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October 10, 2025 11:06 AM

How Ukraine’s European allies fuel Russia’s war economy

European nations, including France, are among the staunchest supporters of Ukraine in its fight against Russia. Several have also stepped up their imports of Russian energy which pump billions of euros into Moscow's wartime economy. Well into the fo...

October 8, 2025 11:54 AM

What the EU’s new biometric border checks mean for non-EU citizens

How all non-European Union citizens, including British visitors, travel to and from the bloc will start to change from Sunday when its long-delayed new biometric entry-check system starts operations. The Entry/Exit System (EES) will require all non-...

October 6, 2025 4:10 PM

PM Modi’s UDAN Takes Purnea Sky-High, Redrawing Bihar’s Economic Map From Polls to Planes

Jitna—a poor peasant who struggles for survival in noted writer Phanishwar Nath Renu's “Maila Anchal”—could not believe his eyes to see Purnea, a district once marked with dusty paths where bullock carts creaked, painting a picture of despair...

September 26, 2025 2:58 PM

Swachhata Hi Seva 2025: From toilets to landfill-free cities, mission expands scope

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described Swachh Bharat as “the world’s largest and most successful people-led, people-driven public movement of this century,” as the Swachhata Hi Seva 2025 campaign got underway with a renewed focus on waste m...

September 25, 2025 3:00 PM

PMAY-G: Over 2.82 crore rural homes built; target extended to 4.95 crore by 2029

The government’s flagship rural housing scheme, Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana–Gramin (PMAY-G), has so far enabled the completion of more than 2.82 crore houses across the country, with the overall target now extended to 4.95 crore homes by 2029, of...

September 22, 2025 3:46 PM

GST Bachat Utsav: A tax reform for the people, by the people

India stands at a moment of deep economic transition, where the aspirations of a billion citizens meet the structural reforms of a government intent on reshaping the trajectory of growth. The launch of GST 2.0 marks not just a revision of taxation bu...

September 21, 2025 10:43 AM

Understanding the intent and implications of the Saudi Arabia – Pakistan mutual defence pact

Will the agreement between the West Asian Kingdom and the nuclear-armed South Asian country bring more stability or spark new worries? On 17th September, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a groundbreaking mutual defence pact in Riyadh that is shakin...

September 19, 2025 4:54 PM

Electoral Rolls: The numbers tell the whole truth

The electoral processes in the recently concluded elections are under scrutiny from vested interests. Factions, engaging in political theatrics, have cast aspersions against the electoral rolls used in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections of 2024, weav...

September 17, 2025 11:39 AM

Why India’s Electorate Can’t Have Enough of Narendra Modi

A hundred years from now, when India's political history is reminisced, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be remembered as a phenomenon that captivated the imagination of more than a billion people. Beyond his stellar political leadership and diploma...

September 16, 2025 1:54 PM

Why the Supreme Court Validated the Modi Government on the Waqf Amendment Act 2025

One of the most critical pieces of legislation of the Narendra Modi Government, the Waqf Amendment Act of 2025, has been given the green light by the Supreme Court. While the bill was passed with a comfortable majority in both houses of Parliament ea...

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