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  <updated>2026-11-03T18:46:00+05:30</updated>
  <entry>
    <title>Three AAP rebels cross to the BJP and call for the UP model in Punjab</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/three-aap-rebels-cross-to-the-bjp-and-call-for-the-up-model-in-punjab/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/three-aap-rebels-cross-to-the-bjp-and-call-for-the-up-model-in-punjab/</id>
    <updated>2026-11-03T18:46:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>Resignations, a chant at the BJP headquarters and a warning of a mega exodus land on the ruling party before the 2027 polls</summary>
    <category term="indian-politics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Srinagar MP calls his resignation a declaration of freedom and quits the NC</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/srinagar-mp-calls-his-resignation-a-declaration-of-freedom-quits-nc/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/srinagar-mp-calls-his-resignation-a-declaration-of-freedom-quits-nc/</id>
    <updated>2026-11-03T17:20:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>Aga Ruhullah Mehdi leaves the National Conference and Parliament on his father&apos;s death anniversary, accusing Omar Abdullah of betraying Kashmir</summary>
    <category term="indian-politics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>US strikes Iran&apos;s Qeshm Island as the war and the midterms collide</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/us-strikes-irans-qeshm-island-as-war-and-midterms-collide/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/us-strikes-irans-qeshm-island-as-war-and-midterms-collide/</id>
    <updated>2026-11-03T15:54:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>Iran fires on an American aircraft over Hormuz, Washington answers with a limited strike, and both sides insist nothing has changed</summary>
    <category term="geopolitics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bulgaria elects a president who campaigned for peace as most voters stay home</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/bulgaria-elects-president-who-campaigned-for-peace-low-turnout/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/bulgaria-elects-president-who-campaigned-for-peace-low-turnout/</id>
    <updated>2026-11-03T14:29:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>Iliana Yotova wins a landslide for dialogue with Russia on one of the lowest turnouts in Bulgarian electoral history</summary>
    <category term="european-politics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Netanyahu calls the Israeli election stolen as a hung Knesset looks to Arab kingmakers</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/netanyahu-calls-israeli-election-stolen-hung-knesset-arab-kingmakers/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/netanyahu-calls-israeli-election-stolen-hung-knesset-arab-kingmakers/</id>
    <updated>2026-11-03T13:03:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>Arab turnout surged, no bloc reached 61, and the campaign&apos;s losers are now questioning the count itself</summary>
    <category term="geopolitics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Sting video probe in Karnataka reaches a Union minister&apos;s Delhi door</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/karnataka-sting-video-probe-reaches-union-ministers-door/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/karnataka-sting-video-probe-reaches-union-ministers-door/</id>
    <updated>2026-11-02T18:49:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>A fabricated video, a phone bought in Karol Bagh and a trail to a Union minister&apos;s residence have turned a police case into a war between Karnataka and Delhi</summary>
    <category term="indian-politics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Rahul Gandhi&apos;s rally cry of treason meets BJP&apos;s special session dare</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/rahul-gandhi-rally-treason-bjp-special-session-dare/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/rahul-gandhi-rally-treason-bjp-special-session-dare/</id>
    <updated>2026-11-02T17:46:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>India&apos;s opposition stages its biggest anti-election-commission rally, the BJP answers with counter-marches, and both sides now demand the other face Parliament</summary>
    <category term="indian-politics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Germany&apos;s young protesters march by day and riot by night</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/germany-gen-z-protests-march-by-day-riot-by-night/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/germany-gen-z-protests-march-by-day-riot-by-night/</id>
    <updated>2026-11-02T16:43:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>A youth movement fills 34 German cities by day and faces looting charges by night, while ministers and organisers tell different stories about who broke the peace</summary>
    <category term="european-politics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Belgian government offers resignation as budget talks collapse in the night</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/belgian-government-offers-resignation-budget-talks-collapse/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/belgian-government-offers-resignation-budget-talks-collapse/</id>
    <updated>2026-11-02T15:40:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>Bart De Wever&apos;s five-party coalition fails to find ten billion euros of savings, and the king leaves Belgium in constitutional limbo</summary>
