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Low-effort, low-accuracy India coverage of ‘New York Times,’ benchmark for Western media

Activist narratives are often expanded and amplified as they are passed up the journalistic food chain from initial reports to the New York Times.

Indian Foundations of Modern Science and its global significance

There is more agreement about the many achievements of Indian medical sciences. For example, The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Melbourne, Australia has a prominent display of a statue of Suśruta (600 BCE) with the caption “Father of Surgery”

‘Toxic masculinity’: what does it mean, where did it come from – and is the term useful or harmful?

The term “toxic masculinity” was obscure in the 1990s and early 2000s. But since around 2015, it has become pervasive in discussions of men and gender.

Women who suffer domestic violence fare much worse financially after separating from their partner: new data

It’s the first time in Australia that we have specific data on what happens financially to these women.

Sita Ram Goel: First Hindu intellectual who dared to tell decolonised history of India

He was a genuinely apolitical scholar whose overarching concern was Sanatana Dharma and its civilisational integrity.

Are Australian schools ‘falling short’ on quality and equity?

Every year, between 5% and 9% of Australian students do not meet year-level expectations in literacy or numeracy.

Why September 17 should be celebrated as Hyderabad State Liberation Day

“The Nizam's Government lifted the 5-year-old ban on the Communists & efforts are being made for an Ittehad-Communist alliance to make common cause against India.” 

Why ‘ardent defenders’ of free speech and diversity often seek to silence through Cancel Culture

Cancel culture is often conflated with adjacent phenomena such as outrage culture, boycotts and backlashes.

Freedom is not something that comes for free, one has to fight for it

If we turn into a relaxed zone, feeling thinking that it is our innate right, then we are far from understanding the philosophy of 'freedom'. Every citizen of India must commit to keeping it intact.

The Marshall Islands mini-state plot and the price of sovereignty in the Pacific

A Chinese couple’s audacious plot to set up a mini-state in the Republic of the Marshall Islands by allegedly bribing members of parliament and officials was deeply disturbing.

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“Makes no difference”: President Trump doubles down as US–Iran talks end day one with zero deal in Pakistan

US President Donald Trump has declared victory over Iran even as marathon peace talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, drag on without a deal, highlighting the deep divide between political rhetoric and diplomatic reality.

Perth man jailed over assault on police officers, including spitting at airport arrest

Officers stopped and restrained him after he became obstructive. While in custody at the airport, he spat directly into the face and mouth of an AFP officer.

‘First contact’ that may have led to complex life on Earth finally witnessed by scientists

In fact, the first bubbles of oxygen that filled the atmosphere on early Earth likely came from ancient stromatolites. You could say we owe our very existence to these piles of rocks.
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