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Weathering A Second Storm

A New Set Of Allegations Has Hit The Adani Group, Claiming Evidence Of Likely Stock Manipulation Through 'opaque' Mauritius Funds, Putting It Once Again On The Back Foot

The Big Power Games

The Geopolitical Divide Deepens As The Chinese And Russian Heads Of State Skip The G20 Meet, But India Succeeds In Its Agenda To Push The Global South Centrestage

ALL THE YOGI'S MEN

Uttar Pradesh's 'steel frame' is undergoing a remodelling, with the era of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers Awanish Awasthi and Navneet Sehgal of the 1987 and 1988 batch, respectively-coming to an end after the latter's retirement on July 31. The two senior bureaucrats had been running the show in India's most populous state for the past many years. Sehgal's golden era, in fact, started under former chief minister Mayawati's regime in 2007.

THE CHINESE DUPLICITY

CHINA HAS BEEN BUILDING STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE-AIRPORTS, RAILWAYS, HIGHWAYS, DUAL-USE VILLAGES-ALONG ITS BORDER WITH INDIA AT A THREATENING PACE. INDIA, IN TURN, IS STRIVING TO REMAIN IN STEP WITH AN ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

WHEN LICENCE CONTROLS HURT

THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO BOOST DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING OF IT HARDWARE BY IMPOSING CURBS ON IMPORTS OF LAPTOPS, PERSONAL COMPUTERS AND SERVERS, BUT EXPERTS CAUTION AGAINST A RETURN OF THE LICENCE-PERMIT REGIME

A BITTER SWEET TRUTH

A NEW SURVEY LAYS BARE THE ALARMING STATE OF THE DIABETES BURDEN IN RURAL AND URBAN INDIA. DRIVEN BY LOW PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, UNHEALTHY FOOD HABITS AND LACK OF AWARENESS, IT IS OUR OWN EPIDEMIC TO CONQUER

WIND IN THE WILLOW

THE KASHMIR WILLOW, LONG CONSIDERED AN INFERIOR BAT TO ITS ENGLISH COUNTERPART, HAS FINALLY HIT THE SWEET SPOT. BUT A SHORTAGE OF WILLOW TREES IN THE VALLEY THREATENS TO UNDO THAT HARD-EARNED RECOGNITION

THE POWER OF TWO

Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti have known each other for over two decades now. Together, they have delivered some of the greatest hits in contemporary Indian cinema. In an exclusive chat, the duo talk about their filmmaking journey and the keystones of their partnership

UNCHAINED MELODIES

Shubha Mudgal talks about bringing India's young musicians to the fore through Jackfruit 2023 and the rhythms that define her life

UNITED WE SING

Singer and composer Kalyani Nair's new EP is the culmination of over a decade of collaboration with fellow musicians and singers

His Father's Son

In Netflix's Friday Night Plan, BABIL KHAN tries to showcase a style distinct from his father, Irrfan

EVERYONE LOVES A GOOD SCAM

Scam 2003: The Telgi Story is a fictional retelling of the stamp paper scam powered by Gagan Dev Riar's pitch-perfect turn

CONTAINING MULTITUDES

SIDDHARTHA DEB's The Light at the End of the World is a saga of continental proportions that travels effortlessly through time

History and its Discontents

Anjum Hasan's novel History's Angel tells a story that is deeply relevant for our times

High on Art

The first edition of Sa Ladakh-'the highest festival of land art in Asia'-put the spotlight on climate change and art praxis in a fragile setting

MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS

Run as Slow as You Can is a surreal and stimulating exhibition at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai

Q+A - DREAM RUN

The critics may be frowning but Ayushmann Khurrana's Dream Girl 2 is yet another commercial success

THE POLITICAL CONTRACT

CONTRACTORS FEAR THE PROBE ORDERS AGAINST THE WORKS CLEARED BY THE BJP REGIME WILL FURTHER DELAY PAYMENTS

SHIFTING STRIPES

Tiger numbers in Maharashtra represent a roaring success of conservation efforts. The estimated number of big cats in the state in 2022 is 444-up from 312 in 2018 and 190 in 2014. The state has the fourth largest population of tigers after Madhya Pradesh (785), Karnataka (563) and Uttarakhand (560).

CAUGHT IN A SANDSTORM

THE TDP CLAIMS THAT UNDER YSRCP RULE, SAND MAFIA HAS EARNED NEARLY Rs 40,000 CRORE THROUGH ILLEGAL MINING IN THE STATE

CONVERGING INTERESTS

On August 26, three new ministers were inducted in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan cabinet in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. Two of them, Rajendra Shukla and Gauri Shankar Bisen, are senior MLAs, former ministers and Shivraj loyalists, so their new cabinet posts caused no surprise.

ONE-CLICK REPUBLIC

On September 1, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance government appointed an eight-man committee headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind to examine and suggest the way forward for its One Nation, One Poll (ONOP) proposal.

The High Cost Of Cheap Drugs

For now, a medical row has been put to rest. The National Medical Commission (NMC), the regulatory body guiding medical professionals, has put on hold its order requiring doctors to exclusively prescribe non-branded generic medicines to patients.

This G20 Reflects The Voice Of The Global South

India's G20 presidency is a watershed moment, with the country helping shape a number of global issues. As the central figure taking it forward this year, Prime Minister NARENDRA MODI has successfully ensured that India plays a pivotal role in addressing the concerns of the Global South. Just days before the G20 Leaders' Summit, the prime minister, in an exclusive interaction with our sister publication BUSINESS TODAY, spoke about the opportunity India has to help address areas of global concern.

The Moon Warriors

The men and women who made india’s lunar accomplishment possible by the sheer dint of their dedication, hard work and never-say-die attitude. They are a brilliant example of how to script success out of failure

PRINCESS DIARIES

Her first role in a Telugu film is Janhvi Kapoor's ode to her mother Sridevi

CELEBRATING CINEMA

AN INTRIGUING NEW CROP OF INDIAN FILMS DEBUTS AT THE 48TH TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

SPOTLIGHT ON THE SELF

GALLERY THRESHOLD MARKS ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY WITH REFLECTING THE SELF, AN AMBITIOUS GROUP SHOW THAT TURNS THE GAZE INWARDS

KEEPING IT COOL

Sitar maestro PURBAYAN CHATTERJEE set out to show that classical music can be cool and now has a transparent 'see-tar' to prove it