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ED questions Sonia Gandhi over the National Herald case; opposition calls it ‘political vendetta’

T.K. Rajalakshmi

Congress workers across the country held protest meetings over the ED questioning Sonia Gandhi.

Edappadi K. Palaniswami joins opposition voices demanding withdrawal of GST hike on essential commodities

R.K. Radhakrishnan

Wastewater analysis can help predict virus breakout faster

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U.N. body asks India to respond to charges of racial bias against Chakma and Hajong tribal people in Arunachal Pradesh

Purnima S. Tripathi

Cracks in MVA widen as Uddhav Thackeray is compelled to support Droupadi Murmu for President

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Sri Lanka President Gotabaya yet to resign; flees to Maldives en route Dubai

R.K. Radhakrishnan

Mamata announces slew of developmental projects for Darjeeling hills

Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay

Mutiny brewing in the Congress in Goa

Anupama Katakam

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Ukraine Conflict

Russia frees captive medic who filmed Mariupol’s horror

A celebrated Ukrainian medic whose footage was smuggled out of the besieged city of Mariupol by an Associated Press team was freed by Russian forces.

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Is climate activism too tame?

Activists must ramp up civil disobedience and pressure banks to stop funding fossil fuel, say top climate campaigners.

Ukraine Conflict

Amid Ukraine’s war, a farmer takes comfort in her snails

The wartime disruption to supplies of grain and other crops from Ukraine that feed the world has captured global attention and sent food prices soarin

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No freedom for victims of sexual violence in conflict

Sexual violence is present whenever conflict erupts. Adolescent girls are particularly at risk of sex as a weapon.

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This Day in History

Watergate: How a scandal produced a suffix

Partygate, Nipplegate and Dieselgate all owe their names to a break-in that rocked Washington 50 years ago.

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Ruth Ozeki wins Women’s Prize for Fiction for ‘The Book of Form and Emptiness’

The Canadian-American author’s winning novel is about a bereaved boy who hears objects speaking to him.

Army veterans point out flaws in Agnipath recruitment scheme

R.K. Radhakrishnan

Many veterans have chosen to stay silent or speak out against the Other Ranks recruitment strategy.

Union government announces scheme to recruit youth for the Armed Forces for a four-year period

Purnima S. Tripathi

The government today announced a radical recruitment scheme for the Armed Forces called Agnipath, which aims to recruit youth for a four-year period.

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Will wheat prices remain elevated?

Global wheat prices have doubled recently, for which Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is partly yet not fully to blame.

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Refugees in Rwanda warn of challenges for arrivals from UK

Britain plans to send its first group of asylum-seekers to Rwanda amid outcries and legal challenges.

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Is China building a military base in Cambodia?

The China-funded redevelopment of a Cambodian naval base has raised concern.

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Africa could feed itself with the right infrastructure

Africa has enough fertile soil and water to meet its own needs, but there are many hurdles preventing this.

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Long-standing debate on privatisation of state-run banks resurfaces

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Neoliberal ideologues should remember that criticism of public ownership of banking is misplaced.

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When the night comes alive

Come monsoon, head to Amboli in the Western Ghats.