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Vote of no thanks
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Vote of no thanks

With a religious leader jumping into politics and complaints of Mamata not doing enough for the community, will Muslims desert her?

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November 15, 2020
A spirited campaign
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A spirited campaign

It was an all-out last battle for Joe Biden, but it is just the beginning for Kamala Harris

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November 15, 2020
2020 has been crazy
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2020 has been crazy

BEN STOKES HAS a larger than life image in English cricket: A superhero who has won England its first-ever World Cup, followed by an Ashes victory; a cricketer who can do almost anything on the field, be it with the bat or ball. Over the last year and a half, Stokes’s cricket career has seen not a single blip.

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November 15, 2020
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How Digital Fashion Weeks Are Paving The Way For A Rejig Of The Industry

How digital fashion weeks are paving the way for a rejig of the industry

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November 08, 2020
Best B Schools - How We Train Managers To Cope With The Unknown
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Best B Schools - How We Train Managers To Cope With The Unknown

B-Schools have a key mandate: Create future-proof managers who can oversee our foray into the unknown

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November 08, 2020
Covid-19 & Winter - Worries Of A Second Wave
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Covid-19 & Winter - Worries Of A Second Wave

A second wave of infection may be coming, and if India is not careful, it could lose all its recent gains against Covid-19

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November 08, 2020
New CEO Will Be Orchestrator Of Experiments
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New CEO Will Be Orchestrator Of Experiments

By the time India confront-ed Covid-19 in mid-March, IIM Bangalore had completed all its degree-granting programmes. Only the convocation remained. The immediate decision was to cancel the event and replace it with a small ceremony to recognise the award winners. We did not have enough time to visualise an online event with digital avatars that has now become the default convocation practice at most institutions. We have, however, promised to host a grand physical event for the 2020 graduating class, when conditions permit one!

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November 08, 2020
WIDENING GAP
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WIDENING GAP

Beyond the economy and the pandemic, the Centre-state tussle could continue to be vexing

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November 08, 2020
Tight embrace
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Tight embrace

Encouraged by strong bipartisan support from Washington, India commits to closer defence cooperation with the US

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November 08, 2020
SUITED FOR CHANGE
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SUITED FOR CHANGE

Innovation and flexibility are the buzzwords for b-schools in these testing times

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November 08, 2020
Strength in numbers
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Strength in numbers

Parties in Jammu and Kashmir join hands to restore the former state’s special status, but the Centre has other plans

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November 08, 2020
Managers as plumbers
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Managers as plumbers

Managers are increasingly working in volatile environments. This requires that they focus on the big picture and pay attention to detail. As MBA graduates enter the real world, theoretical knowledge equips them to think through the problems at hand. But, they also learn which analytical models and theories do not give much guidance.

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November 08, 2020
Light comes alive
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Light comes alive

Fireflies took Mumbai girl Aishwarya Sridhar to the podium in the 56th Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition

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November 08, 2020
Labour pains
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Labour pains

Severe unemployment and anti-incumbency could dampen Nitish Kumar’s bid for another term in Bihar

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November 08, 2020
Cashbacks Are Not Sustainable
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Cashbacks Are Not Sustainable

Rahul Chari, cofounder and chief technology officer of the company, talks about the opportunities, challenges and intense competition in the segment and what the future holds for the digital payment platforms.

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November 01, 2020
Bihar Elections - Brash Tejashwi Woos Youth
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Bihar Elections - Brash Tejashwi Woos Youth

While Nitish Kumar & Co are confident of retaining power, an assertive Tejashwi Yadav is causing some concern

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November 01, 2020
Katie Comes To Party
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Katie Comes To Party

A professor-politician mom with a lethal whiteboard looks like a future president

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November 01, 2020
The Great American Election Heist
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The Great American Election Heist

Donald Trump discredits mail-in votes, undermines the postal service, encourages far-right hooligans, fast tracks his nominee’s supreme court confirmation, ignores Covid protocols to hold raucous rallies and remains reluctant to guarantee a peaceful transfer of power. Democrats fear the president plans to unleash mayhem to stay on in the White House even if he loses the November 3 election

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November 01, 2020
Too many cooks
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Too many cooks

A clutch of agencies is investigating the Hathras case, but there is no assurance of speedy delivery of justice

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November 01, 2020
Personal purposes
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Personal purposes

The bypolls are about Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s popularity, Jyotiraditya Scindia’s prestige and Kamal Nath’s survival

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November 01, 2020
MASTER OF SUBTLETIES
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MASTER OF SUBTLETIES

How a quiet, understated Vikrant Massey owns every character he plays

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November 01, 2020
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Knight now, king next

Even as he waits to seal his berth in the national side, KKR opener Shubman Gill is being groomed for a bigger role

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November 01, 2020
Roots of rancour
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Roots of rancour

The alleged highhandedness of the BJP top brass is driving many saffron workers to the Trinamool Congress

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November 01, 2020
It is NDA's money power against the Grand Alliance's people power
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It is NDA's money power against the Grand Alliance's people power

It is NDA’s money power against the Grand Alliance’s people power

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November 01, 2020
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Modi Builds Muscle

Realising Atmanirbhar Bharat calls for boosting government spending, attracting investments, supporting entrepreneurs, and resolving short-term difficulties to ensure long-term rewards. So how well has the government begun?

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October 25, 2020
THE BEAUTIFIED GAME
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THE BEAUTIFIED GAME

Football gaming giant FIFA is back, with fancy footwork and spectacular goals

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October 25, 2020
SONNETS OF HOPE
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SONNETS OF HOPE

C IS FOR CAT, D IS FOR DEPRESSION By Kairavi Bharat Ram

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October 25, 2020
LIFE AS TRESPASS
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LIFE AS TRESPASS

THE BRASS NOTEBOOK: A MEMOIR By DEVAKI JAIN

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October 25, 2020
Lost sheen of the IFS
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Lost sheen of the IFS

On October 9, the Indian Foreign Service entered the 75th year of its existence.

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October 25, 2020
Problem peaks
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Problem peaks

For saving his salary, an adviser-level officer in the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change is bearing the entire weight of the Western Ghats, with its 77 high peaks, more than one lakh square kilometres and valleys.

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October 25, 2020