    <category term="european-politics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Western Sahara peace mission ends after 35 years as vetoes bury referendum</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/western-sahara-peace-mission-ends-after-35-years/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/western-sahara-peace-mission-ends-after-35-years/</id>
    <updated>2026-11-02T14:37:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>The Security Council&apos;s double veto ends 35 years of ceasefire monitoring in Western Sahara, and the two sides read the same vote in opposite ways</summary>
    <category term="geopolitics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Poland&apos;s top court splits from within as president and PM face off</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/poland-constitutional-tribunal-splits-president-pm/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/poland-constitutional-tribunal-splits-president-pm/</id>
    <updated>2026-11-02T13:34:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>A judge suspends the court&apos;s leadership, the court cries coup, and Poland&apos;s president and prime minister trade charges of destroying the state</summary>
    <category term="european-politics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Iran offers two-day path to reopening the Strait of Hormuz as tankers burn</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/iran-two-day-path-reopening-strait-of-hormuz/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/iran-two-day-path-reopening-strait-of-hormuz/</id>
    <updated>2026-11-02T12:06:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>Iran offers a two-day sequence to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but accounts differ on the plan it replaced and on whether the week&apos;s tanker strikes were leverage or a loss of control</summary>
    <category term="geopolitics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Democrats hold national poll lead two days before US midterm elections</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/us-midterms-final-48-hours-polls-2026-11-01/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/us-midterms-final-48-hours-polls-2026-11-01/</id>
    <updated>2026-11-01T22:32:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>Polls and forecast models point toward a Democratic capture of the House with the Senate less certain, as early voting passes 43 million ballots and both parties make their closing pitches</summary>
    <category term="us-politics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Arunachal dam conflict deepens as shutdown call follows arrests of Siang protesters</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/arunachal-siang-dam-protests-shutdown-2026-11-01/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/arunachal-siang-dam-protests-shutdown-2026-11-01/</id>
    <updated>2026-11-01T21:08:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>A youth body calls a shutdown across three districts after arrests linked to Siang dam protests, as warrants naming a senior journalist draw condemnation and the state offers dialogue</summary>
    <category term="indian-politics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>France faces third weekend of cost-of-living protests ending in fresh clashes</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/france-third-weekend-cost-of-living-protests-2026-11-01/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/france-third-weekend-cost-of-living-protests-2026-11-01/</id>
    <updated>2026-11-01T20:04:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>Hundreds of thousands march for a third consecutive weekend over living costs and school conditions as 70,000 officers deploy and clashes return after dark on Halloween night</summary>
    <category term="european-politics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>UK opens door to slavery apology while ruling out reparations before summit</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/uk-slavery-apology-commonwealth-summit-2026-11-01/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/uk-slavery-apology-commonwealth-summit-2026-11-01/</id>
    <updated>2026-11-01T19:00:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>Prime Minister Andy Burnham signals readiness to consider a formal state apology for the transatlantic slave trade but rejects financial compensation as Commonwealth leaders gather in the Caribbean</summary>
    <category term="world-politics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Oil settles at a six-month high as Washington weighs new strikes on Iran</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/oil-settles-at-a-six-month-high-as-washington-weighs-new-strikes-on-iran/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/oil-settles-at-a-six-month-high-as-washington-weighs-new-strikes-on-iran/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-31T23:45:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>The accounts divide on whether the price carries war risk, physical scarcity, or the cost of diplomacy that has not arrived</summary>
    <category term="geopolitics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bhupender Yadav halts Delhi-NCR construction from November 5 to curb winter pollution</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/bhupender-yadav-halts-delhi-ncr-construction-from-november-5-to-curb-winter-pollution/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/bhupender-yadav-halts-delhi-ncr-construction-from-november-5-to-curb-winter-pollution/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-31T22:34:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>The accounts divide on whether the curbs pre-empt a settled seasonal peak, land on the wrong sectors, or arrive while the air is briefly clean</summary>
