As Modi religiously prepares for India’s elections, Sreenivasan Jain examines the tussle between Hindutva and secularism. The politics of Hindu nationalism have played a central role in the dramatic rise of the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. As the elections have neared, the Modi regime has turbocharged its Hindu-first agenda – best exemplified in […]
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Officials in a Chinese city near Beijing apologized after a state media journalist was prevented from covering a fatal explosion, an incident that underscores the difficulty of reporting in the world’s second-largest economy. A clip from state broadcaster China Central Television shows one of their reporters working near the scene of a blast resulting from
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Spy agencies say Hamas and its tunnel network will not be destroyed. In its annual threat report, the United States’ intelligence community has concluded that Hamas cannot be destroyed. The group’s elimination is a core aim of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s merciless onslaught in Gaza. So why is the US continuing to arm Israel,
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Britain is cutting taxes for workers again ahead of elections. Britain slipped into recession late last year, and many people and businesses are struggling with a high cost of living. The Conservative Party is battling for its electoral future against a bleak economic backdrop.Britain’s spring budget of 2024 was seen as a chance for Chancellor
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Nine people including 8 children are dead and at least 78 others have been hospitalized after eating sea turtle meat on an East African island, multiple media outlets are reporting. According to the National Institutes of Health website, eating marine turtles can cause chelonitoxism, a rare and potentially deadly type of food poisoning. The deaths
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Uncertainty hangs over Haiti as it waits for a new government following the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. The move has been welcomed by Haitians, who are exhausted from months of escalating gang violence. But while the streets of the capital Port-au-Prince appeared largely calm on Tuesday, the security situation is still far from
Ten children are among those injured in the missile attack on apartment buildings as rescue teams search for survivors. A Russian missile has hit two apartment buildings in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, killing three people and injuring at least 38, with rescue teams sifting through rubble in a night-time search for survivors.
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National People’s Congress discusses future of nation amid increasingly turbulent geopolitics. China’s plans for the coming year have been set out at its National People’s Congress. The country is aiming for the same modest economic growth as it did last year, but its economy is facing several challenges, and geopolitical tensions are rising. That makes
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Google is restricting AI chatbot Gemini from answering questions about the global elections set to happen this year, the Alphabet-owned firm said Tuesday, as it looks to avoid potential missteps in the deployment of the technology. The update comes at a time when advancements in generative AI, including image and video generation, have fanned concerns of
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“Russia will remain the most significant and direct threat to the Alliance for the foreseeable future,” he wrote. Iohannis would be the first NATO chief from a country that was once in the Soviet bloc, but he faces an uphill struggle to edge out Rutte. The U.S., Britain, France and Germany — the four biggest
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