Month before Xi Jinping’s purge of China’s top general, Pentagon flagged removal of officers, said it triggered ‘uncertainty’ 🔍
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📆January 26, 2026 at 03:46PM
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Month before Xi Jinping’s purge of China’s top general, Pentagon flagged removal of officers, said it triggered ‘uncertainty’
The removal follows the expulsion of nine top generals in October: one of the largest public crackdowns on the military in decades. With the latest purge, the Central Military Commission is now down from the original seven members to just two.
Polar vortex: What’s behind the lethal winter storm in the United States? 🔍
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📆January 26, 2026 at 06:14PM
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Polar vortex: What’s behind the lethal winter storm in the United States?
Around 17 states witnessed snowfall, with more than a foot of accumulation in some areas. The deep freeze strained energy supplies in some states, and the National Weather Service predicted widespread, prolonged travel disruptions
How Donald Trump is driving de-dollarisation, and contributing to the gold surge 🔍
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📆January 26, 2026 at 06:29PM
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How Donald Trump is driving de-dollarisation, and contributing to the gold surge
Of note is gold’s relative position in what these banks hold as reserves. The RBI now holds 17% of its forex reserves as gold, up from 12% a year ago. The reason, directly and indirectly, is US President Donald Trump.
Can the right environment make animals ‘smarter’? Expert Explains the larger lessons from a brush-wielding bovine 🔍
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📆January 26, 2026 at 07:33PM
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Can the right environment make animals ‘smarter’? Expert Explains the larger lessons from a brush-wielding bovine
Are some animals more intelligent than others? Are humans more likely to look for intelligence in certain species? Taking Veronika, the cow that hit headlines, as an example, the scientist who studied it answers key questions.
Expert Explains | Bangladesh’s February 12 elections are a chance at a fresh start for all parties 🔍
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📆January 27, 2026 at 07:02AM
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Expert Explains | Bangladesh’s February 12 elections are a chance at a fresh start for all parties
Bangladesh’s first palpably free and fair election in 17 years will also be accompanied by a constitutional referendum — a yes/no vote on the July National Charter
How geo-economic shifts revived India–EU trade talks and nudged it across the finish line 🔍
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📆January 27, 2026 at 09:56AM
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How geo-economic shifts revived India–EU trade talks and nudged it across the finish line
Uncertainty in US trade policy has impacted both India and the EU as Washington remains the largest export market for both New Delhi and Brussels.
India-EU FTA: Why EU’s ever-growing regulations are India’s biggest challenge & deal needs to address them 🔍
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📆January 27, 2026 at 10:20AM
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India-EU FTA: Why EU’s ever-growing regulations are India’s biggest challenge & deal needs to address them
India EU trade deal news: From food and chemicals to engineering goods, the EU has implemented a wide net of strict regulations that tend to discourage exporters due to the steep compliance burden. Trade experts said that the India-EU FTA offers India a legal…
Explained: UGC’s new regulations to deal with caste-based discrimination and the opposition to them 🔍
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Explained: UGC’s new regulations to deal with caste-based discrimination and the opposition to them
These regulations — a fresh version of the “equity” regulations the UGC first issued in 2012 — are now in the eye of a storm, with a section of people claiming that these can lead to “harassment” of general category students
What’s in a name? In Beckham vs Beckham, it’s the issue of trademark 🔍
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📆January 27, 2026 at 01:36PM
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What’s in a name? In Beckham vs Beckham, it’s the issue of trademark
For decades, David and Victoria Beckham have built a tightly managed ecosystem around their surname, cultivating it as a brand identity. Brooklyn’s public break highlights an old tension in celebrity families, between personal and commercial boundaries.
India-EU FTA: After two decades of negotiations, how India and EU finally clinched a trade deal this time 🔍
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📆January 27, 2026 at 02:53PM
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India-EU FTA: After two decades of negotiations, how India and EU finally clinched a trade deal this time
India and EU got tantalisingly close to a deal in 2013 tooo. But the key difference from the last time is evolving geopolitics. America’s shadow on global trade and politics has created a broader strategic objective beyond trade gains.
