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HELSINKI — In a striking display of diplomatic pushback, India's External Affairs Minister, Dr. S. Jaishankar, firmly defended New Delhi’s ongoing acquisition of Russian crude oil. Speaking at the prestigious Kultaranta Talks in Finland, the Indian diplomat did not mince words, delivering a sharp reality check to the European media and political leaders gathered at the high-level event.

A crowd work interaction at a stand-up comedy show—usually a space meant for shared laughter—has instead peeled back the layers on a disturbing reality. The viral phrase “Rs 370 ki biryani” has transcended the walls of a comedy club to ignite an urgent nationwide conversation regarding boundaries, forced intimacy, and the lingering survival of a patriarchal mindset. The discourse exposes how easily the opposite gender can be reduced to a transactional sexual object, while a room full of people cheers on toxic, misogynistic, and unsafe behavior.

In the flat, sun-bleached expanse of the Unnao district in Uttar Pradesh, the town of Bangarmau has long existed as a study in fragile socio-religious equilibrium. It is a landscape where ancient stone shrines and brick minarets stand within whispering distance, separated only by narrow alleys and the quiet understandings of their respective congregations.

In an digital era where social media algorithms systematically reward outrage far more than understanding, it takes only a single individual looking for attention to manufacture a massive public controversy out of thin air. Earlier this month, social media influencer Prasad Vedpathak did precisely that. He attempted to whip up severe public outrage over a simple white pathway painted inside a private Mumbai housing society—a feature created solely for the convenience and physical well-being of passing Jain monks.

The Indian government is organizing an unprecedented, historic mission to recover and bring back the mortal remains of a courageous soldier who went missing in the perilous death zone of Mount Everest three decades ago. This tragic loss occurred during what stands as one of the most disastrous trips in the country’s climbing record, reported The Tribune. Decades after his disappearance, official plans are now in motion to finally return his mortal remains to his grieving family. Lance Naik Dorje Morup had perished during an expedition in 1996, a fateful venture that met a tragic end due to th…

Tragedy has struck the international maritime community following a devastating military strike in the Middle East. Out of the three Indian seafarers who had gone missing after a US missile attack on the commercial vessel Settebello off the coast of Oman on Wednesday (10th June), two have died, as confirmed by the general secretary of the Forward Seamen’s Union of India (FSUI), Manoj Yadav. Meanwhile, the third seafarer remains missing.

In the labyrinthine alleys of Chamanganj, Kanpur, where the air is thick with the scent of industrial coal and tannery chemicals, a decaying structure known as the Iqbal Building on Nala Road hid one of the most sophisticated digital forgery networks in South Asia. To the local postman, the top floors of the building housed a quiet, unassuming graphic designer named Ziaul Hasan. On encrypted messaging networks and international proxy channels, however, he was known as "Sameer" or "Atif"—the mastermind of a transnational paper mill that systematically compromised the integrity of global higher…

The core principles of judicial independence and the rule of law are facing a severe test as three prominent legal organizations in Mumbai have approached the Bombay High Court. The Bombay Bar Association, the Advocates Association of Western India, and the Bombay Incorporated Law Society have filed a public interest litigation (PIL).

A military disaster has struck the region of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) following a devastating aviation accident near its capital. On Wednesday, a Pakistan Army Mi-17 medium-lift transport helicopter crashed during takeoff near the city of Muzaffarabad. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), which serves as the media wing of the Pakistani military, has officially confirmed that all 21 personnel on board the aircraft lost their lives in the tragic event.