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Eid has always been the ‘Muslim Met Gala’—not just biryani and sewaiyan

Samah Qundeel -
The hashtags #eidoutfits and #muslimmetgala have garnered millions of views on social media platforms.
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Dhurandhar shows Bollywood has a new box office mix—controversy, nationalism & spectacle

Stela Dey -
With the films, Aditya Dhar achieved something Bollywood has been trying to engineer for years—an event blockbuster that dominates both box office and national conversation.
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Iran and Israel weren’t always enemies. In fact, they were allies

Swasti Rao -
Israel even helped source American defence equipment for Iran, who learnt from Tel Aviv about drones against Soviet air defences in Syria.
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CEC Gyanesh Kumar is a constitutional failure. Damage is not procedural, it is existential

Sagarika Ghose -
Former CEC TN Seshan was feared, formidable & famously outspoken. He was never partisan. In contrast, Gyanesh Kumar has a cavalier disdain, even disrespect, toward the Opposition.
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What the Iran crisis means for middle powers

Ekrem İmamoğlu -
The message coming out of Davos and Munich this year is not that diplomacy has died, but that its center of gravity has shifted.
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BJP has an edge over Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal. Here are 7 reasons

R Jagannathan -
Mamata Banerjee has lost the sense of invincibility she had earlier. And the public knows this.
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Behind Messi’s 900th goal is a three-year game plan for Argentina’s World Cup bid

Saptak Datta -
Messi was not merely choosing a ‘better life’ when he moved to the US; instead, he was calculating his next moves to lift another World Cup.
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India is successfully walking West Asia tightrope. Modi has skilfully avoided taking sides

Seshadri Chari -
The Modi government avoided diplomatic adventurism and bravado but engaged sincerely with all the stakeholders in the Iran conflict upfront.
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Why India is staying quiet on Iran in BRICS, even as others speak up

Devendra Kumar -
As BRICS+ chair in 2026, India faces the daunting task of building consensus in an expanded and more diverse grouping.
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Dara Shukoh is India’s biggest ‘what-if’. A Mughal ‘Ram Raj’ that could have been

Ibn Khaldun Bharati -
On Dara Shukoh's 411th birth anniversary, the loss of his dream of an Indic Mughal empire continues to haunt India.
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Duster is back and brilliant on the road, but Renault has ground to make up in India

Kushan Mitra -
It is rare for a manufacturer to chart a nearly 200 kilometre drive through narrow and twisty mountain roads. To do so is brave...

SC must formulate a code for former judges. The robe cannot be rented after retirement

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Is the Manusmriti misinterpreted? Two contemporary books argue

Economy

Amid revenue crisis, Himachal cuts budget by Rs 3,586 cr, defers salaries of CM, MLAs, top officials

Saurabh Chauhan -
Sukhu will defer half his own pay for six months; Group C, D employees and pensioners are fully exempt; Opposition calls it a budget that 'has gone backwards'.

Defence

Iran launches missile at US and UK’s Diego Garcia base, reveals new striking capability

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi: In a dramatic escalation that has surprised the world, Iran attempted two missile strikes on a US-UK joint military base in the...

National Interest

The Vishwaguru delusion, mine vs yours, is ruining our view of the world

Shekhar Gupta -
One side thinks India is punching way above its weight. The other thinks Modi has undermined India and it punches below its strength. Both are wrong.

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