(Bloomberg Opinion) — Not long before World War I, HMS Dreadnought, a battleship that made all existing vessels obsolete, was launched at Portsmouth in the presence of the King-Emperor Edward VII. Fire-breathing patriots soon took up the cry, “We want eight and we won’t wait.” Winston Churchill, then a young home secretary in a government committed to
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Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday alleged that the November 2024 Maharashtra Assembly election was “rigged” and warned that a similar pattern could repeat in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections later this year. Also Read: ‘Freedom is subject to restriction’: Allahabad HC raps Rahul Gandhi for ‘Chinese soldiers beating
President Donald Trump’s suggestion that he may let Russia and Ukraine keep fighting has left US lawmakers in an awkward spot over their plan to force a ceasefire with “bone-crushing” sanctions against Moscow. The Senate bill has more than 80 co-sponsors, an all-but-unheard-of level of bipartisan support. Yet although that kind of veto-proof backing is
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with Kazakhstan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Murat Nurtleu, Tajikistan Foreign Affairs Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin, Turkmenistan Deputy Chairman of Cabinet of Ministers and Foreign Affairs Minister Rashid Meredov, Kyrgyzstan Foreign Affairs Minister Zheenbek Kulubaev and Uzbekistan Foreign Affairs Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov during the 4th India-Central Asia Dialogue, in
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In the early hours of Wednesday, Donald Trump declared that Xi Jinping was “VERY TOUGH, AND EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE A DEAL WITH!!!” Some 36 hours later, the US leader said he got what he wanted: A commitment to restore the flow of rare earth magnets. It’s less clear what Xi got in return, apart
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A survey by the National Council of Applied Economic Research, covering 757 fishermen across 34 districts in seven States, recorded 1,079 successful fishing trips guided by INCOIS’s Potential Fishing Zone advisories. | Photo Credit: Representational Photo Every morning, as fishing boats head out to sea, they carry more than just nets and bait; they carry insights
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New Delhi: The Centre has proposed a key change to the copyright regime by making it mandatory for owners and licensors of literary works, musical works and sound recordings to set up an online mechanism for collection of licence fees, as per a notification issued by the commerce ministry on Thursday. The move is aimed
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Dear readers, Recently, I heard Chirag Paswan in Patna—amid the pre-election bustle—say that he does not see himself in Central politics forever. He claimed his real reason for joining politics was to “serve” Bihar and its people. Noble. But given the political winds, maybe also convenient. Chirag, the Bollywood-hopeful-turned-MP, also invoked his “Bihar First, Bihari
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Outside Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport, Chandigarh, spring’s exuberance is fast fading. Dust devils dance like dervishes across a golden brown land as the hotel car speeds towards Patiala, an hour-and-a-half away. The car manoeuvres a warren of streets, and swings past a massive wooden, iron-studded door into the Qila Mubarak complex. Beats from a
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(Bloomberg) — Switzerland’s most senior arms procurement official is seeking closer collaboration with European neighbors, as global demand for weapons surges and the nation’s own defense industry falters. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and concern over US President Donald Trump’s commitment to NATO’s mutual defense clause is forcing Europe to rearm, pushing weapons firms to
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