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INDO-US: CIRCLING THE WAGONS

US Secretary of defense Lloyd James Austin landed in New Delhi barely two weeks before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official visit to Washington from June 21. According to a US department of defense statement, Austin is in India \"to reinforce major defence partnership and advance cooperation in critical domains\" between the strategic partners. During his meeting with defence minister Rajnath Singh, a road map for defence industrial cooperation with the goal of fast-tracking technology transfer and co-production was agreed upon.

GOA - THE FIRST GOANS ASK A QUESTION

Tribal communities in Goa are becoming increasingly vocal about their political and social rights. Over the past few months, they have upped the ante on one of their long-pending demands-10 per cent political reservation for scheduled tribes (STs) in the Goa legislative assembly and have threatened to boycott the 2024 Lok Sabha polls if this was not met. In 2003, the Gauda, Velip and Kunbi communities were added to the ST category.

CHEETAHS IN KUNO - A SPOTTY TRAJECTORY

For a plan that took five decades from conception to fruition, the expectations surrounding Project Cheetah—dubbed as the first intercontinental translocation of a large wild carnivore—are bound to be high. But after a promising start, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi releasing eight cheetahs brought from Namibia at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh last September, the fanfare has given way to an appreciation of starker realities. Mortality among the spotted felines has led to a reevaluation of the whole project.

Return of a CRIME THRILLER

Will Gaurav Shukla's Asur 2, sequel to the hit web series from 2020, live up to its 'India's Biggest Crime Thriller' tag?

DIRECTOR IN DEMAND

HANSAL MEHTA'S PENCHANT FOR LONG-FORM STORYTELLING AND GETTING UNDER THE SKIN OF AN ISSUE COME TOGETHER IN HIS LATEST OTT SERIES, SCOOP

Found in Translation

There has been a slew of translations of Tamil books recently, opening them up to a wider audience

WALKING THROUGH FIRE

Selected for the 2023 International Booker Prize longlist, Perumal Murugan's novel Pyre confronts many burning issues

SOUTHERN STRENGTHS

PROMINENT VOICES FROM DIFFERENT FIELDS GATHERED AT THE INDIA TODAY CONCLAVE SOUTH 2023 TO DISCUSS EVERYTHING-FROM STATE FINANCES, FEDERALISM AND POLITICS TO TOURISM, INDIA'S SPACE GOALS, WILDLIFE AND CULTURE

Guru Cool

Spirituality goes trendy as its practitioners take to social media to reach out to angstridden Gen Z. But do they succeed in teaching them anything deeper than the latest mumbo-jumbo?

Art by the People

The Shilp Deergha gallery at the new Parliament building celebrates the crafts traditions of India

HINDUTVA WITH A BENGALI ACCENT

AHEAD OF THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION, THE BJP IS TRYING A NEW TACTIC TO WIN OVER BENGAL-COOPTING THEMES NATIVE TO THE STATE, RESUSCITATING HALF-FORGOTTEN TEMPLES AND REIMAGINING 'ANCIENT' PILGRIMAGES

LEST WE FORGET

Apart from invaluable eyewitness accounts, New Delhi’s Partition Museum also links the historic calamity with the city’s evolution

NO CHILD'S PLAY

Actor Nimrat Kaur is back in a web series with School of Lies on Disney+ Hotstar

POLITICS WITH A HINT OF ROYALTY

SAMBHAJIRAJE WILL HAVE TO CREATE ROOM IN MAHARASHTRA’S CROWDED POLITICAL FIELD

FACT AND FICN IN BIHAR

On the night of May 22, the police in Patna got a tip-off that liquor was being sold out of a flat in Rajaram Apartments in the posh Srikrishna Puri locality. Bihar being a ‘dry state’, the cops quickly arranged a late-night swoop. The raid yielded a lot more than a few liquor bottles—there was Rs 1.8 lakh in counterfeit currency (in Rs 500 and Rs 200 denominations) and banknotes printed on paper sheets, ready to be cut out and circulated. A full counterfeit cottage industry, in fact: printers, paper sheets, a cutting machine and laptop.

KCR PLOTS ANOTHER PINK WAVE

A DIVIDED OPPOSITION AND THE LACK OF A STRONG ANTIINCUMBENCY WAVE ARE THE BIGGEST PLUSES IN THE TELANGANA CM'S BID FOR A THIRD TERM

Taking India To The World

Exports are already at a record high, and new trade agreements could give it a further boost. But a slowing global economy is cause for worry

No Child's Play

The government has taken several steps for the welfare of women and children, but the real challenges run deeper

Sleepy Hollow

Cloaked as a suspenseful mystery, Anupama Mohan's debut novel is more concerned with metaphysical matters

FEMMES FATALE

Mariticide as a fast-track fix to may be wishful thinking, but Parini Shroff doesn't let it get in the way of a good story patriarchy

AUTUMN SONATA

Sound advice from Ruskin Bond on how to live a good life, especially in the twilight years

A Force Of The Future

Keeping the Chinese at bay, streamlining and modernising the armed forces, fortifying defence infrastructure and building self-reliance...it has been a long and demanding to-do list

Bold And Brave

Faced with a polycrisis, Narendra Modi pushed through daring reforms to weather the storm. But the challenge is to stay the course

Water Vows

The Jal Jeevan Mission has made a commendable effort in trying to ease India's water woes and get functional tap connections to rural households. Much work remains in other projects

Mixed Signals

The aim to widen the broadcast coverage is commendable, but the ministry has to shed its 'controller' image

A Thinner Canopy

India has set ambitious environmental goals for itself. But achieving them will require more than just conviction

Restoring Balance

The new minister has his work cut out-iron out differences with the judiciary, strengthen judicial infrastructure and help reduce case pendency

Wiring Up the Nation

Speedy building of infrastructure and a push for indigenous production of telecom equipment have remained a key thrust

Reaching for the Stars

The ministry has pushed collaborations, be it private sector in space, PSUs for N-power stations or scientific research

ENSURING WELLNESS

Post-Covid, the health ministry has not rested on its laurels but has actively pursued the priorities that were derailed by the pandemic