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Friday, March 13, 2026
TopicLanguage row

Topic: language row

India, China and the ‘dragon-elephant tango’, and the ‘high stakes’ India-US trade talks

NYT writes an obituary for Fauja Singh, the marathon runner with ‘startling accomplishments’.

Why Kolhapuri chappals are all the ‘rage’ right now & India’s growing language ‘anxieties’

Global media also investigates how, in addition to the official 37 death toll of the Kumbh Mela stampede, in at least 26 additional cases, families were given partial compensation.

How Kamal Haasan’s Tamil-Kannada remark touched a nerve, reigniting identity war among southern states

Karnataka leaders have slammed Haasan’s remark that Kannada was 'born out of Tamil', while Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK has spoken in the actor's defence.

Kannada film body boycotts Sonu Nigam over Pahalgam remark, demands apology

The singer has defended himself saying he is entitled to take offence when 'someone threatens me in the name of language, that too Kannada, my second language when it comes to work'.

Ahead of Stalin’s delimitation meeting, RSS hits out at ‘forces creating north-south divide’

Speaking at Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha in Bengaluru, Sah Sarkaryavah CR Mukund says opposition to the language, delimitation & other issues is ‘politically motivated’.

On Camera

A war in the Gulf, a crisis in Gujarat’s Morbi: India’s ceramics capital counts the cost

Morbi makes 80-90% of India’s ceramic exports. The West Asia conflict has cut its propane supply, shutting 200 factories and threatening 400 more—along with 9 lakh livelihoods.

India-Bangladesh relations on track—After military intel chief’s visit, envoy goes to Army War College

In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.