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Gaza women’s long wait for deliverance

Palestinian women walk across building debris following an Israeli airstrike at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. Photographer: Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)
Updated on Jan 4, 2025 14:54 IST

India shows the way on energy transformation

(FILES) This photograph taken on November 21, 2024 shows employees at SunSource Energy inspecting solar panels installed at a food processing plant of the Indian food service company Jubilant FoodWorks in Greater Noida. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP) (AFP)
Published on Jan 3, 2025 14:57 IST

Money lesson for 2025: Keep faith in basics

FILE PHOTO: Indian twenty rupee currency notes are displayed at a roadside currency exchange stall in New Delhi, India, May 24, 2024. REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh//File Photo (REUTERS)
Published on Jan 3, 2025 14:56 IST

Urban renewal with street vendor haats

Street food vendor waits for customers at Marina beach in Chennai, India, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) (AP)
Published on Jan 2, 2025 16:54 IST

Delhi looks to West, wins friends in Gulf

Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah walks with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 22, 2024. KUNA/Handout via REUTERS (via REUTERS)
Updated on Jan 2, 2025 16:54 IST

The choice before us: Star Trek or Mad Max

FILE PHOTO: An AI (Artificial Intelligence) sign is seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo (REUTERS)
Updated on Dec 30, 2024 14:45 IST

Why Indians don’t have one Happy New Year

Children ride their bicycle past a New Year 2025 numerals decoration made of plastic flowers in Hanoi on December 30, 2024. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP) (AFP)
Published on Dec 30, 2024 14:45 IST

Gender sensitive policing needed

Chennai: Police personnel stand guard at the entrance of Anna University after the alleged sexual assault of its girl student, in Chennai, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI12_26_2024_000412B) (PTI)
Updated on Dec 29, 2024 15:52 IST

How the West’s world order lost wider trust

This picture shows tents housing displaced Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip on December 29, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) (AFP)
Published on Dec 29, 2024 15:52 IST

A prime minister who let his actions speak

FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh walks on stage for a photo opportunity as part of the 5th East Asia Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, October 30, 2010. REUTERS/Christophe Archambault/Pool)/File Photo (REUTERS)
Updated on Dec 29, 2024 15:51 IST

Law on marital cruelty needs robust backing

An activist shouts slogan as she leads a rally to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Kolkata, India, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) (AP)
Published on Dec 28, 2024 17:17 IST

The delightful, rude world of put-downs

Dorothy Parker’s wit could be excruciatingly sharp. Of the famous actress Katharine Hepburn, she hissed: “She ran the gamut of human emotions all the way from A to B.” (wikimediacommons)
Updated on Dec 28, 2024 17:15 IST