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TopicIran elections

Topic: Iran elections

Minority rights supporter, against mandatory hijab — who’s Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s president-elect

The surgeon, who previously served as country’s health minister between 2001 & 2005, secured 16.3 mn votes against hardliner Saeed Jalil’s 13.5 mn.

Reformist leader Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran’s Presidential Election

According to election headquarters report under the auspices of the interior ministry, the voter turnout was 49.8 per cent in the Iran’s presidential elections.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

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.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?