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Indian NGO ‘Educate Girls’ wins Ramon Magsaysay Award: What is this honour

August 31, 2025 9:56 pm

The Ramon Magsaysay Award is widely considered Asia’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize. This year, Educate Girls has become the first Indian organisation to win it. Here's what to know.

S-400 hailed for Operation Sindoor role: What is this Russia-made weapon system, how India bought it under US retaliation cloud

August 11, 2025 12:11 pm

Operation Sindoor, S-400 missile system: What makes the S-400 missile system so valuable? What risk of US action was India facing when it made this weapons deal with Russia, and what happened after? We explain.

Four US Presidents have previously won the Nobel Peace Prize. Jimmy Carter's 2002 prize is on display at his Visitor Centre in Georgia.

After Pakistan and Israel, Cambodia offers Nobel nomination to Trump: How does it work?

August 03, 2025 6:35 pm

Trump has frequently lamented about not being awarded the prize, and world leaders hoping to develop a deeper relationship with the United States have picked up on the concern.

Members of a military council that staged a coup in Niger attend a rally at a stadium in Niamey, Niger, August 6, 2023.

2 Indians killed, one missing in Niger: What is happening in the West African nation?

July 21, 2025 7:46 pm

How many Indians are known to be in the country, and what is the prevailing political situation there? We explain.

Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, talks to the media.

Who is Francesca Albanese, the UN expert sanctioned by the US?

July 11, 2025 12:27 pm

The UN special rapporteur on Palestinian territories has been accused by the US of ‘unabashed antisemitism’, ‘support for terrorism’, and ‘open contempt for the United States, Israel, and the West’. Why?

In 2022, Xi was elected as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party — the most important political position in the country — for an unprecedented third five-year term.

Xi Jinping absent from BRICS summit: What speculations of his 'weakening grip on power' miss

July 07, 2025 7:38 pm

This is not the first time that rumours about the Chinese President have swirled close to important events, and past experiences can help understand what such absences might mean.

Firefighters respond to a car burning during a protest in Compton, Calif., Saturday, June 7, 2025.

Trump vs California governor: What triggered protests against immigration authorities?

June 08, 2025 8:59 pm

Confrontations broke out in the city of Paramount, which has a significant Latino population, over the weekend. US President Donald Trump has now called in the National Guard.

Pakistani religious scholar shot dead: Recalling his involvement in Kulbhushan Jadhav case

March 09, 2025 7:20 pm

Mufti Shah Mir was reportedly involved in the kidnapping of former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been lodged in a Pakistan jail since 2016 over allegations of spying and terrorism.

A woman holds a sign during the debate on Senate Bill 836 (SB836), sponsored by Tennessee State Republican Senator Bo Watson in the senate education committee, which if passed into Tennessee state law would allow a Local Education Agency (LEA) or public charter school to enroll, or refuse to enroll, an undocumented student present in the United States, at Cordell Hull State Office building in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., March 5, 2025.

Why Trump may be planning to shut down the US Dept of Education

March 07, 2025 8:03 pm

Why does Trump want to shut down the department? What exactly does the US DoE do? Is Trump empowered to order its closure? Here's what to know.

US President Donald Trump delivering his Joint Address to Congress at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., in 2017.

Why Donald Trump will deliver a ‘Joint Address to Congress’, not a ‘State of the Union’ speech

March 04, 2025 7:39 pm

The US President delivers an annual ‘State of the Union’ address to Congress. Why has this speech been termed differently? We explain.

In this screengrab from a video posted on Sept. 4, 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the gathering during a meeting with National Awardee Teachers at his official residence, in New Delhi. (@NarendraModi via PTI Photo)

Amid US-India tariff row, PM Modi not to address UNGA in New York later this month

India49 min ago

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not address the United Nations General Assembly later this month in New York, as tensions surrounding tariffs remain heightened between US and India. The revised provisional list of speakers doesn't include PM Modi's name. EAM S Jaishankar's name is mentioned in the list of speakers, and he is scheduled to speak during the General Debate on September 27.

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