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Trump pulls US out of UNESCO again, reversing Biden-era decision to rejoin UN agency

The withdrawal will take effect in December 2026. White House says the US president made the decision because he believes the agency supports ‘woke, divisive cultural and social causes’.

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?’

Trump’s planning a war against illegal immigrants. Problem is, it was lost 70 years ago

Each wave of people arriving in America has been decried as unassimilable—only for them to establish themselves as agents of economic growth.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order fails Delhi. Courtroom absolutes don’t solve bad policy

What’s needed now is a policy-based solution. The situation cannot remain suspended between denial and inaction—it has already cost lives and money.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.