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Topic: New York

Peter Nagy’s new exhibition revisits 1980s New York

Arriving as a tourist in 1990, Peter Nagy ended up staying in India for 35 years, experimenting with ceramics, colour, and three-dimensionality.

‘Better-looking’ Trump set to meet ‘Communist’ Mayor Mamdani at the White House

‘I will work with Trump on any agenda that benefits New Yorkers. If an agenda hurts New Yorkers, I will also be the first to say so,' said Zohran Mamdani.

‘Drugs, guns & a meeting with Amanat’: NYPD had been watching Pannun plot accused Nikhil Gupta for 10 yrs

Court filings reveal Gupta was on NYPD and DEA radar since 2013, with agents tracking his alleged money laundering, drug links, and (finally) conversations tied to Pannun murder plot.

Will Mumbai start looking for its Mamdani now? The city is as unaffordable as New York

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani will face hurdles. And Democrats cannot mistake one city’s victory for a national mandate.

‘Turn the volume up’—in Mamdani’s victory lap, a challenge to Trump, ode to Nehru & a pinch of Bollywood

Mamdani is NYC's first South Asian Muslim mayor. He framed his victory as reclamation of power by city’s working class, ending his speech with 'Dhoom Machale' playing in the backdrop.

Big wins for Democrats in first US polls since Trump’s return, 3 India-origin Americans in spotlight

Rise of NYC's new mayor Zohran Mamdani, in particular, is seen as a generational & ideological pivot for Democratic Party in post-Trump era.

Socialist Mamdani storms into capitalism’s citadel, elected NYC’s first South Asian Muslim Mayor

Mamdani’s victory over Cuomo, by almost 10 percentage points, comes at a time when the Democratic Party is still reeling from the loss of White House and US Congress in November 2024.

Mamdani signals a shift in American politics. And how immigrants see themselves in it

Naysayers are employing the same old playbook against the outsider, fear dressed up as caution, prejudice disguised as concern.

New York court clears deck to sue Saudi Arabia for 9/11 complicity

District Judge George Daniels delivered the judgment. Saudi intelligence agent Omar al-Bayoumi and Saudi diplomat & cleric Fahad al-Thumairy have been linked to the 9/11 hijackers.

New York, New Comrade. Mayor Mamdani and his India-style socialism

Zohran Mamdani’s faith, support for Gaza, dislike of Modi and Netanyahu are reasons why many in India are unhappy to see his rise rather than celebrate it as another ‘Indian’ conquest.

On Camera

A ship attack has shaken Asia’s faith in the US

Why should the US care? Because in the end, as its wrangle with Britain this week should have reminded them, America still needs bases, friendly ports, & overfly rights.

Amid the new war in Middle East, ‘God’ surfaces in oil and commodities contracts

Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.

Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena

IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.

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.