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Friday, November 7, 2025
TopicGoa liberation

Topic: Goa liberation

Goa’s torture chamber is now a cultural hub. Aguad Jail’s dark past is the new go-to place

Aguad has many reminders of the price of freedom, such as the wall of plaques commemorating fallen fighters and the solitary cell of TB Cunha, the ‘Father of Goan Nationalism’.

1962 war was unavoidable. Goa liberation lulled India into false pride about military prowess

Operation Vijay to liberate Goa was all over in two days. However, great publicity was given to this ‘feat of arms’ with high-pitch political rhetoric and public adulation.

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Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

India’s services exports touching $400 bn—a quiet engine offsetting trade deficit

In 2024-25, India exported $387.54 bn worth of services, against imports of $198.14 bn, earning all-time high surplus of $189.40 bn. This offset 2/3rd of goods trade deficit. 

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

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

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

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.