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MK Stalin
There was also a message for Vijay from the MLA of one of the constituencies the TVK is considering standing from...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
Yuvasathi should not be viewed in isolation, as governments across the country, regardless of political affiliation, are increasingly using direct transfers to keep voters on their side.
A brief spike in Brent crude, followed by a post-conflict retreat to $70 by year-end, may raise inflation and increase political background noise, but it will not transform energy systems.
Every rupee India spends on foreign oil today strengthens economies it does not control and exposes the country to vulnerabilities it cannot mitigate without structural change.
Balendra Shah, popularly known as Balen, is poised to become Nepal’s next Prime Minister, buoyed by strong support from young voters.
In a historic 2026 landslide, rapper-engineer Balen Shah has shaken Nepal’s “revolving door” politics. From the defiant anthem Balidan to the Prime Minister’s Office, this “Himalayan Orpheus” echoes t ...
Gig workers
Food and grocery delivery workers are facing a threat to their livelihoods as restaurants shut down or cut back on their menus due to an LPG crunch, said the Gig Workers Association.
Dr Aishwarya Rao
A conversation with a pioneering physician, disability advocate, and quiet revolutionary
Kharge (left) and Rahul Gandhi
Commenting on the TVK's offer of a share in power, Chidambaram said in a media interview: "Let them first contest elections and win seats."
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor.
The senior Congress leader, who turned 70 on Monday, remains one of the most charming and suave public personalities in the country.
Nellie Tayloe Ross (left) and Nellie Sengupta (right).
Beyond the binary of struggle, the lives of Nellie Tayloe Ross and Nellie Sengupta, initially defined by their husbands' legacies, reveal a profound democratic truth.
Thousands of women enter pregnancy with anaemia and when there is a need of immediate transfusion, the blood may not be available.
Anaemia is a condition where levels of oxygen-carrying haemoglobin in the blood fall, affecting physical and cognitive health. In pregnancy, this could be fatal.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a sit-in for the second consecutive day, in Kolkata, Saturday, March 7, 2026. Banerjee staged the sit-in to protest against the alleged arbitrary deletions from the post-SIR electoral rolls in the state.
Today, President's Rule will most likely boomerang on the BJP. The BJP knows that. So, the strategy behind the Raj Bhavan rejig remains clouded...
Pinarayi (second from left) and Satheesan (third from left)
The perennial issue of funds need not be a major challenge for either the LDF or the BJP. But it's so for the UDF...
Edappadi K Palanisami
In the absence of the towering charisma of its late leaders M G Ramachandran (MGR) and J Jayalalithaa, the key question remains whether Edappadi K Palaniswami can revive and rebuild the party from its ...
Smoke rises from the site of airstrikes in a central area of the Iranian capital Tehran.
A 10% oil price rise is likely to reduce India's GDP by 0.3%. Worse, it will cause inflation to flare up by 0.2%. The higher the price increase, the sharper the impact.
GE Sridharan had his moment of glory in the 1986 Asian Games.
GE Sridharan's dreams have boiled down to a single one at age 72. "India should be in the Olympics," he says.
Image used for representational purposes.
Curated dating profiles, AI-generated empathy, AI scripted conversations and even generation of images using AI are not original but simulations that endlessly reproduce other simulations.
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