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In recent weeks, the Ladakh administration’s decision to cancel the land allotment given to the Himalayan Institute of Alternative Learning (HIAL) has turned into a major controversy. What should have been seen as an internal administrative action has now been turned into a social media campaign, with several Pakistani handles extending their support to ‘activist’ Sonam Wangchuk.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to travel to India in December, according to a Kremlin announcement on Friday, 29th August. The timing of this visit is significant because it comes when Moscow and New Delhi are strengthening their partnership, even as the United States has imposed heavy tariffs on India over its continued purchase of Russian oil.

On Friday, 29 August, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi attempted to make headlines by attacking RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, who had advised Indian families to consider having three children. Owaisi, in his trademark style, decided to dress up his outrage in the garb of feminism, declaring with great self-righteousness: “Who are you to enter into people’s family lives? Why are you trying to put a burden on Indian woman who might have their own different priorities according to their life?“

In a major legal setback for the Trump administration, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled on Friday, 29th August, that most of Donald Trump’s tariffs were illegal. The court’s strong observations challenged the very foundation of Trump’s trade policy. Reacting swiftly, the US President warned that lifting these tariffs would create chaos, calling it nothing short of a disaster for the country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s back-to-back visits to Japan and China are taking place at a very important moment for the global economy. The administration in Washington, under Donald Trump’s presidency, is growing increasingly hostile as India experiments with a cautious reset in its relations with Beijing while also strengthening its supply chain and investment linkages with Tokyo.

During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ongoing visit to Japan, he received a Daruma Doll, a symbolic gift that carries deep cultural meaning in Japan and also links back to India. The doll was presented to him by Rev Seishi Hirose, the Chief Priest of the Shorinzan Daruma-ji Temple in Takasaki. At first glance, the Daruma may appear to be a simple, round object. In truth, it holds centuries of history, and its story goes back directly to India’s Buddhist heritage.

History often remembers kings, generals, and rulers, but the truest heroes are sometimes ordinary people who rose when the nation needed them most. In dusty villages, far away from royal courts and armies, women with no training, no wealth, and no privilege chose to pick up arms for their motherland. Among them was Mahabiri Devi, a young Dalit woman from Mundbhar in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. She was not born to power, but she carried the fire of freedom in her heart. Along with 22 other women of her village, she stood against the British empire. Their story is not written in grand monumen…

As the Bihar Assembly elections draw closer, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has chosen to revive an old strategy—questioning the credibility of the Election Commission. Fully aware that his party struggles to win the trust of voters in the state, Gandhi has intensified his criticism of the poll body by presenting claims that have already been proven misleading. This tactic of casting aspersions on the Election Commission and the electoral process has been part of Gandhi’s political playbook for years.

The latest judicial inquiry has brought forward a serious revelation about the demographic reality of Sambhal, a communally-sensitive district in Uttar Pradesh. “The Hindu Population in Uttar Pradesh’s communally-sensitive Sambhal district has declined to 15% while Muslim population surged to 85% since 1947.” This finding was formally submitted in a report to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath by the panel investigating the recent Sambhal violence.