There’s one issue on which Iran’s best friends and worst adversaries have unanimity: it must not have nuclear weapons. Nobody’s happier than Gulf Arabs. Geopolitics is that rude and cynical. Friend and foe have drawn that line in the sand for Iran. That achieved for now, peace can be declared.
Karnataka Congress is doing what it lectures BJP about. Proposed bills curb free speech
Siddaramaiah government’s proposed bills on misinformation and hate speech are a poorly disguised attempt to muzzle dissenting voices. It’s duplicitous for Congress to lecture BJP on free speech when own government wants to curb it. It’s a desperate act of a beleaguered CM who has nothing to show for governance.
As Noida turns 50, ThePrint series shows its identity crisis
Noida turns 50. As ThePrint’s special series shows, it’s an impressive example of post-Independence urbanisation. Wide roads, parks, malls and condominiums define it. But its identity is confused between a cosmopolitan city and an industrial utopia. A little more spunk, and it can be a template for similar urban aspirations.
The constructive way forward, to achieve that objective, would be for P 5 plus 1 to negotiate a new nuclear deal.