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"China's overtures toward friendly ties on the border come with conditions that India will find difficult to accept, highlighting the enduring challenge of managing a relationship with a more powerful Beijing. China’s reasoning: India lacks the military & economic muscle" I write in Foreign Policy.

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The Right to Information Act was a historic piece of legislation that gave ordinary citizens a legally enforceable means to seek information about the government’s functioning – a small step towards accountability. www.thehindu.com/podcast/how-...

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Hyderabad is witnessing the destruction of 400 acres of forest, home to diverse wildlife and rare plant species. Unchecked deforestation is threatening biodiversity and our ecological balance. We must act NOW to stop this destruction!

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A new #ScienceImmunology Review suggests that genomic changes in cancer cells can shape antitumor immune cells and facilitate immunogenomic cancer evolution, which could inform future strategies for precision medicine. scim.ag/3FS4PZP

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A strong 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga, prompting a tsunami warning for the Pacific island country. www.thehindu.com/news/interna...

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A test rocket aimed at kickstarting satellite launches from Europe fell into the water and exploded 40 seconds after takeoff from a Norwegian space port on March 30, in what German startup Isar Aerospace had described as an initial test.

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This situation is roughly: “President crushes dissident law firm by wielding power of executive branch to punish them, law firm apologises for challenging president and promises to pay money to president’s causes”. Sounds like a healthy democracy. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

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If you think namaaz on the streets is misappropriation of public spaces, but are okay with Ganesha / Durga mandals and processions and Deepavali fireworks and Christmas and Easter midnight church services over loudspeakers, you are not civic-minded, you are just hate Muslims.

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Eclipse solaire totale, partielle ou annulaire : comment ça marche ?

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The 40-year-old tool who exists to fulfil "the President's desires". I'm surprised he didn't order the assorted Greenland people he encountered with, 'Say thanks!'. Even 'Dystopia' seems inadequate to explain the shameless degeneracy of the US.

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An absolutely disgraceful attack on an ally, doubly uncouth that it’s made from their territory. “Our message to Denmark is simple, you have not done a good job for the people of Greenland. This is why Trump’s policy is what it is.” www.thetimes.com/us/american-...

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The ABAP stands today not as a marginal wing of an extremist, militant outfit but as an organisation that can influence most courtrooms of this country. Read Sushovan Patnaik's October 2024 report on the RSS legal front’s increasing hold over the judicial system: caravanmagazine.in/law/adhivakt...

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The US is pushing hard for more agricultural imports in India. The problem is agriculture is a huge employer in India and it's not easy to imagine the already stressed Indian labor market finding new jobs for displaced farmers.

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India extracts 25% of the world’s groundwater, more than any other country, for agriculture, industry, and drinking water. www.thehindu.com/children/gro...

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Oleg Gordievsky has died. What makes him so interesting is that he illustrates the stabilising role intelligence can play: he helped Reagan & Thatcher understand the USSR was genuinely worried about nuclear war, allowing them to take that into account in their policy www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Sanghis, listen in, true for you too!

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“I welcome criticism” because it helps me identify the people who need to be jailed without due process. And nobody, not even JDV can beat me where it comes to bootlicking tangerine palpatine.

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🔴 Celeste Saulo, secretaria general de la OMM: “Los indicadores del calentamiento son alarmantes”

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Children represent the future. In Gaza that future is being snuffed out.

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Grim reporting from northern Syria. ‘The troops wave their guns at the hordes of children who immediately gather round us as they taunt their guards. "We will behead you," they say. "One day we will be in charge. ISIS is coming back."’ news.sky.com/story/we-wil...

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Archives | The Adani Group reaps benefits worth thousands of crores of rupees as the coal scam continues under the Modi government Read Nileena's report: caravanmagazine.in/reportage/co...

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France To Expand Its Nuclear Deterrent With New Air Base Luxeuil Air Base will receive 40 new Rafales and hypersonic missiles at a time when Europe looks for ways to expand its own nuclear protections. Story: www.twz.com/air/france-t...

