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- March 7, 2026
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The Waiting Mart of Nathu La
Six kilometres inside Indian territory from the international boundary at Nathu La in Sikkim, a cluster of green-and-white buildings stands quietly on a windswept slope. The Indo-China border trade mart…
- Kamal Ghorui
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- March 7, 2026
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Iran, Israel, the United States and the return of great-power war
The war unfolding between the United States, Israel and Iran has crossed a dangerous threshold. Within a matter of days, three events have dramatically escalated the crisis: the reported killing…
- Kamal Ghorui
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- March 7, 2026
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War and prince: An unfinished kingdom
American journalist Karen Elliott House has been going to Saudi Arabia for nearly 50 years. She has had a firsthand view of the kingdom’s evolution, plus conversations with different kings, Jamal Khashoggi,…
- Kamal Ghorui
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- March 7, 2026
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Stillborn ideas
Andhra has proposed ₹25k as incentive for couples to produce a third child. Couples are smiling – not about making Baby No. 3, but at CM Naidu’s touching faith that…
- Kamal Ghorui
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- March 7, 2026
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What explains Trump
Iran war will end when Trump chooses. Question is when? Some say he’ll stop when petrol gets too pricey in US, others say when US casualties rise. All are counting…
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- March 7, 2026
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Why sheikhdoms are shaken
A week since Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s assassination in joint US-Israeli strikes, Gulf is at a dangerous turn facing an unprecedented spillover of the US-Israel-Iran war into Arab monarchies and neighbouring…
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- March 7, 2026
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When your adult child brings home someone else’s adult child
When perfectly sober houses start to tack on ugly extensions or split one room into three, you know the kids are home – for good! They dart out now and…
- Kamal Ghorui
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- March 6, 2026
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Re-imagining India’s Public Sector Enterprises – both Central & State governments owned
It is a fact that history of post – Independence India cannot be complete without mentioning the Role of Public Sector Enterprises – the majority shareholding of these Enterprises being…
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- March 6, 2026
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Australia doubles post-study work visa fee
Today’s edition moves from immigration policy to identity debates and ancient mythology. Australia has sharply raised the cost of its post-study work visa, a move that could affect thousands of…
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- March 6, 2026
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Western life expectancy increased by 50 years since capitalism emerged
Life expectancy in the West is around 80 years today. Two key questions arise: what was it before capitalist development began (in around 1650-1700) and what factors have contributed to…