The Soviet Union warned the United States to weigh “seriously the dangerous consequences” of its actions against Libya. The Soviet Union also said it expected the US to show more restraint and hold back its “overweening partner — Israel”.
The end could have been foretold. The non-viability was first laid bare when England toured India in early 2024. Against high-class spinners on turners, the ultra-aggressive approach looked ultra-foolish
He was a man of both enormous talent and towering ambition, committed to putting life itself on the screen, with all its beauty, banality and tawdriness
AQI data show that Delhi's poor air burden is not a seasonal aberration but a round-the-year challenge that varies in intensity across months, weeks, days, even hours
On the face of it, the move is designed to push the world towards cleaner production systems that cut down emissions and slow down climate change. While that is a worthy goal, penalties like the CBAM put an inordinate and unfair onus on developing countries such as India to reduce emissions
AI can be transformative. Soon, it may even become indispensable. But the rapid scaling of technology must not come at the cost of users’ safety and privacy
The Supreme Court’s decision to deny bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the Delhi riots case, more than five years after their arrest, is an alarming retreat from the Court’s own dictum that bail is the rule and jail is the exception
In the past, it took wars and terror attacks to snap cricket ties. Now, the goal post has shifted. Cricket has gone from being a calming balm to becoming the gunpowder kept ready to fire at short notice.
Vodafone Idea has been in a precarious financial position. As of December 2024, its total debt was around Rs 2.3 lakh crore, comprising AGR dues and spectrum liability
The 74th Constitutional Amendment gave an expansive mandate to municipalities — from planning and land regulation to water supply, sanitation, environmental protection, and slum improvement. More than 30 years later, urban governance bears little resemblance to the vision of the landmark legislation
Piqued by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi signalling support for Taiwan in the event of Chinese military action, Beijing has banned the import of seafood from Japan
The Ronald Reagan administration has cleared for Pakistan several advanced, top-of-the-line weapons based around computerised electronic countermeasures technology like the AN/TPQ37 fire-finder radar systems with ancillary and support equipment.
