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BJP protests in Pune, Congress calls out ‘hypocrisy’
Mumbai/Pune: BJP workers confronted Congress activists in Pune while protesting against Congress leader Harshwardhan Sapkal’s remarks ‘equating’ Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with Tipu Sultan, with the Opposition party alleging stone pelting during the agitation on Sunday, February 15. There was a heavy police deployment in the area as BJP workers protested outside the Congress Bhavan, condemning Sapkal’s comments that have triggered…
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Big win, but small change likely in Bangladesh
The victory of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) should be seen in the light of the recent political developments in most of the seven member countries of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand form this grouping, ostensibly created to reduce the influence of Pakistan (and…
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Alaska to begin soliciting funding ideas as state races to spend $272 million on rural health care
Yukon Kuskokwim Regional Hospital in Bethel on Nov. 1, 2023. (Marc Lester / ADN) The Alaska Department of Health is racing to award $272 million by October through a newly created federal program meant to transform health care delivery in rural parts of the U.S. Alaska received the largest-per-capita award late last year in the first phase of a five-year…
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How a Solitary Bullet Hole Blew Apart ICE’s Web of Lies
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem quickly offered a variation of her standard falsehood. She had said the same after the fatal shooting of Renee Good, an unarmed mother of three, a week earlier on Jan. 7. And she would repeat it regarding the killing of VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti on Jan. 24. “Fearing for his life, he fired a…
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Friday the 13th meets Valentin’s day: The sexiest horror movies
Love and fear, fear and love. How can you separate them? Forget reality – even there the sentiment is remarkably accurate – and let’s talk about culture. Or more specifically: cinema, a medium where the connection between horror and romance is long-standing, natural, and often organic. And behold, even the gods of the calendar understood this, aligning Friday the 13th…
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How Tulah Clinical Wellness Turns One-Week Resets Into a Way of Life
It was a nagging numbness in his left hand that changed everything for Faizal Kottikollon. The Dubai-based businessman had long been a yoga devotee with a penchant for headstands. And that, several concerned doctors eventually concluded, was the problem. Years of overzealous inversions had compressed his vertebrae, damaging his nerves so severely that risky, major surgery appeared to be the…
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I Had A Secret Fear My Husband Would Die. Then He Did.
Simon and I couldn’t be more different. When we met, I was 38, he was 54, and his unabashed zest for life broke through my complicated caution. I knew I was in love when, after a lazy summer evening together, I lay on the stone beside a Trafalgar Square fountain and felt joy seep through my skin. I moved in…
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Judicial review and electoral integrity
The conduct of elections in India is constitutionally entrusted to the Election Commission of India (ECI) under Article 324 of the Constitution. This power, described as plenary in form, has nonetheless been repeatedly characterised by the Supreme Court as fiduciary, structured, and subject to constitutional discipline. Recent investigative findings published by The Reporters’ Collective (February 8, 2026) concerning the ECI’s…
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Walk for Peace Buddhist monks arrive in Fort Worth for homecoming celebration
Returning to their east Fort Worth temple, the Buddhist monks who walked cross-country for peace were welcomed with rose petals, traditional lion dances and chants by hundreds of well-wishers who followed their 2,300-mile journey. Four months ago, 19 Buddhist monks trekked quietly out of their Historic Stop Six temple with one goal in mind: to walk for peace. Many knew…
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Tatreez explained: Why Palestinian women are preserving this embroidery
Born in Ramallah at the end of the ‘90s, Ayham Hassan grew up privy to the political weight attributed to certain sartorial practices. “I became aware early on that Palestinian textiles are not just objects,” said the designer, who is based between London and the occupied West Bank. “They are evidence carrying geography, lineage, and memory.” When Hassan graduated from…
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