
Pakistan Calls India Corrupt — and the Sting Is That He's Right
Pakistani journalist Jawed Naqvi's critique of Indian corruption provoked outrage — and uncomfortable recognition. On the messenger, the message, and 2010's
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Pakistani journalist Jawed Naqvi's critique of Indian corruption provoked outrage — and uncomfortable recognition. On the messenger, the message, and 2010's

In November 2010 Iran's parliament revealed it had planned to impeach President Ahmadinejad — and was stopped only by the Supreme Leader.

The Radia tapes also captured the Ambani brothers' rivalry — Mukesh vs Anil over the KG Basin gas dispute — and the lobbyists, journalists, and politicians

Japan's justice minister Minoru Yanagida resigned in November 2010 after joking that his job required remembering only two phrases.

Ireland sought an 85-billion-euro rescue in November 2010 — not from budget deficits but from a bank guarantee that swallowed the state. On the eurozone crisis.

What does the body mean when the mind is intact but paralyzed? On disability literature, hedonic adaptation, and the gap between predicted and lived experience.

People with more moles show fewer signs of skin ageing — and a 2007 King's College study found longer telomeres behind it.

The Social Network fixed a cinematic version of Mark Zuckerberg in the public mind. On film, biography, and the founder who could not control his own story.

India and China: deepening trade on one axis, unresolved borders and strategic rivalry on the other. On the no war, no peace relationship.

The ketogenic diet — a 1920s epilepsy therapy revived by one family's story — quiets seizures where drugs fail. On food as medicine, and its limits.

In late 2010, reports said al-Qaeda had tasked Ilyas Kashmiri with its Kashmir and India operations — symbolism or escalation? On the debate.

Ten things candidates believe about job interviews that aren't true — from 'the best candidate wins' to 'the HR round is a formality.'

China displayed 25+ drone designs at the 2010 Zhuhai air show — including the jet-powered WJ-600. A look at Beijing's unmanned ambitions.

Google's Boutiques.com (2010) admitted algorithms can't generate taste — so it asked stylists and bloggers to curate. On humans vs. algorithms in fashion.

In 2010, a New Jersey pastor ordered married church officials off Facebook, calling it a 'portal to infidelity' — then his own past surfaced.

India and Pakistan agreed to tone down the aggressive Wagah border ceremony after soldiers complained the high goose-stepping was wrecking their knees.

Energy drinks are a multi-billion-dollar business built on caffeine. Once you remove the caffeine, the taurine, vitamins and herbs do nothing — the research

For young Muslim women in the West, choosing the hijab is often an assertion of agency and ambition — not the retreat from modernity the debate assumes.

The Mid-Day Meal Scheme feeds 120 million Indian schoolchildren daily. Akshaya Patra, its largest NGO partner, drew praise from Obama on his 2010 India visit.

One wants to go to the party, the other refuses. How couples handle the Saturday-night standoff says a lot about the marriage itself.