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Topic: Greeks

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

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

Hungary’s reaction to Bolsonaro video leak, Zimbabwe drought & other global news you may have missed

ThePrint’s round-up of world news and topical issues over the last week.

IMEC a project of ‘peace’, Greece is India’s doorstep to Europe, says Greek foreign minister

The economic corridor announced last September is a project that will reshape trading routes between Europe, West Asia and the Indian subcontinent. 

What we know as Indian Buddhism today was shaped by Central Asians and Greeks

What is acknowledged as ‘Indian’ now was developed across millennia by people who we don’t consider Indian today.

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What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

Rich state, borrowed money: Karnataka’s growth story has a debt problem that is only getting worse

Karnataka contributes billions to national growth and FDI, but its own finances show a revenue deficit, spiralling interest costs, and liabilities crossing Rs 11.2 lakh crore.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.