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Prime Minister Modi put himself at the centre of India’s foreign policy. Now the joke is on him

In recent weeks, the Centre has issued hundreds of takedown orders against satirical content and online posts poking fun at the prime minister.

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Top updates: Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s Kharg island if Hormuz is not reopened

The authorities in Dubai said they contained a fire onboard a Kuwaiti oil tanker at the city’s port after it was hit by a drone.

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Canada audit flags high approval rates for Indian student visas despite fraud concerns

India was an ‘important exception’ as approval rates rose under a fast-track scheme.

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Many takers for public policy studies, but that is unlikely to improve India’s governance problems

Curricula in these increasingly popular courses emphasise technical solutions instead of teaching students how to engage with questions of power and justice.

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Goans are fighting to save their natural resources from the tourism boom

The state’s wetlands are particularly vulnerable to the push for concretisation to build more tourist facilities.

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‘The trees and the birdsong were urging me to risk happiness’: Ruskin Bond writes about spring

An excerpt from ‘Scenes from the Magic Mountain: Five Seasons in the Mussoorie Hills and Beyond’, by Ruskin Bond.

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‘Hey Kay Navin?’ review: New-old ideas about marriage and motherhood

Varun Narvekar’s Marathi series for ZEE5 stars Umesh Kamat and Priya Bapat.

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