Stories by The Statesman
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Published 28 Sep, 2026 05:55am
On a conventional Mercator map, Greenland can appear almost as large as Africa, but in reality, Africa is roughly 14 times larger.
Updated 21 Sep, 2026 07:34am
FEW individuals have occupied the centre of Indian politics for as long while revealing as little of themselves as...
Published 07 Sep, 2026 04:30am
The minor victim had left home without informing anybody and was travelling to Noida Sector 63, where her cousin lives, according to reports.
Published 02 Sep, 2026 05:09pm
India’s handling of the request for Sheikh Hasina’s extradition is becoming a test not merely of its relations...
Published 24 Aug, 2026 07:04am
What defines a great democracy is not the act of voting alone but the integrity of the institutions that safeguard...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 04:30am
There are definitive moments in regional politics when a single cultural event ceases to be just an isolated ...
Published 13 Jul, 2026 06:59am
One now hears a strange linguistic hybrid in urban Bengal — a “khichri” of Bengali, Hindi and English.
Published 15 Jun, 2026 05:58am
Attempts to resolve contemporary political disputes through historical narratives are fraught with danger.
Published 08 Jun, 2026 06:24am
Accuses government of deviating from India’s long-standing diplomatic stance on the Palestinian issue.
Published 28 Apr, 2026 09:00am
Will India’s Capital in near future start treating roads as chargeable “scarce” resource instead of “free”...
Published 16 Mar, 2026 07:26am
Widely celebrated for his iconic role in Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, Shah succumbed to kidney failure, according to CINTAA official Ashoke Pandit.
Published 25 Oct, 2025 04:56pm
The recent exclusion of women journalists from a press interaction with Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has triggered
Published 20 Oct, 2025 05:11am
Official says currency notes had been treated with dye which transferred to suspect's fingers.
Updated 05 May, 2025 10:59am
The Taliban may allow Washington to take control of Bagram air base. In return, the US may help end the Taliban’s diplomatic isolation.
Updated 21 Apr, 2025 10:48am
Construction of large dams in the Himalayas has historically disrupted river flows, displaced people, destroyed fragile ecosystems.
Published 14 Apr, 2025 06:39am
Nehru’s elephant, China’s panda and Malaysia’s orangutan diplomacy brought nations nearer to each other
Published 07 Apr, 2025 06:12am
Bangladesh leader Muhammad Yunus’ visit to China this week marks a critical moment in South Asian geopolitics. The...
Published 31 Mar, 2025 05:47am
British Orientalists worked predominantly with upper-caste Hindu literati and implicitly marginalised Muslims as historical
Published 24 Mar, 2025 07:03am
In the event of ‘Atlantic decoupling’, European democracies might find themselves in chaotic, divisive conditions
Updated 10 Mar, 2025 10:14am