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STRETCHING THE LIMITS

Raipur to grow bigger and better, thanks to the state government’s proposal for the greater capital region

HOW ADVANCEMENTS IN JOINT DISORDER TREATMENT PROVIDE PATIENTS BETTER MOBILITY

One of the marvels of modern medicine is to make people healthy and live longer. In India alone, the average life expectancy has increased from 36.6 years in 1947 to over 70 years currently (Welfare, 2020). However, there are certain areas that require attention. According to a study, approximately one-third of the elderly population suffers from hypertension and another one-fifth reported Arthritis. Nearly 14 per cent reported Diabetes, and 9 per cent reported chronic lung diseases.

Polls apart

With the Karnataka win, the Congress might have found a winning formula; the BJP has to reassess its own

Old and steady

Shamanur Shivashankarappa, the 92-year-old Congress leader from Davangere, is India’s oldest MLA

Caste away

Shift in Muslim votes and Vokkaligas’ desire for a chief minister from their community led to the JD(S) debacle

Double engine falters

The road ahead for the BJP after the Karnataka loss

Cease to seize

When Siddaramaiah and D.K. Shivakumar paused their battle to win the war

MMRDA: Rebooting Mumbai

Mumbai—the city that never sleeps. But behind the fast-paced lifestyle and the bustling energy is the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), working tirelessly to keep the city moving and progressing towards a better future.

Rajkumar Charles To King Charles

Now that the coronation tamasha is behind us, let us examine the mockery of monarchy in today’s aggressive social media times, and say it like it is

Modi Package Connects

The Narendra Modi-led BJP government will complete nine years on May 30. It has been close to a decade that the government has been working extremely hard to bring meaningful changes in the lives of people

I Am Not At All Tense About The Supreme Court Verdict; We Have The Majority

Eknath Shinde, chief minister, Maharashtra

Vedic vote

The Ashok Gehlot government is wooing the Hindu voter; now with the expansion of Ved Vidyalayas

BREAKING BAD

The ethnic riots in Manipur, which started nears the Myanmar border, could turn into one of India's biggest national security challenges

SUN SETS ON AN EXQUISITE CRAFT

For centuries, Malabar brass hookahs adorned Arabian royal courts

IN HER ZONE

Rasika Dugal, an actor of versatile expressions and expressive silences, on her career and her craft

Will normalise the situation in a week

The Manipur government has appointed Kuldiep Singh, former chief of the Central Reserve Police Force, as security adviser to contain the spiralling violence in the state and to liaise with the Union home ministry

Those who hold up the sky

AROUND EASTER IN April 2023, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, six-year-old Taras and his mother, Daryna, went to visit his father’s grave, near Hostomel

Skipper on a sticky wicket

As the government and the army team up against Imran Khan, it is a battle for survival for him and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party

Universities that do not make students employable will atrophy

Infosys co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy has commented regularly on the state of education in India

MISSION: INTERNATIONAL

India's best universities are going all out to make up ground on global leaders

The rebel gets real

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is going all out to prove that he is better than predecessor Uddhav Thackeray, even as he awaits the Supreme Court verdict in cases linked to his rebellion

The Art Of Balancing

With her pathbreaking initiatives in arts, sports, education and health, Nita Ambani is changing the public perception of the Ambani empire

I Want To Represent The Youth Of Our Country

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Nita Ambani founder and chairperson, Reliance Foundation | As founder of the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, she wants to make art accessible to all Indians; as an IOC member, she wants to bring the Olympics to India; and as a mother and grandmother, she wants to pass on humility and traditional values to her children

Lagerfeld's borrowed legacy

Now that the biggest fashion event in the world—The Met Gala—is over, it is time to take stock of its theme, Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.

My meal, your revdi

It is raining freebies in Karnataka. The Congress is promising 10 kilos of rice or wheat every month to the poor, 200 units of power, ₹2,000 to every female family head, ₹1,500 to every jobless diploma holder, and ₹3,000 to every jobless graduate.

PAWAR PLAY

By announcing his resignation as NCP chief, Sharad Pawar ensures Maharashtra politics will continue to revolve around him. It also leaves the door open for a possible alliance with BJP

Diminishing the Mughal period

The National Council of Educational Research and Training claims to have “balanced” the burden on 12th class school children by substantially reducing their learning and understanding of the Mughal legacy.

Twist in the tale

The BJP targets Stalin with a series of corruption charges and browbeats the AIADMK into an alliance. Will it help?

EPIC WORK

Mani Ratnam’s work complements the book, says Ponniyin Selvan’s translator Nandini Krishnan

The celluloid sorcerer

No one could conjure the world of Ponniyin Selvan quite like Mani Ratnam