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Archives | However loudly Modi claims that under him India has become a “vishwaguru,” Beijing is not going to accept that New Delhi is its geopolitical peer. It is a game of hard power—of economies, militaries and technology—in which India trails China. caravanmagazine.in/security/ind...

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Exactly! If it weren’t so tragic, it would be hysterically funny that all despots and wannabe-despots follow identical playbooks.

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False Flag operations are THE default setting of Sanghis. Why they love Nathya Godse so much. That creepy cowardly incel Nathya originally wanted to make it seem like a Muslim assassinated Gandhi. But someone recognized Nathya as a sanghi. So that lie didn't take root. Worst among fascists.

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The Center only takes credit. For unsavory, inconvenient news like deaths of ordinary Indian citizens, it becomes NDA - No Data Administration, and relegates it to State.

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Israel just killed hundreds of Palestinians, including kids. The US just killed dozens of Yemenis, including kids. "Why do they hate us?" asks the American public, blissfully ignorant of what's being done in its name in the Middle East by the US and its ally Israel. Sigh.

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"Vietnam’s electronics industry is now worth $126 billion, more than triple the size of India’s — a country 10 times larger and 14 times as populous".

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Insanity in Manipur: The Modi government’s failed approach Sushant Singh writes: caravanmagazine.in/politics/mod...

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Absolutely. Free both of them!

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Portugal Drops Plans for F-35 Citing U.S. Political Uncertainty The recent shift in U.S. policy toward NATO has led the Portuguese Defense Minister to deem a potential F-35 procurement unlikely. Story: theaviationist.com/2025/03/13/p...

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Christopher Columbus didn’t "discover" the New World—he invaded it. His arrival in 1492 led to the enslavement, exploitation, and devastation of Indigenous peoples in the Americas. It's time to confront the truth and honor those who resisted. #IndigenousHistory

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german foreign intelligence: 80-90% likelihood covid-19 accidentally released from china’s wuhan institute of virology

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OTD in 1956, a B-47 bomber ferrying two plutonium pits from MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, to Ben Guerir AFB, French Morocco, disappeared in heavy clouds over the Mediterranean Sea preparing to rendezvous with a refueling tanker. An extensive 10-day search failed to find aircraft, crew, or cargo.

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The right of women to vote was granted at different times around the world. Here’s when.

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Did you know that Autistic people are at a 9x or greater risk of dying by suicide as compared to non-Autistic people? It’s true 😔 It was true even before gestures outwardly, with great fatigue all this happened We deserve to know regardless of perceived ability/need Adult diagnosis matters.

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“With one of the largest tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in US history, Kansas has more to worry about than its Super Bowl defeat.” Sit up and take note. TB kills more people globally than any other infectious disease - the world’s longest enduring pandemic. theconversation.com/...

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"The US has been critical in making the NPT hold. It has obviated its allies’ need to build their own arsenals by extending security protection over them. And for countries that have threatened to break their commitments, it’s imposed trade sanctions."

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New from @empirepoduk.bsky.social THE VICEROY, THE MERCHANT AND THE GREAT IMPERIAL PSYCHOPATH: The Story of How in India the Irish Transformed from Colonised to Colonisers linktr.ee/empirepoduk

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Listen as @anitaanand.bsky.social @willdalrymple.bsky.social are joined once again by Professor @janeohlmeyer to discuss. the Battle of the Boyne. How did the English conquest of Ireland shape Protestant identity there to this day. Out now wherever you get your podcasts 💥

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There’s a famous criticism made about the media in India during the short-lived “Emergency” there that suspended normal liberties in the 1970s. When Indira Gandhi asked the media to bend, they did more than that: they crawled. Lots of crawling happening in the US now.

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A growing number of Indians are tempering their aspirations and shunning debt-fueled lifestyle upgrades, as stunted wage growth, stubborn inflation and high interest rates begin to bite. s.nikkei.com/3Xnp7Ac

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