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China may use disinformation to disrupt India, US, Taiwan. That’s modern warfare for Beijing

India, the US, and Taiwan will have elections in 2024; this may serve as an opportunity for China to cause disarray.

UP Congress is seeing war of old vs new loyalists. Battleground is Nehru Bhawan in Lucknow

BJP members are anxious about a possible reshuffle of the council of ministers. Some speculate it could be before PM Modi’s next foreign trip.

Instead of mandating MPS norms, SEBI should look at why promoters don’t like going to market

If India wants access to global capital, then the rules in India cannot be orders of magnitude more stringent than their global counterparts.

‘Your govt finding diversionary tactics’—Mallikarjun Kharge to PM Modi on Odisha train accident

Instead of focusing on strengthening the railways at the basic level, only superficial touch up is being done to stay in news, writes Congress president Kharge in his letter to Modi.

Wrestlers’ protest is no 2012 for Delhi’s urban class. Sexual violence now a partisan issue

While the rhetoric from nationalist ramparts has been about ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’, Modi govt's silence has shown that gender equity and safety in India are not universal concerns.

Who invented Middle Palaeolithic tools in India? Hanumanthunipadu site points to pre-humans

Hanumanthunipadu’s stone artefacts are estimated to be 2,47,000 years old. That’s much before anatomically modern man came to the Indian subcontinent.

Don’t drop disability questions from NFHS-6. It will create an information gap

An accurate estimate of India’s disabled population would help strengthen their case in Parliament and local elected bodies such as Panchayats.

Bananas are India’s horticulture success story. Time to up the game in international markets

Better farm practices, and improved storage, ripening and transportation by reefer vans can reduce losses and enhance the quality of Indian bananas in the international market.

Railway officers overburdened. Bring in technical experts, not IRMS to solve safety issues

Better maintenance procedures shall remain the backbone of railway operations. Outsourcing safety maintenance will be the wrong solution.

Rail privatisation shouldn’t be an afterthought post-Odisha collision. See Japan, UK

The government will need to absorb a large part of Indian Railways’ Rs 7 lakh crore debt burden to make the system more lucrative for a private buyer.

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Skincare doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Here are 10 timeless hacks

If there’s one thing I tell every single patient, it’s this: sunscreen is non-negotiable.

Strategic petroleum reserves: Why India needs bigger oil buffers & how others compare | Cut The Clutter

This is the transcript of Ep 1830 of Cut the Clutter, where Shekhar Gupta explains why strategic petroleum reserves are a national necessity & how India compares with China, US & Japan.

DRDO unveils amphibious battle platforms with crewless turrets, anti-tank missile capability

Tracked and wheeled variants, built in collaboration with Tata Advanced Systems and Bharat Forge, carry 30mm turrets, cross water using hydro jets, and are 65% indigenous.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.