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‘For decades, Israel has benefited strategically from the perception of Iran as the principal source of instability in West Asia’ | Photo Credit: AFP The signing of a United States-Iran peace memorandum offers a rare opportunity to reduce tensions in one of the world’s most volatile regions. After decades marked by sanctions, proxy wars, covert…
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Even as the ceasefire between the United States and Iran was being repeatedly breached, the Iran war showed something that the world appears to have forgotten: military force, by itself, cannot be a solution unless it is followed by a political settlement — whether in Ukraine, Gaza, Lebanon, Sudan or Iran. The last four years…
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The history of Iran is replete with paradoxes and exceptions. It is a land of great contrasts both in climate and geography and is inhabited by, in the words of an ancient historian, “a poor people with a proud spirit.” Given its location, the Iranian people and its rulers have interacted with its neighbouring states…
A delegation of dignitaries, including Kiran Mazumdar‑Shaw, Geetanjali Kirloskar, Vikram Vishwanath, Mohan Suresh, Shabina Sultana, Karthik Tallam, Raghavendra Poojary, Ravi Shankar and others, called on Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar at his office in Vidhana Soudha on Tuesday and extended their congratulations. A delegation of Honorary Consuls, led by Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, called on Chief Minister D.K….
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The world is holding its breath with respect to the June 14 adoption of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Iran and the United States for a cessation of hostilities and a 60-day period of negotiation to iron out their thorny differences. The scepticism stems from at least two scores of premature claims by U.S….
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The chants were familiar. But this time, they echoed not in Tehran, but in Herat. In mid-June, Afghanistan’s western city of Herat witnessed a rare display of public defiance against the Taliban. Women, and this time, men too, marched through the streets chanting “Women, Work and Freedom”, a slogan probably inspired by Iran’s 2022 “Woman,…
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As part of the nationwide rollout of the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PMVBRY), the Employee’s Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) will organise outreach events in Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram on June 19 to mark the release of incentive benefits to eligible employees and employers’ under the scheme. Addressing the media on Tuesday at the EPFO…
If India’s think-tank believes that it needs to look beyond the Mumbai batter when it comes to the World Cup, the humane thing will be to let him know; otherwise, just let him be Source link
Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Manipur, and nine other States recorded surplus revenues in 2024-25, while the remaining 15 States had a deficit. Eighteen States targeted revenue surplus, three States targeted revenue deficit, and seven targeted zero revenue deficit in FY 2024-25, according to a report on ‘State Finances 2024-25’ released by Comptroller and Auditor General…
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, meets with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, during the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France on June 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney on the fringes of the G7 Summit in Evian in France. Discussions covered…