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India-Iran ties were always more promise than reality. Real risk for us is a distracted US

Iran becomes an added concern for India because Trump could have one more reason to lose focus.

Tracing the story of Iran’s nuclear programme & turning points as Israel-US try to obliterate it

From outset, this was clear that prospect of acquiring weapon tech was at least part of reason for Iran’s interest in nuclear reactors even as the Shah denied it.

Delhi, Mumbai houses have reached Goa. They are grand, loud, and not Portuguese

Every once in a while, the quiet luxury restraint favoured by the ‘outsider’ owners of modern Goan homes is punctuated by grand maximalism — high walls to infinity pool.

A day with the Dehradun women who sprayed anti-Muslim graffiti. They are also Meerut stars

The days of Shradha Rajput and Sandhya Rajput revolve around enquiring about Muslim-owned shops, locating 'target areas', and 'rescuing' Hindu women.

GoPro used to recce Pahalgam before terror attack ‘traced to Chinese distributor’. NIA to approach China

GoPro camera used by terrorists to recce terror attack site was activated at Dongguan, China, a year before the terror attack. NIA now set to seek records via a Letter Rogatory.

How Lucknow’s DNA lab is decoding Indian cheetah’s genetic history from 200-yr-old samples

For the first time in the world, BSIP and ZSI are attempting to sequence the whole nuclear genome of this extinct Indian big cat.

3 months past deadline, India’s waqf mapping is only at 44%. Umeed portal is ‘stressing’ out staff

New Delhi: In the final days before the 6 December, 2025 deadline for mandatory upload of waqf properties on Umeed Central Portal, the Punjab...

Jammu’s power-hitters, Kashmir’s fast bowlers & the Manhas touch. Inside story of J&K’s Ranji glory

J&K squad’s road to Ranji glory wasn’t an easy one. Not that long ago the J&K Cricket Association was reeling under unpaid bills. ‘There was no structure or system’.

Bengaluru’s badminton boom. Powered by techies, app, thousands of courts

Badminton is Bengaluru’s primary source of feel-good endorphins. In the city that produced Prakash Padukone and Ashwini Ponnappa, techies are now carrying the torch.

The global Phoolan Devi story nobody talks about

Her autobiography travelled across borders and appeared in different languages. She understood how she was being framed and used those spaces to speak for herself.

On Camera

The influencer war that took rural creator Pujarini Pradhan global

As social media debated whether audiences were consuming Pujarini Pradhan as a symbol, The Juggernaut turned her into a story that could circulate globally, with or without her participation.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.