    <category term="environment-and-energy"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Supreme Court directs banks to compensate victims of digital arrest fraud</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/supreme-court-directs-banks-to-compensate-victims-of-digital-arrest-fraud/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/supreme-court-directs-banks-to-compensate-victims-of-digital-arrest-fraud/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-31T21:04:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>The accounts divide on whether the frauds expose bank complicity, regulatory drift, or a public that arrests itself on the telephone</summary>
    <category term="law-and-institutions"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>INDIA bloc stages a mock impeachment of the Chief Election Commissioner</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/india-bloc-stages-a-mock-impeachment-of-the-chief-election-commissioner/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/india-bloc-stages-a-mock-impeachment-of-the-chief-election-commissioner/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-31T20:02:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>The accounts divide on whether a symbolic parliament is the last route to accountability or a costume for a losing campaign</summary>
    <category term="law-and-institutions"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Netanyahu&apos;s bloc finishes eight seats short as Arab-led parties win 19</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/netanyahu-s-bloc-finishes-eight-seats-short-as-arab-led-parties-win-19/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/netanyahu-s-bloc-finishes-eight-seats-short-as-arab-led-parties-win-19/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-31T08:30:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>The accounts divide on whether nineteen Arab-led seats will decide the next government, stay shut out of it, or put the result itself in question</summary>
    <category term="geopolitics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Binance confirms a $6.3 billion theft and suspends all deposits and withdrawals</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/binance-confirms-a-6-3-billion-theft-and-suspends-all-deposits-and-withdrawals/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/binance-confirms-a-6-3-billion-theft-and-suspends-all-deposits-and-withdrawals/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-31T07:32:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>The accounts divide on whether the theft was a state operation, an operational lapse, or the predictable defect of centralised custody</summary>
    <category term="technology-and-society"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Lagarde resigns early from the ECB as the bank holds rates and flags a December hike</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/lagarde-resigns-early-from-the-ecb-as-the-bank-holds-rates-and-flags-a-december-hike/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/lagarde-resigns-early-from-the-ecb-as-the-bank-holds-rates-and-flags-a-december-hike/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-31T01:08:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>The accounts divide on whether her exit follows the French election calendar, her stated refusal of central bank neutrality, or the strain the bank leaves behind</summary>
    <category term="economic-governance"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Stevens will campaign with El-Sayed in Detroit after a week of Democratic division</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/stevens-will-campaign-with-el-sayed-in-detroit-after-a-week-of-democratic-division/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/stevens-will-campaign-with-el-sayed-in-detroit-after-a-week-of-democratic-division/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-30T09:15:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>The accounts disagree on whether her backing is wholehearted, on what a nominee owes the coalition that lost the primary, and on whether attacks on El-Sayed&apos;s faith are costing Republicans votes.</summary>
    <category term="us-politics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Supreme Court has moved from dismissing the Vande Mataram challenge to seeking the Centre&apos;s answer</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/the-supreme-court-has-moved-from-dismissing-the-vande-mataram-challenge-to-seeking-the-centre-s/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/the-supreme-court-has-moved-from-dismissing-the-vande-mataram-challenge-to-seeking-the-centre-s/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-30T08:34:00+05:30</updated>
    <summary>The accounts disagree on whether the Home Ministry set protocol or redefined the national song, and on whether a citizen who declines to sing is already protected.</summary>
    <category term="law-and-institutions"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Supreme Court reserves its order on medicine prices after calling the regulator defunct</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/supreme-court-reserves-its-order-on-medicine-prices-after-calling-the-regulator-defunct/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/supreme-court-reserves-its-order-on-medicine-prices-after-calling-the-regulator-defunct/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-28T19:39:00+00:00</updated>
    <summary>The bench pressed the Centre and hospitals on the gap between what drugs cost and what patients pay. A day later, capped cancer prices fell steeply for generics and not at all for top patented brands.</summary>
