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From streets, GenZ once toppled Nepal govt. They are now fighting battle for reforms up to Parliament

As Nepal election begins 5 March, ThePrint speaks to five prominent faces of the GenZ movement about the shift—and splintering—of youth politics in the country.

Empires inflicted a century of regime change on Iran. Each wanted a compliant, powerless nation

The lessons of earlier American regime-change efforts should be obvious. The dismantling of Iran’s regime could lead to the breakdown of state authority and the rise of warlords.

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’.

On Camera

Indian liberals need a Dharma reset. Rootless, imported version isn’t working

Western liberalism begins with rights and designs society backwards. Dharma begins with relationships. It assumes you are born into a web of obligations, and that this web is a gift.

European gas holds near 3-year high as Middle East conflict rattles energy markets

Major energy infrastructure is in the crosshairs of the conflict, raising risks of the biggest shock since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Qatar’s largest LNG plant remains shut, fuelling supply fears.

War reaches India’s backyard as Iranian warship sunk by US submarine off Sri Lanka coast. 100 dead

Sinking of the ship has raised eyebrows in the Indian defence and security establishment. Lankan navy has recovered several bodies, believed to be of crew members.

Pakistan is fighting a two-front war. I saw it coming 15 yrs ago

The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.