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Iran-Israel-US ‘triangle trap’: Decoding India’s stance amid rising Middle East tensions | India News

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Iran-Israel-US ‘triangle trap’: Decoding India’s stance amid rising Middle East tensions | India News

[ad_1] Is New Delhi recalibrating its approach to West Asia? The question has resurfaced after India’s notably cautious response to the latest escalation involving Iran. When the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran on February 28, triggering retaliatory missile attacks across the region, several global powers reacted swiftly. India, however, avoided taking a … Read more

Adivasis displaced by one of India’s first thermal power plant still depend on stolen electricity

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Adivasis displaced by one of India’s first thermal power plant still depend on stolen electricity

[ad_1] Jagdish Hansda has faint memories of the village where he grew up. “Back then, there used to be nothing here except us Adivasis, our fields, jungles and wildlife,” said Hansda, who is now in his late seventies. The village, Jhinjirguttu, was in what was then Bihar, and now falls within Jharkhand. “Some Mulvasi communities … Read more

How Modi’s policies and India’s monopolists are weakening labour power – and democracy

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How Modi’s policies and India’s monopolists are weakening labour power – and democracy

[ad_1] India’s gig workers on quick commerce platforms ended 2025 on a rebellious note. Over 200,000 “delivery partners”– as the poorly-paid, overworked, and precarious delivery workers ferrying food, groceries and almost everything else are euphemistically termed – called a strike on New Year’s Eve to press for fair pay, social security benefits, and safe work … Read more

Films and shows on India’s first election, succession battles, crime and romance

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Films and shows on India’s first election, succession battles, crime and romance

[ad_1] Netflix India revealed on Tuesday a slate stacked with crowd-pleasers such as crime thrillers – always a safe bet – relationship dramas and reality shows. The line-up includes shows about succession and legacy, fantasy content influenced by folklore, and women rampaging to protect their children. Prominent names as well as reputed actors are involved … Read more

Partha Chatterjee’s comparative, contextual study of the Indias within India

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Partha Chatterjee’s comparative, contextual study of the Indias within India

[ad_1] There can be few scholars working anywhere in the world today with Partha Chatterjee’s sustained record of close intellectual engagement with India’s political economy and its place in the colonial and postcolonial worlds. As is well known, his interests also range widely over issues in social and cultural history, from rural mentalities to bourgeois … Read more

Zohran Mamdani’s masterclass on principled politics for India’s Opposition after Bihar loss

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Zohran Mamdani’s masterclass on principled politics for India’s Opposition after Bihar loss

[ad_1] Zohran Mamdani has lit up social media in unusual places around the world far away from ground zero of his triumph. In India, a bit more than others. The Indian-born mayor-elect’s victory speech laced with quotes of India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Bollywood music has added to the buzz, but his desi … Read more

A new book charts India’s development story

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A new book charts India’s development story

[ad_1] What makes the growth and structural transformation history of India particularly interesting is the fact of a major turnaround in economic growth that also allowed some of the stymied structural transformations to be turned around, even if partially and differentially. These changes defy easy explanations, especially for the underperformance of the planning era. For … Read more

Outrage over infant deaths in Indore | In India’s cleanest city, rats in a hospital

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Outrage over infant deaths in Indore | In India’s cleanest city, rats in a hospital

[ad_1] Out of use furniture and cushions lying in a room in the basement of the Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore. | Photo Credit: A.M. Faruqui At dusk on August 29, Manju Devi was rushed to the primary health centre (PHC) in Rajod town of Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district. Her labour pain had … Read more