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KINGS OF THE CONSOLE

THOUSANDS OF INDIAN YOUTH ARE ANSWERING THE SEDUCTIVE CALL OF COMPETITIVE ESPORTS. INDIA'S 15-MEMBER ESPORTS CONTINGENT AT THE ASIAN GAMES IS IN THE VANGUARD

HILLTOWN'S DILEMMA

Motor vehicle-free since its inception, this quaint hill town is now mulling e-rickshaws on its roads. Locals are torn between ease of commute and preserving Matheran’s ethos

INDIA'S BIG FINTECH BET

GIFT City in Gujarat, one of PM Modi's dream projects, is eliciting interest from industry giants. But can it emerge as an alternative to global financial hubs?

STRENGTH IN UNITY

India is on the threshold of its most significant military reform to date as it advances towards theatrisation of its armed forces for optimal resource utilisation, jointness and operational efficiency

A TOWNSHIP ON THE GO

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath lavishes funds and attention on his hometown Gorakhpur, setting it on a path of rapid progress with an infrastructural and development push

WELFARE STATE

Amidst a pre-election frenzy of welfare schemes and freebies, the Gehlot regime also enacts a couple of first-in-India bills

A HISTORY OF PANDEMICS

What comes to mind when we hear ‘cholera’? Why is cholera still a problem in the world today? The Bay of Bengal has the dubious distinction of housing on its shores the only populations in the world where the disease has been endemic (‘in the people’) for centuries.

WANTED NO MORE

On July 18, the same day as over two dozen constituents of the national Opposition front came together in Bengaluru for their second conclave, Rajesh Ranjan, alias Pappu Yadav, one of the most popular don-turned-politicians in Bihar and five-term Lok Sabha MP, was dejectedly addressing a press conference in Patna to express hurt over not being invited to the meeting.

KASHMIR GETS AN ETHNIC TWIST

A bill introduced by the Union government in the Lok Sabha on July 26 has ignited a fire of ethnic anger in the mountainous regions of Jammu and Kashmir.

THE LAW ISN'T FOR BREAKING

Astern judicial veto from the Punjab & Haryana High Court has put a question mark on the legality of punitive demolitions of homes and other structures by bulldozers.

MONSOON FISSION

On August 7, delivering his maiden speech since becoming a BJP-nominated Rajya Sabha member in 2020, former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi uttered words that are likely to be remembered for who said them, as well as what was said.

The Politics Of A Uniform Civil Code

The BJP stirs the political pot by raising the prospect of a divisive legal reform as polls approach, sparking debate and some apprehension

Carbon Dating The Faith

After months of silence, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath set the cat among the pigeons with his comments on the Gyanvapi mosque, which abuts the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi.

United in Art

The Bihar Museum Biennale is back for an ambitious second edition

CARVING A NEW NICHE

LAST YEAR, AFTER GEETANJALI SHREE'S Hindi novel Ret Samadhi/Tomb of Sand (translated into English by Daisy Rockwell) won the International Booker Prize, my inbox was abuzz with messages from American acquaintances and some fellow writers.

INTELLECTUAL HUB

WITH QUALITY PEDAGOGY, NEW COURSES, INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS AND AN INCLUSIVE CAMPUS, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY RETAINS ITS PLACE IN THE SUN YEAR AFTER YEAR

A CODE THAT DIVIDES

The Board of India Today Experts agrees on the need for a coherent civil code but want equality and justice, not uniformity, as its driving principle

Brewing Battle

MANY SAY THE BJP'S ATTEMPTS TO LIMIT ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND SALE WOULD DEPLETE TN FINANCES, IMPACTING ITS ABILITY TO FUND SOCIAL SECTOR SCHEMES

PAWS FOR THOUGHT

Vivek Menon's new, improved field guide to Indian mammals is an essential companion to conservation awareness

WAYS OF SEEING

A MAJOR EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER LALIT MOHAN SEN AT EMAMI ART, KOLKATA, INTRODUCES HIS OEUVRE TO A NEW GENERATION OF VIEWERS

LEAGUE OF LEGAL EAGLES

A CONSISTENT EMPHASIS ON EXPANDING ITS RESEARCH OUTPUT IS THE CORNERSTONE OF SUCCESS FOR INDIA’S TOP LAW SCHOOL

AIIMS AND OBJECTIVES

AIIMS DELHI HAS LONG BEEN IN THE VANGUARD OF MEDICAL RESEARCH IN INDIA. IN A POST-COVID WORLD, THAT ROLE IS NOW MUCH MORE PRONOUNCED

Hallelujah!

The Nagaland Chamber Choir has become the first Indian choir to win two gold medals at the World Choir Games

BOOMTIME FOR IPOs

AS THE BSE SENSEX CROSSES 67,000 POINTS, 42 FIRMS LINE UP TO RAISE OVER Rs 54,000 CRORE THROUGH INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS. HOW SUSTAINABLE IS THE TREND?

THE A-LISTERS

THE INDIA TODAY GROUP IS BACK WITH ANOTHER EDITION OF ITS ANNUAL UNIVERSITY RANKINGS, PROVIDING CRUCIAL INSIGHTS INTO THE CURRENT STATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA

THE RETURN OF LALU

Jail, illness and the pandemic may have kept the septuagenarian RJD chief off the political stage, but he is back, energising his party’s cadre as well as the national Opposition alliance

Guardians of the Forest

Zai Whitaker's Termite Fry captures the eternal tussle between urban aspirations and traditional forest communities

ENGINEERING MARVEL

ONE OF THE PREMIER INSTITUTES FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR LONG, IIT DELHI HAS ALSO TAKEN THE LEAD OVER OTHERS IN NEW AREAS OF INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING, RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY LINKS

Reading the Land

Arati Kumar-Rao's Marginlands is a timely chronicle of India's changing landscapes and climate

OUR COMMON HISTORY

USING ARCHIVAL DATA AND ANECDOTES, THE BOOK PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON THE HETEROGENEOUS PAST OF SOUTH ASIAN NATIONS