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Six Uddhav Sena MPs join Eknath Shinde-led faction
Six Lok Sabha MPs of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) switched to the rival faction led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday. The defections have reduced the Uddhav Sena’s strength in the Lok Sabha to three MPs and increased the Shinde faction’s tally to 13. The MPs who have switched sides…
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Meena Kandasamy’s new novel: A scandalous deepfake video of an Indian Marxist woman goes viral
There is always a first time It comes to me like any other video on WhatsApp, from my best friend Nimmi and with the words Forwarded many times italicised at the top. the random shit I woke up to, check it out babe. Sorry to ruin your morning :/ Nimmi is the most chronically offline…
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Bihar: Nine detained for allegedly writing NEET re-exam in place of registered candidates
Nine persons were detained on Sunday for allegedly appearing in place of registered candidates during the re-examination for the 2026 undergraduate National Eligibility cum Entrance Test in Bihar’s Lakhisarai district, PTI quoted the police as saying. Superintendent of Police Prerna Kumar told the news agency that a first information report will be registered after written…
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Andy Burnham: The man who could replace Keir Starmer as UK’s new prime minister
Andy Burnham has just won what might be the most consequential byelection in British political history. His win clears the way for him to enter parliament as a Labour MP and challenge Sir Keir Starmer to become prime minister of the United Kingdom. But this win isn’t just about filling a constituency vacancy with another…
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Podcast: Why a historian of capitalism believes the neoliberal order is dying
There is nothing natural about capitalism: it has been “a radical departure and discontinuity in human affairs.” The free market, so beloved by neoliberal economists, is “nothing more than a figment of scholars’ and ideologues’ imaginations.” Like communism, capitalism is an “extraordinarily statist form of economic life,” one that could not survive without the deep…
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Start the week with a film: In ‘Strange Days’, a dystopia that is already here
The dystopian film is unsettling – and prescient. Movies about societies on the brink of or in the throes of collapse examine scenarios that are ultimately not too far-fetched. The exaggerated production design, heightened stakes and sense of accelerated decline suggest worlds different from our own but very much within the realm of possibility. Strange…
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In a new book, a doctor provides ways to decide which supplements to take and which to avoid
India’s supplement industry is booming. People now take so many things – multivitamins, detox tablets, liver cleansers, hair gummies, collagen powders, protein powders, magnesium, zinc, herbal boosters, fat burners, hormone balancers, memory enhancers … the list is endless. Half of these are harmless. One-fourth are useless. Some are genuinely helpful. However, a small portion are…
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Odisha speaker dismisses BJD plea to disqualify 8 MLAs for alleged cross-voting in Rajya Sabha polls
Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy has dismissed the Biju Janata Dal’s petition seeking the disqualification of eight of its MLAs for allegedly cross-voting during the Rajya Sabha elections in March, ANI reported on Monday. The speaker said that the disqualification petition was “cryptic, vague, unsubstantiated” and did not fulfil the statutory requirements to go into…
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Iran, US agree on roadmap to reach final peace deal in 60 days, say mediators
The United States and Iran have agreed to a roadmap to reach a final peace deal within 60 days, mediators Pakistan and Qatar said on Monday. In a joint statement issued after the first round of talks held under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding framework in Switzerland, the mediators said that the meeting had been…