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Longer, messier, costlier: War in Iran cripples Indian airlines & fliers, fares spike as high as 14x

Disruptions in flights to and from India are estimated to cost Indian, global flights nearly Rs 8.06 lakh crore each week, according to aviation industry estimates.

RTE hurt school learning outcomes, affecting both reading & math proficiency—NITI Aayog working paper

Preliminary paper by NITI Aayog member is a data-intensive assessment of India’s education system, whose findings conflict the narrative of progress that has accompanied both RTE & NEP 2020.

Who is winning and losing in the US-Israel war on Iran? Here’s a perception rating

It's been over a month since the war began. Where do Iran, Israel, US, Europe, Pakistan and India stand?

A year after Pahalgam, Lt Vinay Narwal’s death haunts family. Guilt, grief, lonely evenings

‘I don’t feel like staying at home. I just leave, go to a friend’s place or to my sister’s nearby,’ said Rajesh Narwal, who hasn’t found peace since his son was killed by terrorists.

Bohra Muslim women are fighting against FGM anonymously—they fear community boycott

After more than seven years of pendency, the Supreme Court is set to hear a PIL regarding a complete ban on Female Genital Mutilation within the Dawoodi Bohra community.

End of an era in Bihar: From ‘sushasan babu’ to ‘paltu ram’, the many faces of Nitish Kumar’s legacy

Nitish was sworn in as Bihar CM 10 times. His tenure is marked by mixed record—initial push to development & improvement in law & order, but state still lags behind on key human indicators.

India is racing to decode its ancient manuscripts & medical texts. AI is helping—but only so far

From OCR data extraction to language models, technology is unlocking access, with Gyan Bharatam Mission prioritising digitisation—but interpretation remains a deeply human challenge.

Kashmiris with Pakistani MBBS degrees are desperate for jobs. ‘My father was militant, not me’

Kashmiri students began going to Pakistan for MBBS in the early 2000s. Pakistan offered a special quota for students from Kashmir, covering lodging and tuition fees.

The anatomy of an unorganised protest—How it spread from Manesar to Noida

The protests have exposed deep fault lines in the region’s labour economy, forcing authorities into damage-control even as political blame games intensifies.

Meta wants everyone to create AI images. Indian men chose misogyny

AI tools can be governed eventually. But who will govern the men?

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The math behind India’s elections—Why proximity matters

It is one of the most consistent findings in electoral politics: voters are more likely to support candidates who come from their local area.

US ends oil waivers but Russian crude flows to India ‘likely to remain steady’ amid Hormuz disruption

India will need to recalibrate crude sourcing strategy as US ends waivers for Russian & Iranian oil, energy experts say. But Russian crude will likely remain central to energy basket.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

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.