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Published – June 14, 2025 11:10 am IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit

At Mumbai | Photo Credit: AFP There is a version of Murphy’s law which says that “if there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong”. The fiery end to Air India flight AI171 at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on June 12, … Read more

The first hull loss of the ‘Dreamliner’, one of aviation’s most advanced twin-aisle aircraft, is one that is unsettling, more so when there have been recent examples of survivability in modern widebody jets. The tragic end to Air India flight AI171, on June 12, 2025 — there was one surviving passenger — just minutes after … Read more

Operation Rising Lion Israel’s strikes on some of Iran’s facilities mark a dangerous escalation in an already volatile West Asian theatre. While Israel cites preemptive security concerns, such unilateral actions risk provoking severe retaliation from Tehran, which could engulf the region in wider conflict. Iran’s possible military or proxy-based response may destabilise not just Israel … Read more

The endgame of a 2,611-year-old Jewish-Persian enmity

Israel’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, at a time when Washington and Tehran were in talks, are brazenly illegal, reckless and dangerous. If there was any possibility of resolving the nuclear issue through dialogue, Israel has practically killed it. That Donald Trump, despite his repeated warnings, failed to stop America’s closest ally from launching the … Read more

The Bhavishya Purana, or the chronicle of the future, is the earliest Sanskrit work that reveals some familiarity with West Asian myths. While presented as a prophecy of events that will happen during Kali Yuga, it seems to have been updated over time — from 1000 AD to late 18th century, and published around 1900. … Read more

Published – June 13, 2025 10:21 am IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit

Footwear lie on the ground outside Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 5, 2025, a day after the stampede. | Photo Credit: PTI There was victory in the air in Bengaluru on June 4. After a 17-year-long wait, the city’s favourite franchise, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), had clinched the trophy in the Indian Premier League (IPL) … Read more

The e-ticketing system of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC) is one of India’s most widely used e-commerce platforms. Crores of Indian rail commuters and passengers use it to book their tickets, which makes it imperative that the system is run robustly. The scale of the operation is revealing — on May … Read more