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BALANCING ACT
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BALANCING ACT

As anti-government protests spiral out of control, Sri Lanka seeks Indian investment in the Colombo Port City built by China

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4 mins  |
April 03, 2022
AID, TO OUR AID
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AID, TO OUR AID

Lots of mutual suspicions between India and Sri Lanka are in the process of being removed

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5 mins  |
April 03, 2022
Rajiv Gandhi Killing - Perarivalan And Six Hopefuls
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Rajiv Gandhi Killing - Perarivalan And Six Hopefuls

With A.G. Perarivalan having received bail, fellow convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case are nursing renewed hopes

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9 mins  |
March 27, 2022
Congress - Now, Walk The Talk
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Congress - Now, Walk The Talk

With the decline of the Congress going unchecked, the talks about the party nearing its demise have become louder. Its political opponents have started writing it off and its critics are bemoaning its failure to get its act together, and there is a great sense of despair and despondency within the party

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10 mins  |
March 27, 2022
War In Ukraine - How Putin's Generals Goofed Up
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War In Ukraine - How Putin's Generals Goofed Up

The Russians have goofed up, while the Ukrainian radars and anti-aircraft missiles are alive and shooting

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7 mins  |
March 27, 2022
Imbalance of power
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Imbalance of power

The Congress’s slump has its most durable ally, the NCP, worried

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3 mins  |
March 27, 2022
A cut above
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A cut above

Exclusive excerpts from Indian batting legend G.R. Vishwanath’s autobiography

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5 mins  |
March 27, 2022
Reincarnate to rejuvenate
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Reincarnate to rejuvenate

It is tough for old political parties on the decline to reinvent themselves without a change in leadership

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4 mins  |
March 27, 2022
Faceless front
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Faceless front

The Congress is in no shape to take on the might of the BJP machinery in Gujarat

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2 mins  |
March 27, 2022
Channi turned out to be neither poor nor honest
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Channi turned out to be neither poor nor honest

Interview - Sunil Jakhar, former president, Punjab Congress

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3 mins  |
March 27, 2022
THE 40-PLUS CHAMPIONS
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THE 40-PLUS CHAMPIONS

Shefali Shah and Vidya Balan, who are in the prime of their careers, talk about their roles in the thriller, Jalsa

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5 mins  |
March 27, 2022
Toast to the coast
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Toast to the coast

Tulu cinema’s golden jubilee could also be a time of its renaissance, but it still has to contend with a shortage of theatres, high tariff and competition from other languages

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March 27, 2022
The Chinese Wanted To Learn From Operation Ganga
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The Chinese Wanted To Learn From Operation Ganga

This operation involving several countries for evacuation of our citizens from war-torn Ukraine was so large that it required intervention of the government at the highest level and the support of local authorities and additional support staff.

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2 mins  |
March 20, 2022
WITH BATED BREATH
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WITH BATED BREATH

Amid confusion in the combat zone and a raging propaganda war, a section of Russians is protesting the military action. Many others, however, seem to have closed their eyes and believed Putin’s words that their country will come out of the current difficulties “renewed”

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7 mins  |
March 20, 2022
UNITED STATES OF EUROPE
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UNITED STATES OF EUROPE

As Europe launches a fierce fightback against Putin, Germany takes the lead with an extraordinary geostrategic U-turn

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10 mins  |
March 20, 2022
WALK THE TALK, AROUND THE CLOCK
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WALK THE TALK, AROUND THE CLOCK

The larger message of the BJP and AAP victories is that the delivery of promises, combined with effective communication, is the template to be followed. Politics in the Modi era is a 24x7 phenomenon; it is not to be practised just before the polls, as the opposition found out, especially in Uttar Pradesh

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8 mins  |
March 20, 2022
WINNER TAKES ALL
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WINNER TAKES ALL

Adityanath has not just defeated the opposition, but also silenced every challenger within the BJP

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5 mins  |
March 20, 2022
WHO WEARS THE CROWN?
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WHO WEARS THE CROWN?

It is between Pramod Sawant and Vishwajit Rane for the chief minister’s job in Goa

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2 mins  |
March 20, 2022
FOR A WORLD OF HER OWN
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FOR A WORLD OF HER OWN

THE WEEK’s ‘Indian Women Pathbreakers— Shaping a New Dream’ celebrated womanhood and honoured women Covid warriors

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5 mins  |
March 20, 2022
NEIGHBOUR'S CRYSIS
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NEIGHBOUR'S CRYSIS

POLAND HAS GONE ALL OUT TO SUPPORT UKRAINE, BUT A CAUTIOUS NATO IS MAKING WARSAW’S MISSION DIFFICULT

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7 mins  |
March 20, 2022
MT LOTUS
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MT LOTUS

Despite the loss of Chief Minister Dhami, the BJP banks on developmental work to retain power in Uttarakhand

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2 mins  |
March 20, 2022
FIELD TEST
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FIELD TEST

With Punjab, the AAP has a foothold outside Delhi. Its governance there will determine its national footprint

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5 mins  |
March 20, 2022
DEBILITATING BLOW
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DEBILITATING BLOW

The Congress’s rout can take power away from the Gandhis

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2 mins  |
March 20, 2022
CATS CALLING
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CATS CALLING

An Indian-origin doctor stays back in Ukraine to take care of his jagulep and black panther

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6 mins  |
March 20, 2022
THE ‘YELLOVE' REVOLUTION
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THE ‘YELLOVE' REVOLUTION

CSK cut across barriers and became a cultural phenomenon, allowing it to become a billion-dollar business

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3 mins  |
February 20, 2022
Ukraine Russia War: Caught In The Middle
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Ukraine Russia War: Caught In The Middle

Pranay Sanklecha writes for THE WEEK from the border town of Przemysl in Poland, as waves of refugees sweep in from war-torn Ukraine

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March 13, 2022
Escaping a nightmare
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Escaping a nightmare

Battered by Covid and now a war, Indian students stare at an uncertain future as they flee Ukraine

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4 mins  |
March 13, 2022
Ditch the tightrope
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Ditch the tightrope

All the points about western hypocrisy are true. As are, what veteran diplomat Vivek Katju has called, “India’s cruel dilemmas” when it comes to being able to take an unambiguous position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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2 mins  |
March 13, 2022
Caught in the crossfire
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Caught in the crossfire

The Russia-Ukraine war would adversely affect India’s defence equipment supplies

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4 mins  |
March 13, 2022
Not our war...
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Not our war...

...but India should be part of the peace. New Delhi’s stand on the Russia-Ukraine conflict has been dictated by its self-interest, but it should be geared to counter the costs that it would incur

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5 mins  |
March 13, 2022