Relatives mourn near the deceased after the coffins' arrival on an Indian Air Force plane from Kuwait at the Cochin International Airport in Kochi on June 14. (AFP)
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India’s carefully calibrated engagement with the Taliban is a fine example of New Delhi’s ability to balance soft power with hard strategy, (West Asia News Agency/Reuters)
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A waste picker drinks water while working during a heat wave at a garbage dump on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Waste pickers endure a miserable job that is growing more dangerous as climate change leads to rising heat. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
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A passenger drinking water is silhouetted against the sun on a hot summer day at Jalandhar Cantonment railway station in Jalandhar on June 11, 2024 amid heatwave. (Photo by Shammi MEHRA / AFP)
India’s soft power is rooted in the core Indian values of secularism, tolerance, inclusiveness, and assimilation of multiple cultures in its civilisation. Today, this is enhanced by India’s democracy, food, movies, music, inclusive non-missionary religion
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Postpartum exercise can serve two functions: It is good for getting back to fitness. But it also means that you, as a new mother, need to set aside time to prioritise yourself.
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Being a crypto entrepreneur in India could have Herculean challenges, because, from a regulatory perspective, it's a rocky relationship with crypto without much legitimacy.
Wild Asiatic water buffalos graze in the Pobitora wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Thursday, June 20, 2024. The sanctuary is known for its Indian one-horned rhino population. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) (AP)
New Delhi, Jun 12 (ANI): NEET aspirants protest against the alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG examination at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi on Wednesday. (ANI Photo/Ritik Jain) (Ritik Jain)
Sentencing decisions in India are influenced by the socio-economic status and gender of the accused, background of the judges, and quality of legal representation. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at a meeting, in New Delhi, Monday, June 17, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI)
TOPSHOT - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gives thumbs up after arriving at Canberra Airport in Canberra on June 26, 2024, after he pleaded guilty at a US court in Saipan to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate US national defence information. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned home to Australia to start life as a free man June 26 after admitting he revealed US defence secrets in a deal that unlocked the door to his London prison cell. (Photo by WILLIAM WEST / AFP) (AFP)
Kolkata, India - May 26, 2024: A view of the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata, India, on Sunday, May 26, 2024. (Photo by Samir Jana/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)
A woman with her face covered walks near the India Gate on a hot summer day during heatwave in New Delhi on June 17, 2024. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP) (AFP)
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Women stand in a queue at a polling station to cast their ballot during the first phase of voting of India's general elections in Jammu, some 230 Kms from Srinagar on April 19, 2024. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP)
National security is just not about defence but is a whole-of-government approach that needs orchestration by the political executive head, not by the defence minister. (Photo by Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP) (AFP)
Noida, India- April 14, 2024: People seen on the occasion of the 133th birth anniversary of Dalit icon BR Ambedkar at Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal, sector 95, in Noida, India, on Sunday, April 14, 2024. (Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times)
FILE - President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the final presidential debate at Belmont University, Oct. 22, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) (AP)
Kolkata, India - June 24, 2024: All India Democratic Students' Organisation (AIDSO), affiliated with Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) (SUCI(C) supporters staged a protest rally against recent scam in NEET and UGC-NET exam at Moulali in Kolkata, India, on Monday, June 24, 2024. (Photo by Samir Jana/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)
The Parliament House in New Delhi, India, on Monday, June 24, 2024. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vast domestic agenda is in jeopardy after his party failed to win an outright majority in parliament for the first time in a decade, forcing it to work with a coalition of parties and grapple with an expanded opposition bench. Photographer: Prakash Singh/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)
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This undated photo released by Jiji Press on June 11, 2024 shows professor Akira Endo from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in Tokyo. Endo, the Japanese biochemist whose pioneering research on fungi led to the development of cholesterol-lowering statins, has died at the age of 90, Japanese media reported on June 11, 2024. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT
This photograph shows the Swiss flag sets among the flags of the other countries during a plenary session at the Summit on peace in Ukraine, at the luxury Burgenstock resort, near Lucerne, on June 16, 2024. The two-day gathering brings together Ukrainian President and more than 50 other heads of state and government, to try to work out a way towards a peace process for Ukraine -- albeit without Russia. (Photo by URS FLUEELER / POOL / AFP)
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Amritsar: Farm labourers plant seedlings in a field during sunset on the outskirts of Amritsar, Sunday, June 23, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI06_23_2024_000239B)
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The Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) who have been returned may harbour unpleasant memories: Mass suspensions, privilege cases, expulsions, and the denial of opportunities were common threads in the last House(File Photo)
