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Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Sex toys allowed but not massages – the story of tax breaks in Trump’s America

President Trump’s signature tax overhaul is aimed at spurring the economy in areas left behind, but the opportunity zones it covers, or rather doesn’t cover, shows some arbitrariness.

For the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezs & Shehla Rashids, Trump and Modi have the same playbook

Like Modi, Trump is probably headed to a victory with a bigger margin with this strategy and the Democrats are waltzing into the trap.

US against any country purchasing Russia’s S-400 missile defence system: Pentagon

Washington: The US is keen to make its defence partnership with India stronger, the Pentagon has said, but made it clear that it is...

How European powers are trying to save the dying Iran nuclear deal

A meeting between France, Germany and the UK concluded that Iran’s uranium cap breach was not significant enough to initiate the non-compliance clause.

Three reasons why it’s not Huawei or the highway for India’s 5G future

India needs to assess Huawei based on technical requirements and security capabilities, rather than being drawn into a US-China tug of war.

Imran Khan’s US visit is for home audience. Bajwa’s Army will do the real talking

Although impression is that financial squeeze brought Pakistan to its knees, ‘a dying CPEC’ can be behind the eagerness to visit Washington.

Omar Abdullah on his expectations from Modi govt, Omkar Goswami on reading the Budget correctly

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

India to continue helping Afghanistan limit Taliban, Pakistan & China’s influence: Pentagon

The Pentagon said a significant deterioration of security conditions in Afghanistan may adversely affect the ability of India to provide aid to the war-torn country.

Ajai Sahni on why Al Qaeda does not succeed in J&K, Deepak Nayyar on why Budget is disappointing

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

As US-Iran tensions mount, what India can learn from the oil ‘tanker war’ in 1980s

Faced with serious attempt to squeeze its economic or strategic assets, Iran will respond in ways that can jeopardise maritime traffic in the Gulf.

On Camera

Social media has made news more graphic. Torture by Russian military is latest example

Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.