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Tuesday, May 19, 2026
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Topic: Rome

Rome’s Trevi Fountain became the most expensive swim for tourist. Fined €500

Insha Jalil Waziri -
Just weeks after Katy Perry's viral card swipe, a New Zealand tourist takes things too far by jumping straight into the 18th-century monument.

Beyond the Trojan war — the long peace that sustained Troy

The Conversation -
Troy thrived for centuries through trade, craft and everyday cooperation before its dramatic end.

Greek hero in Kolhapur, Indian statue in Pompeii—how art, trade, beliefs transcended borders

Sakshi Mehra -
At the lecture, titled Beyond Boundaries, historian Romila Thapar revealed that the pepper tree travelled from India’s west coast all the way to Rome, and attracted many Romans.

Working out to music is a 2,000-year-old habit—Ancient Greeks & Romans had playlists too

The Conversation -
In one vase painting from the 5th century BCE, a group of athletes trains while a musician plays the aulos, a type of ancient pipe instrument.

Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too—and created economic problems

Peter Edwell -
Tariffs of 25% in ancient Rome led to the rise of black markets—a potential challenge for the Trump administration too.

Phryge, the friendly Paris Olympics 2024 mascot, has a history dating back to Greece & Rome

Kelly Summers -
The Phrygian symbol upon which the mascot is based has a fraught global history that challenges the narrative of freedom and unity the Olympics and its French hosts want to tell.

Rome summit to focus on sustainable innovation to meet climate, health & nutrition goals

ThePrint Team -
Held by European Institute of Innovation for Sustainability & UN International Fund for Agricultural Development, summit to showcase firms & groups working towards sustainability.

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Economy

Yrs of delay, GST rate change & other factors double Gurugram Metro project cost to over Rs 10,000 crore

Sushil Manav -
Project’s original cost in 2019 was Rs 5,452 crore; Prime Minister Modi laid foundation stone in February 2024, and bhumi poojan happened in September 2025. Construction is yet to get up to speed

Defence

Drones no longer enablers, they’re replacing manned aircraft roles—CISC Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Speaking at IAF think-tank seminar, Air Marshal Dixit was backed by Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh, who said unmanned aerial systems are no longer just the eyes in the sky but ‘claws in the sky’.

National Interest

Pakistan is tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous. It’s primed for repeated blunders

Shekhar Gupta -
Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.

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