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Cord Blood Firms Turn Astrologers

Anxiety rules expectant parents. Money-eyed and dubious firms latch on to this concern with claims of a perfect future for the child.

Base Camp For A World Podium Finish

The Asian Athletics Championship yields India’s best-ever haul. Our track stars now aim for London.

Amarnath Attack: Burning The Terror House

The Amarnath attack validated the Centre’s how-to on ridding Kashmir of terrorism

The Second Among Equals

Why Gopal Gandhi will have to settle for a shot at the No 2 post

The Fashionably Late Party Starters

Women in Calcutta are leaving behind age-related bias by discovering the art of partying post-60

It's More Than Rocket Science

A world record 104 satellites at one go in February, four rockets in four months, indigenous cryogenic engines with heavy-lift capability…why does ISRO tick where almost every other government department fails in India? Put it down to work ethic.

Tightrope in a Divided House

Mehbooba is facing a backlash from within PDP and ally BJP isn’t making it any easier.

A Sail Ship To Mombasa

The six-nation East African Community can be a top trade hub. Major powers are vying for a part of the action.

Out Of Line, But On Course

Engineering colleges are brown with rust, medical seats are fiercely fought and unusual fields rise through the ranks. All these frame our rankings this year.

An App To Bell The Cat

With one million subscriptions already, Byju Raveendran’s app encourages the self-learning habit

In Search Of The Good Life

There’s a growing number of students migrating from the Valley to get an education and make a career

We Are Making Higher Education More Skill-Centric

Out from college, most youths aren’t job-ready or strong in entrepreneurial skills. University Grants Commission chairman D.P. Singh tells Lola Nayar about the steps taken by the statutory body to improve the quality of higher education institutions and make them more vocation-oriented. Excerpts:  

A Winning Plot Of Fresh Frames

The new breed of Bollywood directors shows ­promise by giving the usual formulas of melodrama a skip

On A Board: No Permit To Rebels

The BCCI is stamping out unauthorised T20 leagues through harsh diktats. At stake is its mastery over Indian cricket.

A Rosary Of Rudraksha Beads

There exists a blur in the Tamil Christian identity. That is to smoothen proselytisation, argue critics.

Three-Legged Rebellion

After 22 years of BJP, there’s a generation in Gujarat that hasn’t seen anything else. But are the dissenters strong enough—and cohesive?

Modinomics 2.0

The government looks set to change tack and spend more to boost growth

The Rape Nobody Cares to Talk About

A minor raped in 2016 is left with a baby and a long wait for justice.

Secret Handshakes With A Serpent

Journalism or sensationalism? Cobrapost’s sting operation on media houses adds fuel to an ongoing ethical debate.

#MeMum Main Chup Rahungi

We borrow everything from Hollywood. Why not #MeToo? Why is Bollywood silent on its own desi Weinsteins?

Strikes Well Staggered

AAP still has big political plans. But BJP has its ways to check the rival’s ways.

taxing times they are a-changin' now

the budget may bring about tax incentives for the public as well as the corporates.

green crimes

biggest polluting states don’t even figure in the ncrb list.

bleak times ahead

the job market is down—and freshers bear the brunt of start-up burnout.

Crash Boom Bang

Farmer protests have been loudest in states with high agricultural growth. What explains the paradox?

A Field Amidst The Forces Of Market

Good monsoon or bad, glut or drought, boom or bust...it’s always fair weather for the range of middlemen who come between the farmer and consumer. An anatomy of the trade.

Getting a Grip on Diabetes

In two decades, India will be home to 120 million diabetics. There are ways, though, to survive the looming ‘epidemic’. Here’s what you can do.

Onfield Nationalism From A Box

A gullible nation, groomed for decades by television channels striving to maximise profit, has come to regard India vs Pakistan matches as proxy war

This Way For The Trump Card

Modi meets POTUS this week. An Afghan strategy and an offer of mediation can make it noteworthy.

Drawing The Net Closer

Stingier customers, a digital shift, Brexit and an H­1B scare have slashed IT profits. But leading Indian firms have caught sight of a smarter path.