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US submarine sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, marking escalation outside of Persian Gulf

New Delhi/Colombo:  In a significant escalation of the West Asia crisis, a US submarine on Wednesday torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship in international waters off Sri Lanka’s coast when it was returning after participating in the Milan naval exercise, a multilateral wargame hosted by India. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, confirming the strike, said…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

Upper House Edge

The coming round of Rajya Sabha elections may not grab primetime headlines like a Lok Sabha battle, but their political consequences could be far more enduring. As polls for 37 seats across 10 states approach, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) appears poised to consolidate — and possibly expand — its strength…

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David Arun Kumar

Carbon Meets Silicon

In 1960, long before laptops, cloud computing, or artificial intelligence entered public vocabulary, J. C. R. Licklider wrote a visionary paper titled Man–Computer Symbiosis. He did not predict machines replacing humans. Instead, he imagined something far more sophisticated: a tight coupling between human cognition and computational power. Licklider compared this relationship to the fig tree…

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Krishna’s Counsel in Virata’s Assembly

Dharmaraja celebrated Abhimanyu’s marriage with such perfect observance of sacred rites that both noble lineages were filled with profound joy. The assembled guests departed, overwhelmed by the honours, courtesies, and solemn customs they had witnessed, while the Pandavas themselves shone with the quiet radiance of fulfilled duty and inward contentment. After four days of festivity…

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