In order to truly make doubles matter again, the bodies in charge of the game will have to emphasise its significance as a genuine sporting spectacle and retain its special character.
Detailed maps of cloudburst-prone zones that use historical data and satellite imagery could guide land-use plans. It's an imperative that cannot be postponed.
The prospect of closer US-Russia ties, at least for the remainder of Trump’s term, remains troubling not only for Ukraine, but also for Europe. It is encouraging that Putin and Zelenskyy may finally sit in the same room to negotiate an end to the bloodshed.
A thaw in US-Russia relations tends to widen India’s geopolitical space. Yet Delhi faces an immediate challenge: Trump’s threat of secondary tariffs on Indian purchases of Russian oil
The six-year-old Assam problem was resolved with comprehensive but separate agreements calling for disenfranchisement of foreign nationals who entered the state between January 1, 1966 and March 24, 1971, and the resignation of the Saikia government.
That such bans continue to find official favour points to a deeper discomfort with diversity and a political imagination that sees the idea of India as a monolith
One study calculates that more journalists have been killed in Gaza than in both world wars, the Vietnam war, the wars in Yugoslavia and the US war in Afghanistan combined
