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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicMary Kom

Topic: Mary Kom

Manipur can be India’s next sporting hub. Financial security need not depend on politics

Manipur's demand for inclusion in the Fifth or Sixth schedule is valid. The state also needs financial and technical support for high-value agriculture, market-friendly crops, and micro-irrigation.

Deepika Padukone, Mary Kom, Sadhguru to join Modi’s ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’

Modi’s interaction programme is being tweaked this year to rope in celebrities who will address students before board exams.

Manipur conflict: Mary Kom writes to Amit Shah, urges him to protect her community

The boxing champion and former Rajya Sabha MP has appealed to the home minister to ensure security forces are 'impartial' and that the 'warring groups' do not enter Kom villages.

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Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.