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US-Iran agree to two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan, invited to Islamabad for further talks

Twin announcements by US President Trump & Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi bring six-week long conflict across West Asia to temporary halt.

A 14-year old Governor in the US? Vermont gets a teenager candidate

Dean Roy will be the first candidate under 18 to appear on Vermont’s general election ballot. 'I don’t necessarily expect to win,' he said, 'What I do expect is to start a movement.'

Startups race to flip drone warfare economics, says WSJ report. How cheap missiles can counter Shaheds

As cheap drones reshape battlefields and drive up the cost of war with every expensive interception, a wave of defence startups seek to develop the answer: the $10,000 missile

US considers diverting Patriot, THAAD systems intended for Ukraine to West Asia conflict

West Asia conflict drains US stockpiles, forcing diversion of Patriot, THAAD interceptors from Kyiv; Europe, Zelensky voice concerns as US administration pivots funds and priorities

Iran says Hormuz open, but vessels linked to US & Israel ‘don’t qualify for non-hostile passage’

Trump Sunday gave Iran a 48-hour ultimatum to open the Strait of Hormuz even as disruption of the flow of vessels through the global chokepoint sent energy prices surging worldwide.

$35K kamikaze drone modelled on Tehran’s own Shahed design—all about LUCAS, deployed by US against Iran

In what CENTCOM called a first, Washington used these one-way attack drones during Operation Epic Fury against Iranian targets.

Beyoncé, Olivia Rodrigo, now Sabrina Carpenter — American pop stars vs Trump

The singer joins a rising list of artists protesting unauthorised use of their music in immigration messaging.

Tejashwi Yadav’s govt job promise in Bihar tells us about the real problem in India—unemployment

India’s playing catch-up in AI and green tech. It would gain more by focusing on manufacturing to address the jobs crisis.

Has Tel Aviv sought US aid to strike Iran’s nuclear mountain? What Israeli envoy to India had to say

New Delhi: Asserting that Israel and the US are in complete sync with each other, Israeli envoy to India Reuven Azar Tuesday said that...

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Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.