    <category term="economic-governance"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Israel&apos;s election leaves both blocs short of a majority as Arab-led parties hit a record</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/israel-s-election-leaves-both-blocs-short-of-a-majority-as-arab-led-parties-hit-a-record/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/israel-s-election-leaves-both-blocs-short-of-a-majority-as-arab-led-parties-hit-a-record/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-28T18:53:00+00:00</updated>
    <summary>Netanyahu&apos;s Likud is the largest party, and Eisenkot&apos;s bloc can reach 61 only with Arab parties both leaders have refused to govern with. Counting is not complete.</summary>
    <category term="law-and-institutions"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Spain&apos;s transport minister blames a control-centre order for the Urda crash and refuses to resign</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/spain-s-transport-minister-blames-a-control-centre-order-for-the-urda-crash-and-refuses-to-resign/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/spain-s-transport-minister-blames-a-control-centre-order-for-the-urda-crash-and-refuses-to-resign/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-28T18:04:00+00:00</updated>
    <summary>A Renfe AVE ran into a stationary Iryo train near Urda, the second deadly crash this year on the same line. Puente calls the order that let it run &apos;inexplicable&apos;; investigators have not reported.</summary>
    <category term="law-and-institutions"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Twenty-one news publishers ask the Supreme Court to shield journalism from the data protection law</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/twenty-one-news-publishers-ask-the-supreme-court-to-shield-journalism-from-the-data-protection-law/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/twenty-one-news-publishers-ask-the-supreme-court-to-shield-journalism-from-the-data-protection-law/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-28T17:55:00+00:00</updated>
    <summary>The publishers say consent and erasure rules would let the subjects of investigations stop reporting about them. The court issued notice and refused an interim stay without hearing the Centre.</summary>
    <category term="law-and-institutions"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>María Corina Machado returns to Venezuela with no election date and no seat at the talks</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/mar-a-corina-machado-returns-to-venezuela-with-no-election-date-and-no-seat-at-the-talks/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/mar-a-corina-machado-returns-to-venezuela-with-no-election-date-and-no-seat-at-the-talks/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-28T17:24:00+00:00</updated>
    <summary>The opposition leader is back after ten months abroad, demanding a vote by July 2027. The acting president calls it a show, and Washington says the electoral machinery must be rebuilt first.</summary>
    <category term="law-and-institutions"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Justice Kaul&apos;s memoir says Chandrachud considered consulting the government before the Collegium decided</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/justice-kaul-s-memoir-says-chandrachud-considered-consulting-the-government-before-the-collegium/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/justice-kaul-s-memoir-says-chandrachud-considered-consulting-the-government-before-the-collegium/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-27T15:09:36.123921+00:00</updated>
    <summary>A former Supreme Court judge describes a last-minute sixth name and a proposed phone call. Chandrachud says he cannot respond without reading the book, and that every recommendation was unanimous.</summary>
    <category term="law-and-institutions"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Vucic concedes Serbia&apos;s parliamentary election to the Student List</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/vucic-concedes-serbia-s-parliamentary-election-to-the-student-list/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/vucic-concedes-serbia-s-parliamentary-election-to-the-student-list/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-27T09:58:00+00:00</updated>
    <summary>Serbia&apos;s governing party has lost power for the first time since 2012. Vucic blames foreign interference, Moscow praises him, and the winners, a movement without a leader, must now form a government.</summary>
    <category term="law-and-institutions"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Gunmen attack a church funeral in Jordan&apos;s Karak and remain at large</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/gunmen-attack-a-church-funeral-in-jordan-s-karak-and-remain-at-large/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/gunmen-attack-a-church-funeral-in-jordan-s-karak-and-remain-at-large/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-26T08:38:00+00:00</updated>
    <summary>Three days on, the official toll has risen to nine. No group has been confirmed as responsible, and accounts differ on whether Christians alone were the target.</summary>
    <category term="law-and-institutions"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Lula wins Brazil&apos;s runoff by 4.4 million votes; Flávio Bolsonaro says he will seek annulment</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/lula-wins-brazil-s-runoff-by-4-4-million-votes-fl-vio-bolsonaro-says-he-will-seek-annulment/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/lula-wins-brazil-s-runoff-by-4-4-million-votes-fl-vio-bolsonaro-says-he-will-seek-annulment/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-26T07:19:00+00:00</updated>
    <summary>The electoral court has confirmed the result. The challenge rests on a two-hour voting extension ordered minutes before polls closed, and the accounts differ on who asked for it.</summary>
