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Watch: Shashi Tharoor column: Terror attacks may have dropped, but the world is becoming ‘unevenly unsafe’
At first glance, the macroeconomic indicators of global security offer a rare moment of statistical comfort. Recent reports suggest that global terrorism experienced a noteworthy decline in 2025, with fatalities around the world falling to 5,582 across 2,944 recorded incidents — representing a 28% drop in deaths and a 22% reduction in overall attacks. With…
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Typhoon Bavi lashes Japan’s southern islands; landslides kill 15 in Philippines
A satellite image shows Typhoon Bavi reaching Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, bringing impact to them and Taiwan, on July 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Typhoon Bavi pummelled Japan’s southern Sakishima island chain with heavy rain and violent winds on Saturday (July 11, 2026) as it headed towards Taiwan, prompting authorities to warn of flooding risks…
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S. Janaki: The Isai Arasi who established the voice of the rural, female heroine
Playback singer S. Janaki | Photo Credit: N. Sridharan If Bharathiraja taught people how to look at villages, then it was certainly S. Janaki who taught them to listen to the women in these villages. She was the perfect acoustic accompaniment for Bharathiraja’s vast rural landscapes. There’s no scientific way of telling how this combination dressed up folklore as a living, breathing,…
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Germany’s AfD pledges to expel all illegal immigrants
Ulrich Siegmund, the top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state election, gestures as he addresses a local party congress in Magdeburg, Germany, on July 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Germany’s far-right AfD party on Saturday (July 11, 2026) unveiled a manifesto for its first 100 days in…
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Boom to bust: Gurugram’s illegal PG business faces crackdown
It was a quiet Saturday morning on June 20. Sanghamitra Pati was at her home in Bhubaneswar when her phone rang. “Do ghante mein room khali kar do, building seal ho rahi hai (Vacate the room in two hours. The building is being sealed),” the caretaker of her rented accommodation in Gurugram’s DLF Phase 3…
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China evacuates over 1 million as Typhoon Bavi brings winds and rain
People ride electric scooters in the rain as Typhoon Bavi approaches in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China, on July 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Chinese authorities evacuated more than 1 million people on Saturday (July 11, 2026) and issued high alerts as eastern China braced for Typhoon Bavi, which has brought strong winds and rain…