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De-escalation of Russia-Ukraine tensions top priority, says India

All sides should exercise utmost restraint and engage in dialogue, it says at UN

Panel on AFSPA removal misses ‘45-day’ deadline
It was formed after the botched Army operation in Nagaland

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Russian recognition

Putin’s actions are aimed at wresting from the West guarantees against NATO expansion

Untangling Kerala’s Lokayukta controversy
The State’s Lokayukta Act needs to be reexamined by an Assembly committee and brought on a par with the Lokpal Act

A class for itself
Kerala must give up using government pension as political patronage

A new measure of inflation is brewing on the horizon
Traditional statistical practices could be getting redefined, as an initiative by British campaigner Jack Monroe shows

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Biden is risking his Indo-Pacific strategy

If the U.S. is to meaningfully pivot to the Indo-Pacific, it will have to exercise strategic restraint in Europe

Regulation, not prohibition
The online skill gaming industry hopes that a reform-oriented policy structure will soon be in place

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Most countries looking for a diplomatic solution: Jaishankar

India can talk to Russia, other countries in UN Security Council, he says

India sends first batch of aid to Afghanistan
It marks an end to months of bureaucratic wrangling between Islamabad and New Delhi

J&K delimitation panel gets 2month extension
Move will further delay elections

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Child welfare scheme saw hike of 390%: Irani

Rahul Bajaj believed women in rural areas could boost India’s growth

As founding secretary of the Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust, he brought his guiding principles of equality and nondiscrimination to support ‘grampreneurs’

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Russia faces sanctions after Putin move

U.S. terms Russia’s troops deployment in eastern Ukraine ‘invasion’; West to announce new sanctions

What does the recognition mean for the Ukraine crisis?

Inflation at record high in cash-strapped Sri Lanka

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Crude oil poses key risk to financial stability: FM

Keeping an eye on global headwinds and extreme volatility in markets, but no plans to defer LIC IPO, says Sitharaman

Centre readies draft on govt. data sharing

RBI flags Unauthorized wallet risks

Text & Context
Examining the Russia-China axis

What will be the relationship between Russia and China vis-a-vis developments in Ukraine? How has their alliance grown over the past years?

Meta’s AI Supercomputer
How are supercomputers changing the current technological landscape? Is Facebook’s latest innovation going to expand the metaverse experience?

 
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