Iran and Israel have mostly refrained from directly attacking each other, making the Iranian missile salvo of Tuesday at Israeli territories a massive escalation in the Middle East conflict that stems mainly from the war on Gaza.
Nayanika Sengupta
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About The Author
Nayanika has been covering news without the noise for over four years and currently heads the news desk covering general, national and international day-to-day news for Outlook as a Senior Sub-editor. Apart from breaking, explaining and analysing what's happening in and around, Nayanika is a gourmand and loves to cook and feed people. When not writing, she can be found in a grocery store, picking up ingredients for her next dish. She aims to speak for those who have no voice and empower other lives with the power she achieves in life.
This recent renaming of Pune airport and the city of Port Blair in Andaman & Nicobar islands and the recent pitch to replace Urdu words like 'Shahi' from Hindu religious texts by seers of Uttarakhand come at a time when renaming places, symbols, and institutions associated with colonialism, Mughal rule, or perceived foreign influence has gained momentum under the current Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.
Information given to New York Times by the Israeli officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the subject, suggests that Israel saw an opportunity to carry out the complex operation when a top Hezbollah official in February made an appeal to his followers to "bury, put in iron box and lock" their phones, which he said were the "agents".
One Nation One Election Report: The report by the Kovind panel suggests that simultaneous polls to Lok Sabha and assemblies can be held in the first step, followed by local body polls within 100 days in the second step.
The debate about whether the iPhone is worth it or not has been going on since time immemorial and won't end till the company continues to make these but the smartphone giant's peculiarity of putting features in its gadgets "differently" might be its "trick" to place itself at a monopolistic position in the market by playing on the prestige card. At least that's what a lawsuit accuses Apple of doing.
The deadly landslides of July 30 that struck the Wayanad towns in the early hours have led to over 200 deaths with the toll bound to go up with operations to retrieve bodies remain underway but the mission to pull out survivors is mostly concluded.
A massive global outage of Microsoft 365 apps and services resulted in blue screens on laptops for thousands of people, hit operations in airlines, banks, markets and offices across spectrums, but the meme army was at its creative best on social media.
Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's wedding took place on July 12 but the first batch of pre-wedding festivities took place in March this year in Gujarat's Jamnagar, the second part was a luxury cruise from Italy to France in June and the final instalment of the festivities took place in Maharashtra's Mumbai in the days leading and following the big day.
Hathras stampede: Multiple witness accounts seemed to suggest that a mad rush to touch the preacher's feet while he was exiting the venue after conducting the 'satsang' led to the stampede as people fell in the slippery mud caused by an overflowing drain nearby.
Taking one for the team, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi launched a no-holds-barred attack on the BJP in the Lok Sabha on Monday, accusing the leaders of the ruling BJP of dividing people on communal lines, drawing massive protests from the treasury benches.
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