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The Monroe Doctrine was meant to keep European empires out of the Americas. But it has, scholars argue, become a flexible tool for justifying US intervention instead. President Donald Trump’s invocation of the doctrine over
Sukalp SharmaJan 9, 2026
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US exit from several climate bodies can mean both relief, challenges for India: Here’s why Subscriber Only
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How Chhattisgarh and Puducherry are cutting TB deaths: Food and cash for the undernourished in the first month itself Subscriber Only
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Why ‘national’ science has been obsessed with ancient history Subscriber Only
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Divya AJan 8, 2026
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Soham ShahJan 8, 2026
Why Oxford University Press had to apologise over a two decade-old book on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Subscriber Only
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‘I never thought caste could make a father kill’: The shockwaves of a death in Karnataka Subscriber Only
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‘Time doesn’t matter here’: A Golden Temple restoration, and a 200-yr-old Kangra link Subscriber Only
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UPSC Key: ‘Donroe Doctrine’, UAPA, and India’s trade deficit Subscriber Only
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The ‘0.195 acre’ near Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan: What is at the heart of the dispute over the Faiz-e-Ilahi mosque? Subscriber Only
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Is DMK–Congress alliance under strain? Seat-sharing, power pact, and the Vijay question Subscriber Only
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