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After ‘Board of Peace’: The 2 bodies Trump has created for Gaza, how Hamas and Israel have reacted
January 20, 2026 12:39 pm
The plan has been viewed with scepticism in various quarters — for reasons ranging from how the board would actually work given the reality of devastation in the Gaza Strip, to how its charter reportedly does not even mention Gaza.
Amidst immigration crackdown in Minnesota, Trump targets 'sanctuary cities' in the US
January 19, 2026 9:31 pm
The latest announcement accompanies the administration’s targeted immigration crackdown in the state, where Minneapolis resident Renee Good was fatally shot in her car by an ICE officer on January 7
Why is a municipality in Denmark changing the colour of its streetlights to save bats?
January 20, 2026 10:10 am
Over the years, several studies have indicated that white streetlights can pose problems for some species of bats
36 years after his death, a look at how Osho’s legacy of mystery and controversy endures
January 20, 2026 10:38 am
What remains undoubtedly constant is interest in Osho — especially his dynamic meditations, audio/video discourses, and books, now viral on social media and all the activities that continue at the resort’s Multiversity
Centralisation of power & excessive policing: The perils of integrating AI in police operations
January 20, 2026 11:22 am
While the police have said the use of AI would help them increase their efficiency and better handle manpower, experts have raised several concerns about the new technology
How a 'Goldilocks combination' in agriculture has kept food inflation at bay
January 19, 2026 6:01 pm
The year 2025-26 has been a bumper crop year thanks to moderate temperatures acting in tandem with surplus monsoon rainfall. The two together have also enabled the current low food inflation.
Pune Grand Tour: How a lapsed ‘cycle city’ clinched India’s biggest international cycling race
January 20, 2026 11:31 am
Pune Grand Challenge Tour Explained: Pune's upgrade journey for the cycle race offers a template — and raises questions — about whether sport-led deadlines can fix long-neglected urban infrastructure.
India gets invite to Trump's Board of Peace — and to deal with many tricky questions
January 20, 2026 11:04 am
Gaza board of peace Explained: Accepting the invite will mean that a sovereign nation joins an organisation of which Trump will remain chairman even when he is not US President. And that is not the only problem with 'Trump's new UN'. We explain.
An expert explains: ‘India’s role in remaking the UN, into something that helped prevent world war... is profound’
January 19, 2026 11:13 am
Historian and writer Thant Myint-U, author of 'Peacemaker' and grandson of former UN Secretary-General U Thant, on the UN’s credibility crisis, lessons from the non-aligned era, and India’s role in global peace.
As Trump raises the Russia-China spectre over Greenland, what exactly are their interests in the Arctic?
January 19, 2026 10:50 am
US China Russia Arctic: Trump’s claims of Chinese and Russian military submarines and destroyers near Greenland may be incorrect, but both countries have increasingly turned to the Arctic for commercial and strategic reasons.
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Quixplained: What to keep in mind as gyms, fitness centres reopen
August 08, 2020 11:44 am
The government has allowed opening of yoga institutes and gymnasiums from August 5 as part of the ‘Unlock 3’ phase.
Quixplained: What's new in the National Education Policy
August 07, 2020 8:31 am
National Education Policy or NEP is a comprehensive framework to guide the development of education in the country. A new policy usually comes along every few decades. The latest policy is India's third. It replaces the 1986 NEP, which was in place for 34 years.
Quixplained: How ‘corona’ of the virus changes into a hairpin shape — and why
August 07, 2020 8:31 am
The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 — the ‘corona’ in the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 disease — has just revealed new secrets. Researchers have found that the spike protein changes its form after it attaches itself to a human cell, folding in on itself and assuming a rigid hairpin shape.
Quixplained: India's Rafale vs Pakistan's F16 and China's J20
August 07, 2020 8:31 am
The five Rafale fighter jets that land in Ambala on Wednesday morning will resurrect the Number 17 Golden Arrows squadron of the Indian Air Force. It will take the IAF’s squadron strength to 31. When all the 36 Rafale jets are delivered by 2022, it will take it to 32 squadrons, still well below the 42 squadrons of the sanctioned strength.
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