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Saturday, August 16, 2025
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Topic: Downing Street

UK PM Truss clings to power as approval ratings tank to historic low for a British leader

6 weeks into the job, Truss has seen a bond market rout, suffered the lowest approval ratings of a British leader, and has now lost her interior minister who quit on Wednesday.

I was dismissed because of my faith, claims UK’s ex-transport minister Nusrat Ghani

Conservative Party MP Ghani alleged she was removed from her post because the govt felt she didn’t do enough to defend it 'against Islamophobia allegations'.

Boris Johnson’s advisers jump a sinking ship, and Trump’s ‘piece-ful’ transition of power

The best cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Global Pulse: A not-so-brave new world

The US may never go back to what it was. The Saudi kingdom has little semblance with even its recent past.  Is the political landscape across the globe changing in indelible ways?

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

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.