CATEGORIES
THE REVIVAL MINISTRY
The newly minted cooperatives portfolio can help the BJP redraw political and economic equations
REJIG FOR REJUVENATION
Modi’s cabinet reshuffle shows that he wants to win back voters' trust by focusing on the delivery of his promises
Solid start
Stalin has set lofty goals for his government. Its success will depend on how he deals with the challenges
DOORS OPEN FOR DREAMERS
With ISRO opening up its facilities to private firms, Indian space entrepreneurs are now dreaming of reaching new heights
The Italian job
Roberto Mancini’s Euro 2020 heist involved a dangerous gamble to shake up Italian football
PACKING A PUNCH
The music and the making of Farhan Akhtar’s new sports drama
Normalise the male tears
I am not sure where the tradition comes from, but tears after failure have been de rigueur and socially sanctioned in sport since at least the Iliad, when Greek warrior Diomedes unabashedly wept over losing a chariot race.
COMBINED EFFORT
Mansukh Mandaviya has his task cut out—vaccinating India and deftly managing the two ministries he heads
Process Of Finding Yediyurappa's Successor Has Probably Begun
B.Y. Vijayendra, vice president, Karnataka BJP
Infra-led growth is a force multiplier
T.V. Narendran, CEO & MD, Tata Steel & president, CII
THE SISTER SPEAKS
V.K. Sasikala has had a ringside view of Tamil Nadu politics, thanks to her decades-long friendship with former chief minister J. Jayalalithaa. As she steps out of the shadows to dive into active politics, she remembers her friend, sister and guide
Paddlers' progress
With four Indians in the fray, this might be the country’s best chance at a table tennis medal at the Olympics, especially in mixed doubles
Candid notes
Kaushik Basu’s book is a fascinating journey into the heart of the ‘babu Dilli’
THE HIDDEN EYE
Raihan Rajiv Vadra’s photographs in his latest solo exhibition offer a deeply personal view into his life
Return game
Palaniswami and Panneerselvam have joined hands to thwart Sasikala, but there is no guarantee that the truce will hold
WARNING SHOTS
Central agencies target key members of the ruling alliance in Maharashtra in what is seen as a political message to anti-BJP forces
VIAL OF LIFE
A Hyderabad couple’s journey to get the world’s costliest medicine for their three-year-old son
WE WILL TURN EVERY CONGRESS WORKER INTO A PRASHANT KISHOR
A. Revanth Reddy, Congress president in Telangana
Stop Gaslighting Us, GoI
Am I mad?’ A friend asked me recently. ‘I was on the road, my mother was gasping for breath, we drove in a rented ambulance from hospital to hospital, and there was no oxygen to be had for love or money or influence. It was a complete nightmare.
What Exactly Happened In Wuhan?
In this exclusive article, celebrated virus origin hunter @TheSeeker268 exposes genetic experiments in Wuhan with American support
Roar, Masurkar, roar
DETOUR
Greek gifts
Delta Plus may not harm too much; now Lambda is on the way
The world's foremost virus origins hunter
@TheSeeker268/Pivotal member of DRASTIC group
Cheetah, kangaroo, horse, GOAT!
SOUND BITE
The importance of Infosys
THE INDIAN IT industry took off in the early 1990s. Before that, it was just a tiny industry with TCS being the Big Daddy, Infosys representing the future aspirations and Wipro being the challenger.
Guarding our libraries
LAST WORD
Tamil Nadu is not a freebie state
P.T.R. Palanivel Thiagarajan, finance minister, Tamil Nadu
We can control the next wave
SAMIRAN PANDA/ head of epidemiology and communicable diseases, ICMR
Check Heart Condition With Thumb-Palm Test
A simple thumb-palm test can be used to identify people who are at a higher risk of having a hidden ascending aortic aneurysm, which could be fatal.
Do Sleep Medicines Work?
Nearly 40 per cent of people who start taking sleep medications continue to take them for years.