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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?’

On Camera

How Djokovic & his luck outplayed opponents in major tournaments—walkovers to retirements

By the 2024 US Open, ESPN noted that Djokovic had advanced via opponent retirements or walkovers 16 times at Majors, the most of any male player in the Open Era.

India’s fast-growing gig economy adds lakhs of jobs, but comes with risks for workforce—Economic Survey

Economic Survey underlines gig workforce has grown from 77 lakh in FY 2021 to about 1.2 cr in FY 2025, driven by smartphone penetration, scale-up of digital platforms & payments.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.