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Topic: Saugata Roy

Mamata’s bulldozers may backfire. Kolkata’s problem is poor infrastructure, not hawkers

The solutions to Kolkata’s problems are civic infrastructure, jobs, education, and housing, not merely hawker-free pavements. Mamata is learning the wrong lessons from TMC’s history.

India’s bilateral ties with China, Nepal, 4 other neighbours haven’t deteriorated, says MEA

MoS for External Affairs V Muraleedharan was responding to a written question on India's bilateral ties with neighbours by Trinamool Congress member Sougata Ray in the Lok Sabha.

James Bond, defence deal and the govt — Not a spy movie but Rafale debate in Lok Sabha

Finance minister Arun Jaitley quoted a James Bond movie during the Rafale debate in Parliament, but was mocked by an MP for getting it wrong.

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Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

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.