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A woman from Mumbai has been reported to have lost Rs 11 lacs while ordering pizza and dry fruits 15 January 2022. In another incident reported from Gurgaon, Haryana, a lady was cheated to the tune of Rs 16 lacs when she tried to seek...

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Alternative For Cricket

It is time things change and change, in reality, must be accepted as the only constant by those who oppose it. The recent incident involving Virat Kohli is an indication of change that cricketing universe in India has to, willingly or otherwise, swallow. The game...

Aakar Patel

Security Volte-face

Pakistan has released its National Security Policy 2022-2026, a document co-authored by the National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf but acknowledging input from several government entities. The policy articulates what it sees as Pakistan’s vision and priorities and provides a detailed implementation framework. About half the...

Dilip Cherian

Calls for cooling-off period for babus

Calls for a mandatory cooling-off period for babus before joining politics have revived after two senior babus in Uttar Pradesh took voluntary retirement (VRS) and decided to join politics, with an eye on the upcoming Assembly elections in the state. Hours after the model code...

Children eat bread at the Wazir Akbar Khan hill in Kabul. (AFP)

Preventing famine in Afghanistan

Lakhdar Brahimi In August, the world watched in shock as the Western-backed Afghan government rapidly collapsed and the country spiraled into chaos, culminating in the Taliban’s takeover of the capital, Kabul, and return to power after nearly 20 years. Since then, Afghanistan has faded from...

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The Great Coverup

Brahma Chellaney As the pandemic enters its third year, questions about COVID-19’s origins appear increasingly distant. But if we are to forestall another coronavirus pandemic in the twenty-first century, understanding the causes of the current one is imperative. Already, COVID-19 has caused more than 5.4...

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CoVID-hit Economy

India is now in the grip of the third wave of the CoVID-19 pandemic. The official data just released by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation offer a grim picture of the country’s economy ravaged by the pandemic. As projected by government statistics, India’s...

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Suicide-bomber Army

It is a chilling thought for any country to raise a contingent of suicide bombers as part of its regular armed forces. This is for the simple reason that suicide bombing cannot be a legitimate form of any defence system. It has always been a...

Novak Djokovic (PC: AFP)

The Visa Snub

Novak Djokovic would have never thought he would have to play in an altogether different court in Melbourne – the court of law. January 10, Djokovic’s appeal against deportation would be heard and the court will decide whether he can defend his Australian Open Champion...

Aakar Patel

Where’re we headed

Some changes come up on us so slowly that the present generation does not take on the responsibility of the consequences. Climate change is the obvious issue that we can think of to illustrate this. One remembers phrases and words like ‘greenhouse gas’ and ‘chlorofluorocarbons’...

 

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