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Economic potential to books ‘explaining Hindutva’ — how global media reported on India

Global media puts spotlight on contrasting pictures of 'economic growth' & 'democratic recession' in India among other key takeaways.

Global unrest due to Covid-19 lockdown indicates steep rise in poverty and inequality

A look at the biggest news stories from around the world on the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump unveils long-awaited Middle East peace plan to resolve Israel-Palestine conflict

US President Donald Trump called the plan a 'win-win' opportunity for both countries even as it guarantees unified Jerusalem only to Israel.

Coronavirus outbreak — how this new strain is wreaking havoc across China

China's National Health Commission confirmed that the new strain of the coronavirus can be transmitted from person-to-person.

Berlin peace summit: World leaders agree to uphold arms embargo in Libya

Leaders of Russia, Turkey, UK, Germany and France agreed to not interfere in the conflict in Libya but an official ceasefire is still not in sight.

Australia’s bushfires could become the new normal, warn climate scientists

A review of 27 scientific papers published since 2013 reveals that there is a clear link between climate change and bushfires in Australia.

US and Iran appear to signal desire to avoid further conflict, but risks remain

In retaliation for the killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani by the US, Iran had launched missile strikes on US troops in Iraq.

Iran attacks two Iraqi military bases housing US forces in response to Soleimani killing

More than a dozen missiles were fired at the Ain al-Asad base in Anbar and the base in Erbil but no casualties have been reported so far.

Iran says it’s pulling out of nuclear agreement, but is still part of deal ‘politically’

Some experts say the 2015 nuclear deal is dead, but others say it isn’t and point out how Iran’s official statement suggests that it is still a part of the deal.

Who Carlos Ghosn is, and how he escaped house arrest in Japan

Ghosn, former head of Nissan, was accused of underreporting assets and was under trial in Japan.

On Camera

Don’t deride public sector. Evidence shows commercial banks in woeful state—Indira Gandhi

On 29 July 1969, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi delivered a speech in Lok Sabha on the nationalisation of 14 banks, saying the move was 'totally justified to ensure that hopes and aspirations of millions of our people are not sacrificed'.

Govt has reduced time taken to finalise GDP data by an entire year. Here’s inside story of how

This year, govt announced that 2nd and not 3rd revised estimates would be final. Here’s inside story on how this was achieved without compromising on quality of data.

In unprecedented move, Govt extends tenure of Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande by one month

Extension of Gen Pande’s tenure comes amid intense speculation. He will now serve as Army Chief until 30 June even as the extension goes beyond his normal age of superannuation.

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?