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This shift has drawn criticism from the Congress, non-BJP ruled states, and MGNREGA experts, who say it weakens the 100-day guarantee in practice and turns a legal entitlement into a scheme-based arrangement. The revised funding structure has also raised concerns with states now expected to bear 40 per cent of the wage costs, a move critics say could strain financially weaker states.
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Did Judas Iscariot–who betrayed Jesus—have God on his side? Bob Dylan asked 63 years ago. The US, Israel and Iran’s invocation of religious war brings that question back
Why did it take so very long for India to find its voice in the context of the multipronged attack on Iran?
Have the mandarins in South Block misread the US-Israel war against Iran?
India’s LPG system is efficient in normal times but fragile in crises
Long queues, rising black-market prices and shrinking meals mark the capital’s unfolding cooking gas crisis.
Migrant workers in Maximum City voice hunger issue hit by the LPG crisis triggered by the war in West Asia.
In Kashmir, the war against Iran and Iran’s retaliatory strikes have seen both men and women line up outside gas depots, and dwindling stocks mean that people’s daily routine has gone haywire.
‘How Can We Eat Such Expensive Food Every Day?’
With shifting alliances, internal crises within established parties, and new political actors seeking space, the coming election could test the resilience of the Dravidian political order
Ahead of the polls, TMC presents 2026 as a battle remains against an external ideological force, while for BJP it is about reclaiming Bengal’s 'lost past' centered around Hindu identity.
As the "culture war” is waged by the camps in Bengal, it falls in the pattern of distancing the voters from material issues like corruption, or industrial decline
Assam’s electoral issues are many: eviction drives, razed lives and identity crises
Pragmatism has often preceded ideology in Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s decision-making in Left-ruled Kerala
It is not enough to drown-swim in our anguish at what is being unleashed in so many unequal wars around us.
This collection of essays is a testimony to cities that devolve, disappear, and reappear as altered landscapes, haunted by the histories they can no longer hold
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This shift has drawn criticism from the Congress, non-BJP ruled states, and MGNREGA experts, who say it weakens the 100-day guarantee in practice and turns a legal entitlement into a scheme-based arrangement. The revised funding structure has also raised concerns with states now expected to bear 40 per cent of the wage costs, a move critics say could strain financially weaker states.
This remarkable feat marks nearly 25 years of uninterrupted leadership at the highest levels of Indian governance, reflecting sustained public support and political endurance in the world's largest democracy.
The move would make Dasun Shanaka the second cricketer to switch from the Pakistan Super League to the Indian Premier League in the last few days after Blessing Muzarabani joined Kolkata Knight Riders as a replacement for Mustafizur Rahman
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CPH:DOX 2026 | Pieter-Jan De Pue’s doc follows three brothers ripped apart by war, geographically and emotionally. It veers away from standard war chronicles into recollections and regrets left by such times.
'Bollywood By Choice' is Outlook's weekly column that examines the good, the bad, and the ugly of Indian cinema—Bollywood and beyond—offering praise and criticism with equal fairness to both the deserving and the disappointing.
Amid the state-aligned censorship of ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ (2025) by the CBFC, here are ten films on Palestinian lives that remain accessible to watch in India.
Ben Hania’s Oscar-nominated film serves an intense, impassioned wake-up call for everyone who has been witnessing a live-streamed genocide by Israel in Gaza for nearly three years.
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With the holy month of Ramadan culminating with Eid, the time of restraint and fasting is all set to give way to a time of indulgence, generosity, and meals that bring people together. And only few dishes capture this spirit quite like this Kandu Kukulhu-style whole red snapper. Inspired by the coastal kitchens of the […]
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