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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicWWII

Topic: WWII

5,000 km in 5 days—satellite-tagged in Manipur, 3 Amur Falcons reach Somalia in ‘breathtaking migration’

IAS officer Supriya Sahu says Wildlife Institute of India tracked one bird last year. It’s tracking 3 this year & they followed same route with ‘astonishing precision'.

Indian PoWs in WW2 weren’t welcomed back as heroes—no money, medals, morale

In The Great Épinal Escape, Ghee Bowman tells the incredible story of forgotten Indian prisoners of war, and their daring escape to Switzerland during WW2.

MTR invented rava idlis when Japan invaded Burma. It caused a rice shortage in Bengaluru

In ‘India’s Most Legendary Restaurants’, editor Ruth Dsouza Prabhu compiles essays on the food and history of Paragon, Peter Cat, Karim’s and more.

Academic research on India in the US: for whom does the bell toll?

A particularly troubling aspect of the research on India in US social sciences is its non-collaborative nature.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

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

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.