    <category term="law-and-institutions"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Haryana power strike ends after the state tells its regulator to halt a private distribution licence</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/haryana-power-strike-ends-after-the-state-tells-its-regulator-to-halt-a-private-distribution-licence/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/haryana-power-strike-ends-after-the-state-tells-its-regulator-to-halt-a-private-distribution-licence/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-25T02:07:00+00:00</updated>
    <summary>A 25-year licence for a second electricity distributor set off a strike and long blackouts. The state has now told the regulator not to put such licences into effect.</summary>
    <category term="economic-governance"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>France bans city-centre marches as protest turnout falls to 410,000</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/france-bans-city-centre-marches-as-protest-turnout-falls-to-410-000/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/france-bans-city-centre-marches-as-protest-turnout-falls-to-410-000/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-25T01:18:00+00:00</updated>
    <summary>The government blames &apos;seditious&apos; ultra-left groups; protesters say the bans are meant to wear the movement down. Police weapons and the grievances that started it are still disputed.</summary>
    <category term="law-and-institutions"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Chorbagan stampede: nine arrests, a Special Investigation Team and competing accounts of what caused the crush</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/chorbagan-stampede-nine-arrests-a-judicial-inquiry-and-competing-accounts-of-what-caused-the-crush/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/chorbagan-stampede-nine-arrests-a-judicial-inquiry-and-competing-accounts-of-what-caused-the-crush/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-24T18:26:00+00:00</updated>
    <summary>Police have arrested the men at the microphone. The chief minister calls it human error. One announcer&apos;s note, a forensic report and a police officer&apos;s account point elsewhere, and the SIT has three months to decide.</summary>
    <category term="law-and-institutions"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25bn over Facebook privacy claims; company says it will appeal</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/meta-ordered-to-pay-new-mexico-25bn-over-facebook-privacy-statements-company-says-it-will-appeal/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/meta-ordered-to-pay-new-mexico-25bn-over-facebook-privacy-statements-company-says-it-will-appeal/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-24T17:35:00+00:00</updated>
    <summary>A jury found more than 43 million violations of New Mexico&apos;s consumer-protection law. The judge found that Facebook misled users; Meta argues the judgment threatens free speech. The appeal will test the legal basis for the judgment and the scale of the penalty.</summary>
    <category term="law-and-institutions"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Rahul Gandhi’s RSS remarks spark a dispute over women’s membership and representation</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/rahul-gandhi-calls-the-rss-an-all-male-cult-and-the-replies-answer-a-different-question/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/rahul-gandhi-calls-the-rss-an-all-male-cult-and-the-replies-answer-a-different-question/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-23T08:28:00+00:00</updated>
    <summary>Gandhi says the Sangh treats women as men&apos;s property. His critics point to women at RSS events and call the remark an insult. Nobody in the row has said what the RSS&apos;s own membership rules are.</summary>
    <category term="indian-politics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Albania&apos;s protests have outgrown the Kushner resort, and Rama has no one to negotiate with</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/albania-s-protests-have-outgrown-the-kushner-resort-and-rama-has-no-one-to-negotiate-with/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/albania-s-protests-have-outgrown-the-kushner-resort-and-rama-has-no-one-to-negotiate-with/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-23T07:04:00+00:00</updated>
    <summary>What began as a fight over a protected island is now a leaderless demand for the prime minister to go. He offers dialogue and warns of foreign hands; the movement has no one to send to the table, and no election is due until 2029.</summary>
    <category term="law-and-institutions"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>India&apos;s government and opposition are fighting over what &apos;regime change&apos; means</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/india-s-government-and-opposition-are-fighting-over-what-regime-change-means/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/india-s-government-and-opposition-are-fighting-over-what-regime-change-means/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-22T03:10:00+00:00</updated>
    <summary>Ministers call the anti-SIR protests a foreign-backed plot; their critics say voting a government out is the whole point of democracy. The voter-roll question underneath remains unanswered.</summary>
    <category term="indian-politics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>A US envoy tells the Gulf that America&apos;s guarantee is gone, and cannot say what replaces it</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/a-us-envoy-tells-the-gulf-that-america-s-guarantee-is-gone-and-cannot-say-what-replaces-it/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/a-us-envoy-tells-the-gulf-that-america-s-guarantee-is-gone-and-cannot-say-what-replaces-it/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-22T02:30:00+00:00</updated>
