Online outrage has become so familiar that it now has its own linguistic milestone. Oxford has named “rage bait” as its Word of the Year for 2025, pointing to a surge in use and the way it has come to frame debates about how we behave on the internet. pressinsider.com/news/oxford-pi…

PM Narendra Modi spoke with US President Donald Trump on Thursday, holding their third conversation this year even as negotiations over a bilateral trade agreement remain deadlocked. pressinsider.com/policy/modi-tr…

India’s MEA summoned Bangladesh’s High Commissioner to India, M Riaz Hamidullah, to convey Delhi’s serious concerns over what it described as a deteriorating security environment in Bangladesh & threats to Indian diplomatic personnel & facilities in Dhaka. pressinsider.com/news/india-sum…

The year ahead is already mapped out. Elections, policy summits, technology launches, and global sporting events are fixed on calendars that governments, investors, and institutions are planning around. Story by: Mishika Bangia pressinsider.com/news/what-to-l…

Companies are blaming AI for layoffs, but the evidence that AI is driving a broad jobs shakeup remains thin, with job losses still largely explained by cyclical slowdowns and the unwinding of past overhiring, acc to an Oxford Economics research briefing. pressinsider.com/technology/why…

From an African leader extending his decades-long rule and an Indian-born global financier named to Trump’s Gaza peace board, to an AI-generated song being barred from national charts, fresh AI-driven market jitters, and a $7.5bn Japanese energy deal — this week’s quiz covers the

The US and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on Saturday, hitting missile batteries, naval assets, marking a sharp escalation that Iran answered with retaliatory missile fire at Israel and attacks on US-linked targets across the Gulf. pressinsider.com/news/us-israel…

US Prez Trump announced that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed on Saturday as part of a coordinated aerial bombardment by US and Israeli forces, a claim that hasn’t been confirmed by Iranian state sources and is disputed by Tehran. pressinsider.com/news/trump-say…

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another won best picture at the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday, capping the night’s strongest overall showing with six wins and giving the filmmaker his first Oscar. pressinsider.com/news/one-battl…

India’s Election Commission on Sunday, 15 March, announced assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, kicking off a campaign that will run through April and culminate in results on 4 May. pressinsider.com/news/state-pol…

India is sending additional naval warships to the Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea to escort fuel shipments, stepping up maritime security as the conflict in the Middle East disrupts energy flows and shipping routes, Bloomberg reported. pressinsider.com/news/india-sen…

Wipro Ltd, one of India’s largest IT services providers, has launched a new hub at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) to expand AI-led services for global banking and financial clients. pressinsider.com/news/wipro-lau…

Trump said he was holding off planned US strikes on Iranian power plants for 5 days after what he described as “VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE” chat with Tehran, a sudden pullback from a 48-hr ultimatum that raised risk of a direct new US escalation in the ME. pressinsider.com/news/trump-pau…

India’s market regulator on Monday eased rules for investment funds and foreign investors while tightening oversight of its own officials, in a set of changes aimed at reducing friction in markets without weakening safeguards. pressinsider.com/policy/sebi-ea…

Asha Bhosle, whose voice moved with rare ease from heartbreak to mischief, from longing to swagger, from the classical register to the nightclub beat, has died at 92 in Mumbai. pressinsider.com/news/asha-bhos…

Parliament begins a high-stakes debate on Thursday, 16 Apr, on bills that would operationalize women’s reservation and expand the Lok Sabha, with the government seeking a quick passage and the opposition warning of a deeper redrawing of India’s political map.