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THE BIG PRIVATISATION PUSHBACK

By January this year, the Centre had achieved just five per cent of its Rs 1.75 lakh crore divestment target for FY22. What ails the privatisation process, and what’s the way out?

HOW INDIA WILL BE HIT

RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE SENDS WORLD ECONOMIES INTO A TIZZY. THE INTENSITY OF THE IMPACT WILL DEPEND ON HOW PROTRACTED THE CRISIS IS

OVER AT LAST?

THE MILDER OMICRON VARIANT RAISES HOPE THAT WE CAN PERHAPS TAME THE PANDEMIC. IT IS THE UNVACCINATED WHO MAY USHER IN A FRESH WAVE

KAMAL NATH'S COLD START DOCTRINE

FOR NATH, THE CRITICAL UNIT OF THE PARTY IS THE MANDALAM, SOMETHING HE LEARNT FROM HIS VICTORIES IN CHHINDWARA

FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS

The government’s urgent steps to bring back Indian nationals are overtaken by tragedy

ADDING AN e TO EDUCATION

RESPONDING TO THE URGENT NEED TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO EDUCATION, THE GOVERNMENT STRENGTHENS ITS E-LEARNING INITIATIVES TO ENSURE A BROADER REACH

WHY INDIA SHOULD WORRY

The Ukraine crisis reflects the West’s failure to establish durable structures of peace and security in Europe after the end of the Cold War and the demise of the Soviet Union.

India's Biggest Banking Fraud

The inside story of how Rishi Agarwal of ABG Shipyard allegedly misappropriated Rs 22,842 crore in loans from a consortium of 28 Indian banks

Face-off: The Yogi And The Rival In Chief

Both Yogi Adityanath of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party have completed a term each as chief minister of India’s most populous state. Now, they head into an electoral battle in which they are the primary contenders. In interviews with Group Editorial Director Raj Chengappa half way through the polls, they shared their assessments of the election so far and their views on key issues in the contest. Excerpts:

Can Akhilesh Yadav Defeat The Mighty BJP In Uttar Pradesh?

Can the Samajwadi Party Chief defeat the mighty BJP in UP?

Setting Boundaries

For centuries, the mighty Pir Panjal range has stood as a barrier, sometimes isolating the Kashmir valley from Jammu for months together.

One letter at a time

Hundreds of children are learning spoken English in government schools across Mumbai, and it’s opening up new worlds for them

THE IMITATION GAME

Fresh arrests reveal the growing trend of paid proxies taking medical or engineering entrance exams as unscrupulous agents seek out desperate students or their parents looking for a short-cut to admission in highly competitive courses

HONEYTRAPS IN THE MEWAT

On Monday, February 14, the Bhopal police arrested Ravin Khan and Warris Khan, both in their early 20s, from Bharatpur in Rajasthan as the main suspects in a ‘sextortion’ video call case filed by BJP MP and 2008 Malegaon blasts case accused Sadhvi Pragya Thakur.

Covid's Troubled Children

They have paid a high price for safety in the pandemic. As they return to school, how do we compensate for the two lost years of schooling and childhood?

DORMANT BUT DEADLY

On August 4, 2020, an explosion of over 2,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate ripped through a Beirut quayside, killing 220 people and triggering an earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale.

Tamil Nadu: A Neet Strategy

Loud And Clear M.K. Stalin wears a mask with anti-NEET messaging

India's Gaming Moment

With india becoming a large gaming market, will the centre’s push for a task force help create more world-class developers and jobs for the youth?

Chasing their Tale

Best new beastly books

MARKING THE SPOT

RIAZ DEAN BELIEVES HE HAS FOUND THE LOCATION OF THE HISTORIC TOWER THAT STOOD BETWEEN ASIA AND EUROPE

Gizmo GAGA

From the latest tech toys to reviews and views, this is all you need to know about appliances for your home

All Fur Love

IT’S RAINING CATS AND DOGS IN THE WORLD OF INDIAN LITERARY ANTHOLOGIES

The Hijab Face-Off

Should it be banned in schools? Is it essential to the practice of islam? How will the outcome impact the nation?

‘HINDUTVA IS NOT RIGID. IT BELIEVES IN UNITY, NOT UNIFORMITY' - Bhupender Yadav

Before Bhupender Yadav became the Union minister of environment, forests, climate change, and of labour, he was a key general secretary in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In that role, he played a significant role in building the party into a formidable electoral machine that won two consecutive Lok Sabha elections. Now, along with economist Ila Patnaik, he has penned The Rise of the BJP, a book that offers a clinical analysis of the party’s evolution, its ideological moorings, its economic philosophy, and the lessons its phenomenal growth can teach us. In a conversation with Group Editorial Director Raj Chengappa, Yadav and Patnaik discuss what their new book is about. Excerpts from the interview.

TREADING THE FAULT LINES

Ethnic divide, insurgent threats, AFSPA, unemployment, difficult allies—the ruling BJP and rival Congress face multiple issues and new challenger NPP in elections to this border state

The Shake-Up

Mamata junked the old posts, including nep­ hew Abhishek’s, and has put in place a new 20­member wor k ­ ing comm ittee

Economic Offensive Wing

Over the past two years, the Madhya Pradesh government has launched a broad crackdown on crime.

It Takes A Village...

...to show how to keep Covid at bay. Welcome to Veewan, a remote hamlet in Kashmir

GUJARAT'S SECRET HUMAN PIPELINE

Illegal immigration from Gujarat to the US is on the rise. Hopefuls risk death, exploitation and human traffickers to reach the promised land

CATTLE BATTLE

Will the BJP’s bovine obsession dent its electoral fortunes in the cow belt state?