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Topic: Iran protests

Indian students keep getting stuck in war. Families send kids anywhere for Dr title

I hope the Indian students in Iran make it back home safe. They have suffered enough, at home and abroad. But a culture that can only accept two professions in 2026 will learn nothing from this. See you at the next evacuation.

For Iran’s exiled Prince to be in focus of unrest shows just how desperate the nation is for change

‘There are others who don’t support him but mostly we’ve reached one understanding in Iran: now is not the time to argue about this issue.’

Iran’s Supreme Leader concedes thousands killed in unrest, some of them ‘brutally & inhumanely’

Washington: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday said “several thousand people” died in this month’s anti-government demonstrations, his first acknowledgment of the...

Iran now looks closer to rupture than reform. Foreign powers will try to seize opportunity

In power for 36 years, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has governed through a rigid adherence to a theological ideology and an absolute rejection of political reform.

Iran protests — why India cannot be a mute spectator

New Delhi should realise that an unstable Iran, or a pro-American regime in Tehran, is not in India’s interest.

New Delhi to evacuate Indian nationals from Iran amid escalating protests

This comes a day after MEA advised Indian nationals to leave Iran by any available means of transport as the situation in the West Asian country continued to spiral.

Pakistanis slam Malala Yousafzai for supporting Iran protesters—‘Western pawn’, ‘fraud’

A person on X said that the Nobel laureate’s silence on Gaza had ‘exposed her’ and that she should now party with her ‘bestie’, Hillary Clinton.

Chinese commentary on Iran protests — serious but not regime-threatening

The views of analysts reflect a wider Chinese tendency to emphasise regime resilience and caution against overstating the impact of what they are calling as ‘street mobilisation’.

Dozens feared dead, thousands arrested as Iran hit by largest protests in years

Protests began on 28 Dec when traders in Tehran protested a currency crisis and worsening living conditions. The demonstrations have since spread nationwide.

Iran warns protesters of death penalty as unrest widens, crackdown grows

The death toll since the unrest began has risen to 42, according to the US-based Human Rights News Agency. BBC said it had independently confirmed at least 21 of the fatalities.

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India’s close encounters with Pakistan on Siachen

Pakistan's SSG team was not adequately provisioned for the inclement weather. If it managed to consolidate its position, the story of Siachen would have been different. 

The rebirth of YES BANK, a financial thriller: How captains of industry brought it back from the brink

In March 2020, Prashant Kumar took over as CEO & MD overseeing YES Bank reconstruction. He was ably supported by veteran banker Sunil Mehta, CA Atul Bheda & consultant Mahesh Krishnamurti.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

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.