Air Pollution And Lung Diseases, Say Doctors

There Is ‘Indisputable’ Evidence To Link Air Pollution And Lung Diseases, Say Doctors

Listen to this article: Bengaluru: There is enough evidence and data to show that there is a strong association between air pollution and not only...

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Aathira Perinchery

To Those Who Persecute Christians

Listen to this article: I would wish you “Merry Christmas” but you might have an issue with that, so I won’t. (It’s a pity, though, because...

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Rohit Kumar

India Announces $450 Million Reconstruction Package for Cyclone-Hit Sri Lanka

New Delhi: India on Tuesday (December 23) announced a $450 million reconstruction package for a Sri Lanka left devastated by Cyclone Ditwah and its...

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The Wire Staff

Protests Erupt Over Aravallis, Opposition Parties Lend Support, But Union Env Minister Claims Hill Range Is ‘Safe’

Protests Erupt Over Aravallis, Opposition Parties Lend Support, But Union Env Minister Claims Hill Range Is ‘Safe’

Listen to this article: Bengaluru: “The Aravallis is safe.” “The government has not relaxed any rule about the Aravallis.” “The Aravallis...

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Aathira Perinchery

Deaths on the Court, Silence in the System: Haryana's Sports Grounds Fail its Young Athletes

Deaths on the Court, Silence in the System: Haryana's Sports Grounds Fail its Young Athletes

Listen to this article: Bahadurgarh, Rohtak: In Haryana, a state renowned for producing one of the highest numbers of medal-winning athletes at...

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Sonia Yadav And

When Cohesion Becomes Coercion: The Indian Army’s Case Against Conscience

When Cohesion Becomes Coercion: The Indian Army’s Case Against Conscience

Listen to this article: Military officers – whether devout monotheists or avowed atheists – have had to deliver on a traditional leadership...

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Ali Ahmed

India-New Zealand FTA Announced Even as NZ Coalition Partner Revolts

India-New Zealand FTA Announced Even as NZ Coalition Partner Revolts

Listen to this article: New Delhi: India and New Zealand on Monday (December 22) announced the conclusion of negotiations on a free trade agreement...

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The Wire Staff

Peddling Lord Ram as a Slick Commercial Acronym

Peddling Lord Ram as a Slick Commercial Acronym

Listen to this article: The revanchist government of the day was clearly canny enough to understand that removing Mahatma Gandhi’s name from the...

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Badri Raina

Cancellation of Sahitya Akademi Awards' Announcement Points to Modi Govt's Naked Ambush

Cancellation of Sahitya Akademi Awards' Announcement Points to Modi Govt's Naked Ambush

Listen to this article: Behind the dramatic cancellation of the Sahitya Akademi awards’ announcement last week, the first ever in its history, lies...

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Ashutosh Bhardwaj

Hadi’s Assassination Casts a Shadow Over Bangladesh’s Long-Awaited Elections

Hadi’s Assassination Casts a Shadow Over Bangladesh’s Long-Awaited Elections

Listen to this article: Bangladesh buried the young, firebrand politician Sharif Osman Hadi on Saturday (December 20) following a...

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Sabir Mustafa