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Marco Rubio meets S. Jaishankar in Mumbai on Tuesday, four days after a White House order paused a 100 percent tariff threat over Russian oil and gave his office a say in when that pause ends.
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On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart told the AI bosses to stop selling a cheque for everyone. A century of science fiction explains why that cheque is a trap.
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Dr. Apoorva Ramaswamy: throat surgeon, mom of three, and the one person in Vivek Ramaswamy's orbit who has publicly disagreed with him. A profile.
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US gas prices surged 20% to $3.55 a gallon ten days into the US-Israel operation against Iran, as Hormuz disruption pushed crude past $100.
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Groundwater falling a meter a year, 30-40% of treated water leaking from pipes. India's urban water crisis is already here — not a future warning.
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Delhi's air crosses AQI 400, Mumbai's 10-km commute takes two hours, Bangalore's groundwater is falling. Tier-1 cities are victims of their own success.
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The 2023 Hindenburg report halved Adani's market cap in weeks. It exposed how family-controlled conglomerates clash with investor demands for transparency.
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Twenty years of the OCI card: live, work, and invest in India — but never vote. Why India grants its diaspora nearly everything except political voice.
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India's corporate hospitals rival the world's best while rural primary care collapses. Why the paradox persists — and what would actually fix it.
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Section 377's 2018 fall decriminalized homosexuality — but the 2023 marriage-equality verdict shows how thin legal victories are without social acceptance.
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India produces record harvests and exports while millions of farmers stay in debt and distress. The contradiction at the heart of Indian agriculture.
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India's exam machine sorts brilliantly, thinks poorly: millions of engineers following algorithms, few who question them. Why the incentives make reform hard.
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Kamala Harris, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy — four million Indian Americans punch far above their numbers in US politics, holding structural power nationally.
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Trump 2.0 means tariffs, visa risk, and transactional diplomacy for India. The opportunity: China+1 supply chains. The risk: IT services and H-1B access
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From Non-Aligned solidarity with Palestine to joint military exercises with Israel: how India recalibrated its foreign policy — and domestic and moral costs.
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The 7% per-country cap gives India ~10,000 green cards yearly. Over a million Indians wait in decades-long limbo — and America is losing them.
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After the marches fade, ordinary cases remain. Policing is necessary but insufficient — most threats come from known people. The case for community-led safety.
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Every April 14, India garlands Ambedkar's portrait, ignoring his argument: caste cannot be reformed, only abolished. Words enshrined; work unfinished.
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By 2050, one in five Indians will be over 60. Pensions are fragmented, geriatric care an afterthought. The dividend is maturing — and India isn't ready.
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Indian political framework built after independence is losing its relevance to govern a complex and diverse country. Six and a half decade of democratic…
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