    <summary>Tom Barrack called it realignment, not abandonment. The Gulf&apos;s own record this year suggests the guarantee lapsed months ago, and the pact Washington now endorses has terms nobody has spelled out.</summary>
    <category term="geopolitics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Trump is open to a Putin-Xi summit on Ukraine that would leave Kyiv out</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/trump-is-open-to-a-putin-xi-summit-on-ukraine-that-would-leave-kyiv-out/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/trump-is-open-to-a-putin-xi-summit-on-ukraine-that-would-leave-kyiv-out/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-21T04:22:00+00:00</updated>
    <summary>The US president says he would meet the Russian and Chinese leaders in China next month; the accounts divide over whether the talks would be about nuclear weapons, the war, or Beijing&apos;s standing.</summary>
    <category term="geopolitics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Alberta votes to stay in Canada, and the separatists vow to keep going</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/alberta-votes-to-stay-in-canada-and-the-separatists-vow-to-keep-going/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/alberta-votes-to-stay-in-canada-and-the-separatists-vow-to-keep-going/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-21T03:30:00+00:00</updated>
    <summary>Three in four Albertans chose Canada; the accounts divide over whether the remaining quarter is a protest vote, a movement in waiting or a bargaining chip.</summary>
    <category term="law-and-institutions"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Rubio bypasses New Delhi for Mumbai and a Reliance refinery, and India argues over why</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/rubio-bypasses-new-delhi-for-mumbai-and-a-reliance-refinery-and-india-argues-over-why/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/rubio-bypasses-new-delhi-for-mumbai-and-a-reliance-refinery-and-india-argues-over-why/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-20T07:36:45.473931+00:00</updated>
    <summary>Everyone agrees on the route; the accounts split over whether it is a snub, a routine choice, a midterm errand or a sideshow to a relationship still doing business.</summary>
    <category term="geopolitics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Ladakh&apos;s leaders reject the Home Ministry&apos;s draft for the territory&apos;s future</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/ladakh-s-leaders-reject-the-home-ministry-s-draft-for-the-territory-s-future/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/ladakh-s-leaders-reject-the-home-ministry-s-draft-for-the-territory-s-future/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-19T17:06:00+00:00</updated>
    <summary>Both sides agree a 32-page draft was put on the table in Leh, and divide over whether it broke a promise or simply opened a negotiation.</summary>
    <category term="indian-politics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Macron vows to punish rioters as France argues over who is to blame for 17 October</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/macron-vows-to-punish-rioters-as-france-argues-over-who-is-to-blame-for-17-october/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/macron-vows-to-punish-rioters-as-france-argues-over-who-is-to-blame-for-17-october/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-19T09:54:01.273251+00:00</updated>
    <summary>Half a million marched over prices and schools; the accounts split over whether the fires that followed belong to the far left, to immigration, or to a grievance nobody has yet answered.</summary>
    <category term="economic-governance"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>India rebukes a US lawmaker who called its voter roll revision a purge</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/india-rebukes-a-us-lawmaker-who-called-its-voter-roll-revision-a-purge/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/india-rebukes-a-us-lawmaker-who-called-its-voter-roll-revision-a-purge/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-19T04:04:00+00:00</updated>
    <summary>Both sides cite the same revision of India&apos;s voter rolls, and divide over whether thirteen crore draft exclusions make a purge or a clean-up.</summary>
    <category term="indian-politics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Trump waives new Russia sanctions two days before they were due to start</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/trump-waives-new-russia-sanctions-two-days-before-they-were-due-to-start/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/trump-waives-new-russia-sanctions-two-days-before-they-were-due-to-start/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-18T09:38:00+00:00</updated>
    <summary>The accounts agree on the signature and part ways on whether it buys cheaper diesel, a peace deal, a reprieve for India or a longer war.</summary>
    <category term="geopolitics"/>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Delhi Police moves the capital&apos;s protests out of Jantar Mantar</title>
    <link href="https://www.plural.co.in/s/delhi-police-moves-the-capital-s-protests-out-of-jantar-mantar/"/>
    <id>https://www.plural.co.in/s/delhi-police-moves-the-capital-s-protests-out-of-jantar-mantar/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-14T03:07:38.066631+00:00</updated>
    <summary>The capital&apos;s best-known protest street has lost its status, and the accounts split over why it happened and who now pays the price.</summary>
    <category term="law-and-institutions"/>
  </entry>
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