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You have been carrying thoughts for too long, trying to understand every angle. But tomorrow, your mind will feel lighter when you stop chasing the perfect answer and start trusting your natural flow. You are closer to clarity than you think. Don’t delay small actions just because you don’t see the whole picture. Let your…
This week, we begin with a troubling death in Canada that has shaken Indian-origin communities and raised urgent questions about emergency healthcare abroad. We also track a familiar arc of migrant nostalgia after an NRI’s emotional video about life back home went viral, and take a cultural detour into how a Bollywood blockbuster unexpectedly revived…
From December 26, mandatory biometric checking of all non-US citizens, including Green Card holders, at border points comes into effect. This means their photographs would be taken by US Customs and Border Protection officials at every entry and exit point across airports, land crossings and seaports. This new rule is applicable to all non-US citizens…
India’s steel capacity expansion is coming under pressure from a policy mismatch that raises input costs even as the government seeks to protect domestic producers, according to a report by the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI).“Protecting domestic metcoke producers is valid, but stacking quotas and duties on a non-substitutable input risks over-correction and macroeconomic consequences,”…
Women’s safety remains one of India’s most urgent and complex public policy challenges in 2025, cutting across domestic, public, and increasingly digital spaces. Despite decades of legislative reform, expanded policing frameworks, and growing public awareness, violence against women continues to persist in multiple forms, ranging from domestic abuse and sexual assault to trafficking, cyber harassment,…
India on Friday flagged its concerns to the US over the cancellation of pre-scheduled H-1B visa interviews for large numbers of Indian applicants and said both sides were engaged on the issue. The interviews of thousands of H-1B visa applicants slated from the middle of this month in India were abruptly postponed by several months…
Nicolas Cage and Christian Bale in Madden (via Amazon MGM Studios) Amazon MGM Studios has officially kicked off its marketing around one of its most intriguing upcoming sports biopics. Released on Christmas Day, the first teaser for Madden gives fans an early glimpse of Nicolas Cage stepping into the role of John Madden, the legendary…
Virat Kohli plays a shot during the Vijay Hazare Trophy (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) Star batters Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant struck composed half-centuries before Gujarat unravelled under pressure, allowing Delhi to sneak home by seven runs in their Elite Group D Vijay Hazare Trophy clash on Friday. Kohli was named player of the match after…
Anish Giri, Hikaru Nakamura, and R Praggnanandhaa NEW DELHI: It was in December last year when an 18-year-old boy from Chennai, Gukesh Dommaraju, stunned China’s Ding Liren to become the youngest-ever World Chess Champion.The victory sent a wave of euphoria across the global chess fraternity. Even those in the opposition camp could not help but…
The cave is low and dark, and it is dug into limestone on a little island in the Baltic Sea where the wind blows salt from all directions. For thousands of years, humans used this spot to be safe while they hunted seals and fished in the ocean. The trash they left behind was normal….
