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Buy Disputes With This Bill
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Buy Disputes With This Bill

The Centre tries to grab ICADR, the premier body for arbitration. ‘Unconstitutional’, cry luminaries who run it.

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July 22, 2019
Ray's Canvas On Celluloid
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Ray's Canvas On Celluloid

Fifty years after Satyajit Ray made the cult classic, its anti-war message remains relevant

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July 22, 2019
Is India Turning Its Reservation Policies Upside Down?
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Is India Turning Its Reservation Policies Upside Down?

The Maratha reservation verdict stokes fears of the dilution of affirmative action against the caste system

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July 22, 2019
Water Wars - A Gurgle Knows No Borders
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Water Wars - A Gurgle Knows No Borders

Rivers sustain humanity. Common waters must be fairly shared among nations.

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August 05, 2019
Gold: 50 Percent, The Rest To Qualify
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Gold: 50 Percent, The Rest To Qualify

Hima’s fabulous run in Europe is but a warm­up for tests with the world’s best. And she knows it.

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August 05, 2019
Banned - The Kill Zone In Cyberia
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Banned - The Kill Zone In Cyberia

Banning PUBG won’t help. Regulate children’s gaming habits instead.

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April 01, 2019
Bugles Before Round Two
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Bugles Before Round Two

‘Jai Shri Ram’ gets Mamata’s goat; battle is joined with BJP; Bengal’s division into two warring camps continues.

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June 17, 2019
Bandhgala And The Bandolier
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Bandhgala And The Bandolier

The strong political mandate allows for strategic reforms of the nation’s military.

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June 17, 2019
The Next Big Change
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The Next Big Change

Modi 2.0 could kickstart an overhaul of the higher education sector.

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June 17, 2019
The Next Big Idea
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The Next Big Idea

A dynamic culture of entrepreneurship and innovation is emerging in Indian universities.

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June 17, 2019
Lingua Fracas
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Lingua Fracas

The three-language formula in NEP triggers fear of Hindi down south.

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June 17, 2019
Family Portraits Of The Nation
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Family Portraits Of The Nation

A shared grief unites kin of CRPF men killed in J&K with those of colleagues who fell in Dantewada nine years ago

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April 01, 2019
Ghosts Who Walk The Gag
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Ghosts Who Walk The Gag

A satirical film that dares to hint at Bengal’s political reality is taken off theatres at the behest of ‘authorities’

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April 01, 2019
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Who's That Man ?

Indira Gandhi had R.K. Dhawan. Rajiv had his elite cabal. But the ‘backroom boys’ of the 21st century are an evolving species.

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April 01, 2019
An Applecart Turner
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An Applecart Turner

In Shah Faesal, the NC sees a bees­saal­baad reflection

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April 01, 2019
BJP has emerged As The Nucleus Of Indian Polity
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BJP has emerged As The Nucleus Of Indian Polity

BJP national general secretary Bhupender Yadav, a Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan, is considered one of the architects of the party’s dominant performance in the Lok Sabha elections.

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June 10, 2019
Congress Law Of Intertia
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Congress Law Of Intertia

A Gandhi never quits? But Rahul Gandhi as party president has not proved to be the galvaniser that Sonia was.

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June 10, 2019
By Polls To Their Rescue
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By Polls To Their Rescue

Focus on assembly bypolls instead of Lok Sabha polls paid off for the AIADMK.

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June 10, 2019
In Search Of The God Of Rain
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In Search Of The God Of Rain

TN temple trusts angry over government prayer fiat.

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June 10, 2019
Muddy Water Eddy
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Muddy Water Eddy

Lok Sabha rout strains the seams of Congress-JD(S) stitch-up.

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June 10, 2019
Hindu, Hinduer, Hinduest
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Hindu, Hinduer, Hinduest

Congress president Rahul Gandhi chose the 14th-century temple of Brahma in Pushkar, Ajmer, in poll-bound Rajasthan, to furnish his Brahminical credentials—a Kaul Kashmiri Brahmin of Dattatreya gotra.

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December 10, 2018
Killer Instinct Doesn't Mean You Show Emotions
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Killer Instinct Doesn't Mean You Show Emotions

Counted amongst the ‘fabulous five’ of Indian batting along with Tendulkar, Dravid, Ganguly and Sehwag, V.V.S. Laxman, when in full flow, mesmerised fans with his wristy play and silken, effortless touch. Australia, in particular, bore the brunt of his prowess as he piled up 2,434 runs in 29 Tests against them, with six centuries.

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December 17, 2018
Odisha Sets A New Benchmark With Hockey World Cup
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Odisha Sets A New Benchmark With Hockey World Cup

woos tourists with other festivities as well!

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December 17, 2018
Beyond Research
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Beyond Research

Educational institutions must promote community-building, problem-solving and entrepreneurship

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July 29, 2019
Oxomiya, The Poet
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Oxomiya, The Poet

Poetry has become the medium of protest for Assam’s Miya community

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July 29, 2019
A Flood Of Dry Taps!
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A Flood Of Dry Taps!

It’s official: the worst water crisis in our national history is upon us now. But we also see signs of a fight to save us from a dry future.

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August 05, 2019
Bite The Trencher, Eat The Curd
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Bite The Trencher, Eat The Curd

Environment friendly, tasty and modish, edible crockery and cutlery are going down the gullet

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April 15, 2019
The Sun God's Own Country
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The Sun God's Own Country

Ravaged by floods last year, the state now faces a freakishly hot summer

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April 15, 2019
Bitter-sweet Harvest
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Bitter-sweet Harvest

Higher Production and Stagnant Demand Leave Farmers With Rising Unpaid Dues Once Again

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April 15, 2019
Lessons Without A Leash
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Lessons Without A Leash

A new national-level ‘augmentation course’ has been introduced to make our canine soldiers smarter and teach them to listen and guard us better

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January 29, 2018