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Eco India, Episode 326: How resilient societies are building a quiet resistance to climate crises
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India’s silence on Gaza cannot be explained rationally or morally, says Sonia Gandhi
The Narendra Modi government’s continued silence about Israeli “genocidal actions” in Palestine “cannot be explained rationally or morally”, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi said in a column in The Indian Express on Saturday. Gandhi said that two and a half years after Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an “absolutely unacceptable” attack on Israel, it has become…
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‘Ties of language and culture are stronger than political borders’: Punjabi translator Navdeep Suri
What does a translator bring to a text apart from their competence in the languages they translate from and into? How do their life experiences shape their literary contributions? To what extent can we separate their skill from their worldview? These questions are worth pondering over as publishers explore translation tools powered by Artificial Intelligence…
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Persons who convert to Islam cannot claim Backward Class Muslim status: Madras HC
The Madras High Court on Thursday struck down a Tamil Nadu government order that allowed persons from the Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes, Denotified Communities and Scheduled Castes to be treated as Backward Class Muslims after they had converted to Islam. A bench of Justices GR Swaminathan and PB Balaji ruled that the March 2024…
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The search for a lost fragment of Netaji Bose’s Singapore memorial
For some Indian history buffs visiting Singapore, a pilgrimage to the Esplanade Park is essential. It is the site of what is locally known as the Former Indian National Army Monument. Here, in July 1945, Subhas Chandra Bose laid the foundation stone for a memorial dedicated to the unknown warriors of the INA. Although the…
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United States strikes Iran after cargo ship attack
The United States on Friday struck Iran a day after a cargo ship was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, testing the ceasefire in West Asia. The US military said that it targeted Iranian missile and drone storage facilities, and coastal radar sites. The US Central Command alleged that Iran on Thursday hit Singapore-flagged MV…
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A new book shows how, in India’s overcrowded hospitals, antibiotics are asked to do the impossible
“When I was an undergraduate, amoxicillin was the drug of choice. It doesn’t work anymore… Now everybody knows that resistance is only increasing,” Dr Krish Nair told us when we visited his hospital in Hyderabad several years ago. Nair was not simply describing the failure of one drug. He was pointing to a wider crisis…
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India lifts restrictions on commercial LPG supplies amid US-Iran peace talks
The Union government on Thursday removed all restrictions and restored supplies of non-domestic packed liquefied petroleum gas as they stood before the war in West Asia. The decision is expected to provide relief for restaurants, hotels and other businesses. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said that restrictions on bulk LPG supplies have also…
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After 12 years of Modi, I’m not sure if my decades-long friendships can survive politics
I met Suresh and Avinash* in 2005 as part of a local train group in Mumbai. Suresh and I both worked at a publication aimed at young people. Back then, none of us cared much about politics. We cared about getting our foot in the 8.59 am train during rush hour, stretching our salaries till…