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Beyoncé, Olivia Rodrigo, now Sabrina Carpenter — American pop stars vs Trump

The singer joins a rising list of artists protesting unauthorised use of their music in immigration messaging.

Tejashwi Yadav’s govt job promise in Bihar tells us about the real problem in India—unemployment

India’s playing catch-up in AI and green tech. It would gain more by focusing on manufacturing to address the jobs crisis.

Has Tel Aviv sought US aid to strike Iran’s nuclear mountain? What Israeli envoy to India had to say

New Delhi: Asserting that Israel and the US are in complete sync with each other, Israeli envoy to India Reuven Azar Tuesday said that...

American woman chases her lover to Pakistan. He rejected her, now she wants citizenship

The woman, rejected by her online lover, has now taken matters into her own hands and made 2 unusual requests—for him to pay her $3,000 per week and to become a Pakistani citizen.

Jimmy Carter’s India connect ended in frustration. He represented global rise of US power

Morarji Desai’s deeply anti-nuclear stance should have made for common ground with Jimmy Carter. Except it didn’t.

US must counter new Chinese cyber attacks. Remember how it lost nuclear monopoly?

Even if the cost of securing democracies against espionage is high, the price to be paid for not doing so could be catastrophic.

Modi, Trump, Putin can rule 3 great poles in multipolar world, says Russian professor

Alexander Dugin, nicknamed ‘Putin’s brain’, delivered a talk on ‘Bharat as the State-Civilization: Geopolicy and Ideology’. He proposed a new model of international relations.

Trump and Yunus have a bitter past, tense future. Unless doormat diplomacy becomes a thing

Yunus allegedly made a big donation to the Clinton Foundation ahead of Hillary Clinton’s bid for US presidency. On his part, Trump had reportedly said: “Where’s the micro-finance guy from Dhaka?’

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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.