China This Week | Top military leader under investigation, China-Canada bonhomie, and population data 🔍
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📆January 27, 2026 at 03:57PM
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China This Week | Top military leader under investigation, China-Canada bonhomie, and population data
Every week, we recap highlights of the news from China. This week, we look at an important development in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), a recent visit by Canadian PM Mark Carney, and China’s population woes.
What the India-EU FTA signals about bilateral ties, and the message it sends 🔍
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📆January 27, 2026 at 06:28PM
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What the India-EU FTA signals about bilateral ties, and the message it sends
India-EU FTA: 10 aspects of the deal you should know, from trade diversification to impact on the services sector.
India-EU deal: Why Trump may hold the answer to India’s carbon tax conundrum 🔍
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📆January 27, 2026 at 07:39PM
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India-EU deal: Why Trump may hold the answer to India’s carbon tax conundrum
Government officials said that India has also sought easier access to the EU's steel scrap, a critical input for low-carbon steel production, and arrived at an understanding.
‘Gandhi of Lisbon’ Antonio Costa proud of Goan heritage: Who is an Overseas Citizen of India? 🔍
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📆January 27, 2026 at 07:43PM
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‘Gandhi of Lisbon’ Antonio Costa proud of Goan heritage: Who is an Overseas Citizen of India?
OCI cardholders are eligible for multiple entries and a lifelong free visa. However, they do not hold dual citizenship and are not Indian citizens.
Gold crosses $5,000/oz: Fears of dollar instability, impending debt crisis behind meteoric rise 🔍
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📆January 28, 2026 at 06:34AM
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Gold crosses $5,000/oz: Fears of dollar instability, impending debt crisis behind meteoric rise
Throughout history, gold has served as the ultimate store of value - relatively scarce, durable, and symbolically associated with wealth and power. This makes gold a safe haven asset, insurance against currency failure.
How shifting trade winds nudged India-EU talks across finish line 🔍
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📆January 28, 2026 at 07:23AM
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How shifting trade winds nudged India-EU talks across finish line
US tariff threats may have accelerated talks, but EU & India narrowed their differences by reevaluating their positions amid rapid geo-economic changes
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Why Anthropic CEO Amodei’s warning about AI destroying humanity in the future is a distraction 🔍
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📆January 28, 2026 at 07:33AM
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Why Anthropic CEO Amodei’s warning about AI destroying humanity in the future is a distraction
Whether AI models will become super-intelligent or not, the risks posed by them are already here, and not in the future, like Amodei and other CEOs have been saying, as proven by studies flagging bias, discrimination, and misinformation.
Karnataka HC lifts ban on bike taxis, directs state to grant contract carriage permits 🔍
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📆January 28, 2026 at 09:33AM
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Karnataka HC lifts ban on bike taxis, directs state to grant contract carriage permits
The decision is likely to bring relief to around 6 lakh bike-taxi riders and aggregators who had stopped operations since April 2025. Aggregators like Uber and Rapido have welcomed the High Court order.
How far can UGC’s new anti-discrimination rules go to address caste on campus? Academics weigh in 🔍
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How far can UGC’s new anti-discrimination rules go to address caste on campus? Academics weigh in
How is caste discrimination observed and documented on campus? How much can the new UGC rules, now at the centre of a row, help?
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Why Kerala High Court has allowed physiotherapists to use the title ‘Dr’ 🔍
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📆January 28, 2026 at 01:38PM
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Why Kerala High Court has allowed physiotherapists to use the title ‘Dr’
Medical doctors argued that the prefix 'Dr', in 'common parlance', is associated with a medical practitioner. The court, however, ruled that medical doctors do not hold an exclusive right to the title
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Kerala viral video suicide case: As court denies bail to woman, what is the law on abetment of suicide? 🔍
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📆January 28, 2026 at 02:29PM
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Kerala viral video suicide case: As court denies bail to woman, what is the law on abetment of suicide?
In the Kerala case, a court will eventually have to determine whether posting a video on social media — even if defamatory — constituted a direct, active intent to force the deceased to end his life
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