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WWII to Iran war, strategic significance of RAF Fairford as US pulls its bombers from the UK air base

The RAF Fairford airbase, used by US heavy bombers and once linked to D-Day and Concorde testing, has become the focus of a suspected Iran-linked security investigation. 

Durga Puja has survived British rule, Leftists and TMC. It will survive the BJP too

If we turn back time to look at Durga Puja celebrations during the British era, we would see that social and political messaging have run alongside rituals even then.

UK nationalises British Steel, ending 6-year Chinese control. Beijing fumes

The British govt says the takeover will protect more than 2,700 jobs & preserve steelmaking, vital to national security. China says move could deter future Chinese investments.

London sanctions UK Sikh entrepreneur over links to ‘terror activities’. Who is Gurpreet Singh Rehal

UK authorities find Rehal involved in Babbar Khalsa and Babbar Akali Lehar’s terrorist activities, including promoting, recruitment and providing financial services to Sikh separatists.

New British boarding schools are here. The latest accessory for India’s rich

Ten new British boarding schools are en route to India, while three have already set up shop. This new-age passage to India is banking on Indians’ ever-expanding aspirations to clinch a global stamp.

14 million displaced, thousands killed—Sudan civil war shows failure of global powers

Country is torn apart by conflict that broke out in 2023 between Sudanese Armed Forces & Rapid Support Forces. Peace remains elusive as two sides are locked in a struggle for power.

British beetroot farmers gain access to US market

Beetroot growers to benefit from an additional market opportunity worth an estimated £150,000 per year.

Renewed rioting sweeps across UK over murder of 3 young girls in northwest England

Riots involving hundreds of anti-immigration protesters erupted after false information spread rapidly on social media that the suspect was a radical Muslim migrant.

British made Muslim policemen torture Hindu revolutionaries. Whole thing was kept a secret

Aparna Vaidik's 'Revolutionaries on Trial' is a study of the infamous Lahore Conspiracy Case and the martyrs involved in it.

Love stories of British men & Indian women in colonial India have an unusual home—Calcutta HC

British men's Indian lovers were called Mary, Polly in their wills. Colonial court records show

On Camera

The 1891 census counted India—but struggled to understand it

The 1891 census was built upon foundations laid a decade earlier by the 1881 census. Its success can be attributed to a longer, more meticulous preparation period than its predecessor.

India’s new kings & queens are flourishing in small towns

As the middle class that powered India’s first 3 decades of liberalisation stagnates, and a newly ascendant business class powers ahead, the complexion of consumption & investment is likely to change. 

Trump admin ‘withholding’ approval for Europe-funded Patriot missiles for Ukraine—WaPo report

The weapons are being purchased through NATO’s PURL framework, which allows European allies to fund the purchase of American military supplies for Ukraine.

India needs more Jamnagars. Anti-business, knee-jerk anti-Americanism hurt national interest

Anti-Americanism is chronic, deep-rooted and instinctive in India. We only undermine our national interest by not shedding it, and by dismissing our entrepreneurs as exploiters.