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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicEtymology

Topic: Etymology

Why is cancer called cancer? Greco-Roman history holds the answer

Konstantine Panegyres -
In the late fifth and early fourth century BC, doctors used karkinos – the ancient Greek word for crab – to describe malignant tumours.

Pretty, tall, naughty — Words that don’t mean what you think they do

Simon Horobin -
Warning before you read, attempting to constrain the uses of words is plain silly.

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Opinion

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Johan Jose -
Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

Nitish Kumar’s journey from endurance to exhaustion

India’s think tanks double up as lobbyists, give no disclosures. Hurt policymaking

Economy

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

Tejas Bhatotia -
On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

Shekhar Gupta -
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.

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