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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicQassem Soleimani

Topic: Qassem Soleimani

Too much salt on PM Modi’s plate and a common dilemma across borders

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Gold nears 6-year high after US kills Iranian commander Soleimani

Amid mounting tensions in the Middle East, gold registered its biggest annual gain in almost a decade, also aided by a weaker dollar and lower real rates.

Another deadly airstrike in Baghdad, Iraqi state TV & Iranian militias claim US behind it

A US official has denied the country’s involvement in the second airstrike, which took place a day after it killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani.

Trump says Soleimani’s reign of terror is over, was plotting attacks on Delhi & London

Speaking to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, US President Donald Trump also said that top Iranian commander Soleimani made the 'death of innocent people his sick passion'.

US kills Iran’s Soleimani: Is it a wise act or Trump’s foolhardiness in an election year?

This attack marks another blow to relations between US and Iran, with whom India shares old ties.

Iran’s Qassem Soleimani was on Bush and Obama’s kill list too but Trump went for the attack

Top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani whom Donald Trump ordered killed was trained to disregard human lives.

On Camera

Why India fell off the global middle-class map

A stunted middle class may be a direct result of extreme inequality. Folks at the top don’t see teeming masses as a meaningful market, except for utilities, soap, short videos, and personal loans.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.