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In the name of vikas, Banaras is being quietly remade.

What happens when faith is treated like a logistics problem? And what happens when pilgrimage is redesigned for optics and massive crowds?

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Ahead of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, the Internet Freedom Foundation and the Center for the Study of Organized Hate have released a report raising concerns about gaps in AI governance and the consequences for Indian democracy.

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Beyond the hullabaloo surrounding the India-US trade deal and shenanigans in Parliament, hyper-local communal incidents are painting a national picture of division that the news cycle is too busy ignoring.

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Muslim vendors selling kova buns at the Samakka Saralamma Jatara were targeted by the YouTube channel Tejaswi News, which has published a series of videos alleging they were selling “adulterated” buns.

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Knowledge of Epstein’s crimes did not end relationships for the global elite; it merely changed how they were explained.

Shardool Katyayan unpacks why the elite kept hitting ‘reply’ to a convicted paedophile

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