With eye on rural votebank, Telangana budget raises allocations for farmers, power & welfare schemes, while introducing new initiatives and relying on borrowings to fund growth.

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Tracked: How a sailor’s 35-minute workout on deck gave away exact location of French aircraft carrier

Vaibhav Pant - March 20, 2026

A fitness run logged on a Strava‑linked watch by a French sailor has revealed the movement of nuclear‑powered Charles de Gaulle in the Mediterranean

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta - March 14, 2026

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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The NGT had slammed coal mafia while banning rat-hole mining in Meghalaya

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Tracked: How a sailor’s 35-minute workout on deck gave away exact location of French aircraft carrier

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Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

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