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

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Hemindra Hazari

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

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Rezaul Karim Rony

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

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Sabir Mustafa

Aravallis on Trial: When Law Protects Profit, Not Life

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Adityakrishna Deora

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

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Syed Abubakr

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

‘Govt Looking Into Schools Cancelling Christmas Celebrations Due to RSS Pressure’: Kerala Edu Minister

‘Govt Looking Into Schools Cancelling Christmas Celebrations Due to RSS Pressure’: Kerala Edu Minister

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Schools in Kerala allegedly buckled under pressure from right-wing groups to cancel Christmas celebrations,...

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The Wire Staff

'Cultural Awareness': VHP's Appeals Against Celebrating Christmas Grow Louder

'Cultural Awareness': VHP's Appeals Against Celebrating Christmas Grow Louder

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has urged the Hindu community to refrain from celebrating religious festivals...

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Ankit Raj

Atleast 3 Ratle Power Project Employees Branded ‘Anti-National’ by J&K Police Linked With BJP

Atleast 3 Ratle Power Project Employees Branded ‘Anti-National’ by J&K Police Linked With BJP

Listen to this article: Srinagar: At least three out of 29 employees red-flagged by the J&K police as “subversive/anti-national” elements in a...

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Jehangir Ali

The First Time the NIA Had a ‘Plead Guilty’

The First Time the NIA Had a ‘Plead Guilty’

Listen to this article: This is the fourth article in The Wire’s series ‘The Forced Guilt Project’, supported by the Pulitzer Center for Crisis...

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Sukanya Shantha

‘Our Coming Together Is an Exchange, Not a Transaction’: Behind the 6th Kochi-Muziris Biennale

‘Our Coming Together Is an Exchange, Not a Transaction’: Behind the 6th Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Listen to this article: Nikhil Chopra, an interdisciplinary artist from Goa whose practice combines live art, performance, sculpture, painting,...

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Chintan Girish Modi