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For decades, current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been warning about the “existential threat” that a nuclear-armed Iran poses to his country, asserting that military action is the only reliable means to counter it. Throughout the various terms in his long 17-year tenure as...

On 12 June, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and lasting ceasefire in Gaza. It spoke of ending Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon of war. A total of 149 nations voted in favour, with America and Israel...

When a senior Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer gets caught in a graft case, eyebrows go up. But when insiders start whispering about deeper rot, it’s time to take notice. The ED, which handles the heavy-lifting on money laundering investigations under the PMLA, has had its...

The world is watching with bated breath the fierce showdown between the richest man on earth Elon Musk and the most powerful politician in the globe US President Donald Trump. The fallout could be cataclysmic for the global political-economic system as also for industrial-business productions...

It is unfortunate that India has finally got an invitation to attend the G7 summit in Alberta, Canada, to be held from 15 June to 17 June only out of geopolitical-economic compulsions rather than as a gesture of honour. There was suspense and uncertainty that...

More than two years after violent ethnic strife erupted in Manipur that claimed the lives of hundreds of civilians and split the state between two warring communities, peace and normalcy still remain elusive, with sporadic incidents of violence being reported every now and then. In...

The Doomsday Clock is a visual tool designed to warn the public about how close humans are to destroying our world with dangerous technologies. The time on the clock is set by experts to reflect how far away from annihilation (midnight) we are, and if...

Another week, another scam. This time, it’s 15 civil servants now under the scanner for allegedly faking their way into coveted IAS, IPS, IFS and IRS posts using bogus reservation claims. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has finally stirred, launching an inquiry after...

Poland’s Right-wing Opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki, backed by the nationalist Law and Justice Party (PiS) and US President Donald Trump’s administration, narrowly won the presidential election securing 50.89 per cent vote against liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski’s 49.11 per cent. The result was a dramatic...

The borderline between truth and propaganda gets blurred during war. That is only natural since two warring groups or countries are supposedly propelled by the sole aim of defeating the enemy by hook or by crook. Pure propaganda, half-truth or even falsehood is a potent...