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Mullaperiyar: Dam nuisance
A lifeline for Tamil Nadu is now life-threatening in Kerala. K.A. Shaji explores arguments for and against a new dam K.A. Shaji Published: 30 Aug 2026, 4:05 PM Ever heard of Colonel John Pennycuick? You’ll find a statue of him in faraway Surrey — donated by Tamil Nadu. It was the then M.K. Stalin government…
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Tim Barker 11 November 2024Politics It wasn’t close. Donald Trump’s reelection may not make the history books as a landslide: measured by share of popular vote or of the electoral college, his margins are historically in the middle of the pack. But it is decisive nonetheless. In 2020, there were seven swing states in which…
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. Just six months after its enthusiastic declaration of independence, a fledgling American nation was on the brink of collapse.British forces captured New York in a stunning victory, taking 3,000 American soldiers prisoner. The Continental Congress was forced to flee Philadelphia and relocate to Baltimore. American troops were mutinous, malnourished, and deserting in droves.With the outcome…
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‘The Gold Standard American Journalism I Was Taught Had Pulled Wool Over My Eyes’: Joe Sacco on Gaza
Elisha Vermani 12 hours ago Award winning cartoonist Joe Sacco talks about his approach to journalism, the genocide in Gaza and the misinformation around it in conversation with The Wire Joe Sacco in conversation with The Wire’s Seema Chishti. Photo: The Wire. New Delhi: ‘Is it genocide or is it self defence?’ is a question that…
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Moldova’s future is expected to be a very dark one whose trajectory is already set and might be impossible to offset. Moldovan President Maia Sandu was re-elected on Sunday after winning 55.35% of the vote, though the opposition refused to recognize the results since their candidate Alexandr Stoianoglo reportedly received 51% of the votes cast at home…
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From Oct. 22-24, Russia will host the annual Brics summit in the city of Kazan. This meeting is intended to create an organization which, by mandate and structure, can challenge the US-led, rules-based international order and, in doing so, look to supplant US unilateralism with a multipolar reality that will define global geopolitics for the…
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