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Topic: Easter

Easter eggs are more expensive this year and climate change could be a culprit

Chocolate eggs and bunnies cost more than ever this Easter – but the farmers who make these treats possible are in dire straits.

Faced with backlash, Manipur govt restores Easter Sunday holiday for state employees

In Thursday’s order, Deputy Secretary to the govt of Manipur said only 30 March would now be a working day for all govt offices, including PSUs and autonomous bodies.

Pope calls for peace in Ukraine, appeals dialogue between Israel & Palestine, in Easter message

Israeli-Palestinian tensions have sharply increased since Israeli police raids last week on Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, which caused outrage across the Arab world.

How Easter eggs evolved from chicken to chocolate

Eggs can now be eaten during the fasting period of Lent, but in the middle ages, they were prohibited along with meat and dairy.

Easter’s chocolate bunnies can teach us to save our food supply

Although there is no shortage of chocolate confections, consumers having to spend more on them is a harbinger of growing environmental and social burdens imperilling the industry.

This is what the world looks like when everyone stops driving

Enjoy the stillness. Cities around the world have become noticeably quieter with far fewer cars out on the roads.

Donald Trump’s Easter promise and human ‘threat’ to coronavirus plans

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

At least 138 dead and hundreds injured in Sri Lanka blasts on Easter Sunday

The blasts occurred as the Easter Sunday masses were in progress in Colombo and Negombo.

On Camera

University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.