How West Asia conflict has hit India’s rice exports, left thousands of containers stuck at ports 🔗
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How West Asia conflict has hit India’s rice exports, left thousands of containers stuck at ports
The Gulf is one of the largest importers of Indian basmati, and shipments to West Asia typically rise during Ramadan. With around 3,000 rice containers stuck at the Kandla and Mundra ports, exporters have sought a port charge waiver.
Explained: As Mount Abu becomes Abu Raj, the debate over renaming Rajasthan’s only hill station 🔗
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Explained: As Mount Abu becomes Abu Raj, the debate over renaming Rajasthan’s only hill station
As many as 23 associations of hotels, traders, local businesses, caste outfits, etc., had protested and written to the CM, opposing the move.
Iran warship sunk off Sri Lanka coast by US was returning from India. Here's why 🔗
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Iran warship sunk off Sri Lanka coast by US was returning from India. Here’s why
The IRIS Dena, a Moudge-class frigate belonging to the Iranian Navy’s Southern Fleet, was operating roughly 40 nautical miles off the coastal city of Galle when it sounded a distress call at roughly 5:30 am local time.
Expert Explains | How thorium can power India’s 100 GWe by 2047 mission 🔗
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Expert Explains | How thorium can power India’s 100 GWe by 2047 mission
India holds the world’s largest thorium reserves, and thorium use not only offers energy independence but also virtually eliminates proliferation risk
What are 'gravity bombs', which the US is planning to shift to in Iran? 🔗
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What are ‘gravity bombs’, which the US is planning to shift to in Iran?
US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth announced that the US would be shifting to 'gravity bombs', marking a major tactical pivot in the ongoing campaign against Iran.
War in West Asia: Why the US is again turning to the Kurds amid attacks on Iran 🔗
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War in West Asia: Why the US is again turning to the Kurds amid attacks on Iran
Who are the Kurds, and why are some of them opposed to the Iranian regime? What is their association with the US? We explain.
Was US legally right in sinking Iranian ship? What framework governing maritime conflict says 🔗
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Was US legally right in sinking Iranian ship? What framework governing maritime conflict says
The sinking of the frigate, in which at least 80 sailors were killed, has widened the theatre of the war between US-Israel and Iran.
Russian oil 'waiver' explained: How war in West Asia forced Trump's hand, giving India short-term relief 🔗
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Russian oil ‘waiver’ explained: How war in West Asia forced Trump’s hand, giving India short-term relief
With shipping via Strait of Hormuz restricted, international oil prices are spiking. Industry experts see the move as part of Donald Trump’s effort to prevent an additional and sustained spike, given the mid-term elections in the US later this year.
From Karnataka to Andhra Pradesh, why calls for banning social media for kids are growing 🔗
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From Karnataka to Andhra Pradesh, why calls for banning social media for kids are growing
Calls for banning social media use for children are gaining traction across the world, with the precedent set by a landmark Australian legislation that went into effect last year.
Explained: Rastriya Swatantra Party, set to form next Nepal govt, and the 'Balen effect' 🔗
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Explained: Rastriya Swatantra Party, set to form next Nepal govt, and the ‘Balen effect’
The Nepal election results show the Rastriya Swatantra Party leading in several seats. Rapper-turned-mayor Balen Shah is set to become the country's Prime Minister. What's behind the party's strong performance?
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From Karnataka to Andhra Pradesh, why calls for banning social media for kids are growing 🔗
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From Karnataka to Andhra Pradesh, why calls for banning social media for kids are growing
Calls for banning social media use for children are gaining traction across the world, with the precedent set by a landmark Australian legislation that went into effect last year.
Explained: How votes for Rajya Sabha elections are calculated 🔗
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Explained: How votes for Rajya Sabha elections are calculated
Unlike Lok Sabha, whose members are directly elected by citizens aged 18 and above, Rajya Sabha members are elected by state Assembly members through the system of proportional representation by a single, transferable vote.
Explained: The rule changes reshaping Formula 1 in 2026 — new engines, smaller cars, no DRS 🔗
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Explained: The rule changes reshaping Formula 1 in 2026 — new engines, smaller cars, no DRS
As the season-opener Australian Grand Prix gets underway on Sunday, here's a look at some of the most sweeping rule changes in the history of F1
Expert Explains | ‘RSP a party of progressive, smart people… would be very keen to partner with India’ 🔗
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Expert Explains | ‘RSP a party of progressive, smart people… would be very keen to partner with India’
Ranjit Rae, former Ambassador to Nepal, speaks to The Indian Express about what the results of the Nepal parliamentary election signify, the way forward for the new Nepal government, and what India can expect in its relations with Nepal
Protocol says CM should nominate a minister if unable to receive President 🔗
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Protocol says CM should nominate a minister if unable to receive President
There are several instances where chief ministers were missing from the official reception of the President, Vice-President and Prime Minister, but West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee not nominating even a minister to receive President Droupadi Murmu…
Explained: The jobs that AI could most certainly replace, as per an Anthropic study 🔗
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Explained: The jobs that AI could most certainly replace, as per an Anthropic study
The data also shows how some demographics can be more at risk than others. Workers in the most AI-exposed professions differ significantly from those in unexposed roles.
Gavalas vs Gemini: How a US suicide case raises questions over design of AI chatbots creating legal liability 🔗
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Gavalas vs Gemini: How a US suicide case raises questions over design of AI chatbots creating legal liability
The lawsuit claims that the Google chatbot convinced the deceased that it was a sentient entity trapped inside a digital system and that he had been chosen to help “free” it.
Why fertilisers could be the war’s soft underbelly victim for India 🔗
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Why fertilisers could be the war’s soft underbelly victim for India
India’s food security is heavily tied to fertiliser material supplies from West Asia. The consolation is that stocks are comfortable for now and the next crop season is three months away
Expert Explains | ‘Islamism is dead politically... Religious vocabularies will survive in Iran, domination by clerics won’t 🔗
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Expert Explains | ‘Islamism is dead politically… Religious vocabularies will survive in Iran, domination by clerics won’t’
Historian of Islam Faisal Devji analyses the response in the Muslim world to the US-Israeli war on Iran, and of the likely future now of the political project that was begun by the Islamic Revolution of 1979