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Yulia Navalnaya is Russia’s critic-in-chief. Can she bring the exiled opposition together?

Will Yulia Navalnaya be as effective as her husband Alexei Navalny in organising the fractured Russian opposition and bring them together against President Vladimir Putin, who is all set to win another term?

Electoral bonds can now redeem themselves and Supreme Court. Anonymity cloak set to come off

Electoral bonds are now set to bring transparency in political funding, but not in the way Arun Jaitley had claimed. The real deal will be when SBI reveals details of who donated how much to which political party.

Pakistan election may finally go to Nawaz Sharif. But Imran Khan supporters have killed his joy

Despite PTI-backed independent candidates winning the most number of seats, PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif seems destined to retake power in Pakistan, albeit in a more restrained fashion than what was predicted before the elections.

Judge Vishvesha’s last Gyanvapi order sets his legacy. It’s like Ayodhya all over again

Varanasi district judge Ajaya Krishna Vishvesha issued the last order of his career at 3 pm Wednesday. Within about 12 hours, Hindu prayers were performed inside Gyanvapi mosque cellar.

Ram temple has erased the violence of 1992 from public memory. Mira Road is a reminder

After the consecration ceremony in Ayodhya, the memories of the 1992-93 violence may seem like a distant past for some. But they are being replaced by new episodes of conflict.

Delhi Airport’s ‘difficult period’—CAT-III runways failed the winter test

Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that even with a functioning runway & sufficiently trained pilots, most aircraft in India 'aren't designed for Zero Visibility operations'.

Maldives’ Muizzu has joined camp China. Space for diplomacy with India has shrunk

Mohamed Muizzu chose China for his first official foreign visit. He praised BRI and called for Beijing to reclaim its number one spot as the country sending most tourists to Maldives.

Kejriwal’s defiance of ED is creating a new political spectacle in the Delhi-Centre war

The reality is that if the ED has evidence, it can arrest an individual without repeated summons, as in AAP MP Sanjay Singh’s case.

BJP rolls out the Ayodhya welcome mat. Opposition walks into the boycott trap

It may have been easier for CPI(M) to decline to attend the Ram temple consecration ceremony on 22 January, for Congress, the invitation is a tightrope walk.

Treasury-Oppn was never a love zone. MPs suspension just made Parliament a hostile House

From cries about ‘murder of democracy’ to bemoaning ‘opposition-mukt Parliament’ to charges of disruption and unruly behaviour, the week of 146 MPs' suspension put ‘democracy slide’ back in public debate.

On Camera

AI is doing the brave work humans are still squeamish about—using they/them pronouns

The hullaballoo over LinkedIn bot’s pronoun use comes on a day when CJI DY Chandrachud used the phrase ‘pregnant person’ in his judgment. It is a thing now. Get with the programme.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

Indian Coast Guard seizes Iranian fishing vessel, rescues six Indian crew members

The ICG said in a statement that the boat was seized and brought to Kochi for further investigation on May 6.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.