The Hindu Why are antivenoms not easily accessible in India?

A landmark 2020 study by researchers from Canada, India, and the U.K. estimated that between 2001 and 2014, a staggering 1.2 million snakebite deaths and three-times as many cases of disability occurred in India

The Hindu Trump highlights partnership investing $500 billion in AI

President Donald Trump is talking up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank

The Hindu Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave

President Donald Trump administration orders federal DEI staff on paid leave, plans to lay off and also dismantle diversity and inclusion programs nationwide

The Hindu Trump threatens 100% tariffs against BRICS countries if they try replacing U.S. dollar

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in December had said India had never been for de-dollarisation and there was no proposal to have a BRICS currency.

The Hindu Trudeau says Canada will respond to U.S. tariffs as Ontario’s premier says Trump ’declared war’

Canada’s leaders confident in avoiding U.S. President Trump’s tariffs, but Ontario premier Doug Ford predicts inevitable trade war with U.S. looming

The Hindu Is Trump justified in asking EU to buy more oil and gas from the U.S.?

The European Union’s oil and gas imports from the U.S. are already increasing at a rapid pace, as the bloc does not want to purchase these products from Russia

The Hindu Bishop pleads for Trump to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ+ people and migrants

Mariann Budde, who gave this year’s sermon, has joined other cathedral leaders in criticizing Trump previously, rebuking his “racialized rhetoric” and blaming him for inciting violence on Jan. 6, 2021

The Hindu Sanctions on Russia likely if Putin doesn’t come to negotiation table: Trump

U.S. President also said that Ukraine President Zelenskyy told him that he would like to have peace

The Hindu Who was Chalapati? Top Maoist leader gunned down in Chhattisgarh who carried a ₹1 crore reward

Chalapati was a significant figure in the Maoist movement and served as the Odisha secretary for the group

The Hindu Ad-hoc judges can be appointed to deal with criminal cases in HCs: Supreme Court

The SC bench said it could partly modify the 2021 judgement to ensure ad-hoc judges were appointed to decide criminal appeals by division benches presided over by sitting high court judge

The Hindu Fresh law graduates, from non-premier colleges, stung by low wages

Many of them report working for anything between ₹10,000 – ₹20,000 a month with 12 – 16 hours of work.

The Hindu Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to auction properties of chronic tax defaulters

The Hindu BWSSB building illegally occupied by real estate businessman in Bengaluru

The Hindu Morning Digest: Trump declares end to birthright citizenship; Bengal govt moves Calcutta HC seeking death penalty for R.G. Kar rape-murder convict, and more

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The Hindu Mystery behind 17 deaths in J&K’s Rajouri will be resolved soon: Omar Abdullah

Seventeen persons, including 13 children, belonging to three related families died under mysterious circumstances here between December 7 and January 19