The real battle is over reparations. Beyond recognition, the UN resolution urges nations involved in the slave trade to engage in reparatory justice, including formal apologies, compensation and measures to address systemic discrimination.
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Mohammad Ali is the recipient of the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding Reporting on South Asia. He is a Senior Associate Editor at Outlook, based in Delhi. He tweets at @hindureporter
The all-party meeting appeared less like a proactive exercise in democratic consultation and more like a reactive political gesture—an attempt to signal control after the system has already come under strain.
India’s LPG system is efficient in normal times but fragile in crises
The LPG crunch shows how India’s domestic cooking fuel is tied to the geopolitics of a distant but critical waterway. Unless India widens its supplier base and strengthens its domestic infrastructure, the country may find itself confronting similar crises each time tensions flare in the Gulf.
Passive headlines, vague verbs and zero blame when America or Israel strike civilians—classic double standard exposed in 2026 Iran war coverage.
While rivals rose and fell, he repeatedly repositioned himself at the centre of power. In a political culture defined by sharp caste alignments and fragmented mandates, he managed to remain indispensable to multiple coalitions
For Iran, it might be a precursor to regime change but for the Gulf countries it means unwanted instability and chaos.
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Existing laws and agencies such as UAPA, NIA, state police forces and specialised units like NSG continue to operate as before. PRAHAAR seeks to consolidate them under one doctrine.
From fabricated news bulletins to cloned political voices, artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming India’s electoral landscape—blurring the line between campaign strategy and disinformation ahead of crucial state assembly elections.
In the US, the response to the Epstein files and their importance has been filtered through a media ecosystem constrained by legal risk, economic fragility and proximity to power
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