New Delhi: Barabanki-born scholar and one of the most respected experts on Urdu and other South Asian languages, professor C.M. Naim has died. He completed his Master’s in Lucknow University in 1955 ...

US President Trump sent letters to several countries, including close allies Japan and South Korea, imposing tariffs starting ...

Lt Gen Rahul R. Singh’s revelations are the first public official acknowledgment of China’s real-time support to Pakistan and of Turkey’s direct involvement in Operation Sindoor.

The Quad statement's language closely followed the UN Security Council’s press statement, which had also avoided identifying ...

How come 35% of children under 5 years are stunted and 18.5% wasted when extreme poverty is only 4.9%? The Wire is now on WhatsApp. Follow our channel for sharp analysis and opinions on the latest ...

In his Facebook post, Shah had called for people-to-people contact between India and Pakistan and supported Diljit Dosanjh.

Urdu's decline isn’t sudden; it has been a slow fade, not through censorship, but through substitution. And yet, as long as ...

Father Stan Swamy (26 April 1937 – 5 July 2021). Art: Pariplab Chakraborty/The Wire ...

Gyanesh Kumar is not without the company of some of his seniors like S.L. Shakdher and T.N. Seshan. But his actions still stand out.

The Fadnavis government has withdrawn its proposal to introduce Hindi in the early classes in schools in Maharashtra because of the opposition’s pressure. In Tamil Nadu too, there has been ...

The concept or the idea of secularism is under attack. This time the 50th anniversary of the Emergency became the occasion for this assault. The sequence of events started with a senior functionary of ...

The kidnapping took place on July 1 when armed assailants attacked the Diamond Cement Factory in Kayes, in western Mali. The ...