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THE TEESTA TUSSLE

The vexed issue of sharing the waters of the Teesta river between India and Bangladesh has always been a hot topic during polls for over a decade, especially in the eastern neighbour.

A RUPEE-ROUBLE STALEMATE

INDIA-RUSSIA TRADE

SOUTHERN STIRRINGS

A fresh round in the fight for federalism is unfolding in Tamil Nadu, with the control over its universities emerging as the apple of discord.

THE QUEST FOR UNITY

September, it seems, has put a spring in the steps of India’s Opposition leaders. Another determined bid is on to forge an Opposition alliance that can take on the Narendra Modi-led BJP in the 2024 general election.

LIGHT ON THEIR TRACKS

THE HIGH-ALTITUDE STAND-OFF WITH CHINA HAS FORCED THE INDIAN ARMY TO RECOGNISE THE NEED FOR LIGHT TANKS. A NEW PROJECT TO DESIGN AND BUILD ARMOURED VEHICLES FOR THE HIMALAYAN FRONTIER IS WAITING FOR THE GO-AHEAD

THE PAIN POI

The Covid-19 pandemic only aggravated inequality in India, with the rich getting richer and those at the bottom of the pyramid languishing even further. Has India made a K-shaped recovery? If so, how can we make growth more equitable?

Pakistan - Imran Khan's Fight For Survival

A desperate Imran Khan finds political opportunity in the midst of national calamity. Can the embattled shehbaz sharif see his challenge off till the impending general elections?

MAKING WAVES AT MoMA

The new Indian indie gets showcased in a month-long festival at New York's Museum of Modern Art

GHULAM SEEKS HIS AZADI

Political motives, over-lapping and separating, always in a flux, hardly follow the narrow and straight. The latest development to rock Jammu and Kashmir politics—the exit of veteran leader and former J&K chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad from the Congress on August 26—traces precisely such a surprising arc.

YOGI’S NEW INNER CIRCLE

In recent years, the Uttar Pradesh bureaucracy had developed an image of being controlled by a few officers with a huge, even disproportionate, role in major decisions.

TIES BUILT ON TRUSS

The United Kingdom, one of the world’s oldest functioning democracies, on September 6 witnessed the completion of an unusual internal political process: the ruling Conservatives elected ex-foreign secretary Liz Truss as the UK’s next Prime Minister—the fourth in six years.

RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE

THE DEATH OF AN ALLEGED TEAK SMUGGLER IN AN ARMED ENCOUNTER WITH THE FOREST DEPARTMENT IN VIDISHA CAUSES ANGER IN TRIBAL COMMUNITIES AND DESPAIR AMONG THE FORESTERS IN MADHYA PRADESH

THE GODS GO GREEN

A BACK-TO-NATURE STRATEGY COUPLED WITH THE USE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY IS MAKING THE TIRUMALA TEMPLE A TRENDSETTER

SPEAKING FROM THE HEART

As SWARA BHASKER gears up for the September 16 release of her film Jahaan Chaar Yaar, she says that even though Bollywood is in flux, it is too early to write off the industry

REVVING UP FOR ELECTIONS

HOW THE BJP LEADERSHIP IS IRONING OUT GLITCHES IN THE STATES GOING TO POLLS WHILE ALSO GEARING UP FOR MISSION 2024

THE KING OF CON

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF AN ORDINARY MAN WHO DECEIVED POLITICIANS AND BUSINESSMEN, LIVED THE HIGH LIFE AND LAVISHED AND WOOED ACTRESSES WITH THE Rs 500 CRORE LOOT

Defence - The Jet Engine Search

Can India find partners to develop indigenous engines for its fighter jets? Global jet engine manufacturers are circling Delhi, drawn by the prospect of massive purchases

OTT Taking Sex Seriously

Thanks to women content creators, new web series are beginning to talk frankly about female sexuality. It's empowering for women viewers and an education for others

E-Waste - The Mounting Threat

The growing volume of electronic waste is overwhelming the informal kabadi industry and threatening our health and environment. But the challenge of e-waste management can also be a huge opportunity

Making the Invisible Visible

With Firaaq and Manto, NANDITA DAS earned her stripes as a filmmaker. As she now prepares to take Zwigato to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Das deconstructs her latest film for us

SPEAK OF THE DEVIL

A new spate of documentaries and films are making the serial killer a full-fledged protagonist

A League of Their Own

ULTIMATE KHO KHO HAS BOOSTED THE FORTUNES OF THE NEGLECTED SPORT AND 143 PLAYERS IN THE NEW LEAGUE

Spirited Away

In Avinuo Kire's assured new novel, magic trumps realism by curing profound grief and repairing loss

AT HOME IN THE WORLD

Amit Chaudhuri's new novel is short, but its themes of identity, history and memory are all copious

BATTLE FOR THE BASTION

The poll campaign heats up in Gujarat, PM Modi's home turf. Can the ruling BJP stave off the challenge from the Congress and AAP?

THAT GRAND OLD IMPASSE

The party swaps the dates for presidential polls and Bharat Jodo Yatra-the idea is to buy time and convince Rahul to return as president. He is unlikely to budge. A non-Gandhi chief? Very likely

THE VIEW FROM THE MIDDLE KINGDOM

ON WHETHER THE CHINESE SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO AN ASIAN AND GLOBAL ORDER MARKED BY CHINESE HEGEMONY, SARAN IS SCEPTICAL

THE HARD TREK TO SHIMLA

HIMACHAL PRADESH/ ASSEMBLY POLL

ABHISHEK TO THE FORE

The black SUV screeched to a halt outside the new Trinamool Congress (TMC) office on EM Bypass, Kolkata.

GOINGS-ON ON THE GOMTI

In politics as in art, a lot of effort goes into making something look effortless.