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IMAGO / Pacific Press Agency : Gig workers |

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AP : This image taken video shows Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro getting off a helicopter on his way to Manhattan Federal Court, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in New York.

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BY Ashlin Mathew

Artwork by Vikas Thakur

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Evan Vucci : upporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran rally outside the White House for regime change in Iran, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, in Washington.

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Christopher Katsarov : A person walks past signage for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer earlier in the week, in Minneapolis, Minn., Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026.

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BY N.K. Bhoopesh

Source: IMAGO / ANI News : A shopkeeper sells election campaign material ahead of BMC election 2026, in Mumbai.

Ringing Phones, Familiar Promises: Mumbai Candidates, Voters In Last Gear For BMC Polls

BY Jinit Parmar

PTI : In this image posted on Jan. 12, 2026, Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat welcomes German Chancellor Friedrich Merz upon his arrival at the airport ahead of bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Ahmedabad. CM Bhupendra Patel, Deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi and others are also seen.

Fillip For Indo-German Ties: Chancellor Friedrich Merz Arrives In Ahmedabad

Seagull Books : Book Cover: Of Morsels and Marvels by Maryse Conde

'Of Morsels and Marvels'; Book Excerpt By Maryse Conde

BY Maryse Condé

Shutterstock : Poetry as Protest: Capturing Current Affairs In Poems

Poetry as Protest: Capturing Current Affairs In Poems

BY Milind Bhawar

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Book Review: The Unfinished Struggle Of the Sikhs In Kashmir

BY Harjeet Singh

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An Inward Reflection: The Fragrance of Remembrance

Missing From the House The Stories of Muslim Women in India’s Parliamen

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BY Aniba Junaid

A writer publicly targeted at a university function points to a growing gap between India’s academic and literary worlds

Dignity, Discourse, And Academic Leadership In Public Life

Criminalisation Of Domestic Workers: Platform Providing Domestic ‘Help’ Services Faces Backlash

Criminalisation Of Domestic  Workers:  Platform Providing  Domestic ‘Help’  Services  Faces Backlash   

BY Priyanka Tupe

Book Cover of Heartbreak Unflitered by Milan Vohra

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Cover of 'To Cut A Long Story Short'

Book Review: 'To Cut A Long Story Short' Is A Brave And Delightful Caper Of Imagination

BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay

IMAGO/ANI : Shimla Aerial View

Warming Up For Winters: How Shimla Lost Its Snowfall

BY Ashwani Sharma

Cover of The Divine Silence of Kailash

Book Review: The Divine Silence Of Kailash

BY Jinit Parmar

Illustration: Vikas Thakur

Amitav Ghosh’s Ghost-Eye: New Novel Explores Memory, Ecology And Hidden Histories

BY Vineetha Mokkil

Tribhuvan Tiwari / Outlook : Women labourers under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in Karauli district, Rajashtan

Gandhi To Ram: Dismantling Of MGNREGA And Rewriting Rural Welfare

BY Mohammad Ali

Khunti district: MNREGA workers in Chukru village of Siladun Panchayat, Khunti Block, Jharkhand

Work Without Guarantee, Wages Without Certainty: The New Reality Of MGNREGA In Jharkhand

BY Md Asghar Khan

ANI : Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at the press conference regarding- MGNREGA Bangalore, Jan 03 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar during a press conference regarding the scrapping of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) by Union Government, in Bangalore on Saturday

Reform Or Repeal: The Transition From MGNREGA to VB-GRAM

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

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India, EU Reaffirm Commitment To Early Conclusion Of Free Trade Agreement Talks

BY Outlook News Desk

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Who Gets to Sit, Read, and Stay: Why Feminist Spaces Still Make Cities Uncomfortable

Mrinalini Dhyani | Outlook India : The BJP-led Union government last month introduced VB-GRAM(G) as a replacement for the nearly two-decade-old MGNREGA, which was enacted by Parliament in 2005 and implemented from February 2006.

From Panchayats To States: Workers’ Groups Plan Phased Resistance To VB-GRAM(G)

BY Mrinalini Dhyani

PTI : JMM leaders stage a protest against the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) during the supplementary Monsoon session of the Jharkhand Assembly, in Ranchi, on August 26, 2025

Jharkhand’s SIR And The Return Of The Infiltrator Narrative

BY Md Asghar Khan

AP : Mustafizur Rahman

BCCI’s Missive On Mustafizur Is Not Quite Cricket

BY Agnideb Bandyopadhyay

Ellen Schmidt : A deployed airbag and blood stains are seen in a crashed vehicle on at the scene of a shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.

ICE’s Busiest Year Since 2004: Deadly Crackdown Beyond Minneapolis Shooting

PTI : A view of the Thirupparankundram hill, in Madurai, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026

Thiruparankundram: A Local Dispute, A Court Order, And The Politics Of Faith

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

PTI : 2 injured in blasts in Manipur's Bishnupur -

Manipur Explosions: Twin IED Blasts In Bishnupur Revive Fear Among Locals

BY Mrinalini Dhyani

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