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A Bird's Past, and Future...
The Praful Patel years, which all but grounded AI, come under the lens just as privatisation looms.
Doctors And Their Devices
Imported medical devices are often indispensable. But 1,000 % mark-ups in prices? Hospitals, traders and doctors are playing a fast, smooth game, pushing patients towards financial ruin. Will the government ever wake up to these immoral medical practices?
The Monk Who Stung A Hornet
The Dalai Lama’s Arunachal visit worsens Sino­Indian ties, as neighbours reap the benefits of their competing largesse
New-Found Mahatma Love
The PM’s appropriation of Gandhi is helping the BJP shape a new political persona
Vaccine Vendors' Greed Gone Viral
Immunisation is a nexus controlled by big private vaccine makers, mostly foreign, that decides your baby gets 15 shots more for the doctor to make money. Even if the vaccine is useless—not to talk of the huge mark-ups.
Shompa Sengupta
Tales of women who fought against taboos and gender bia­ses, not to mention poverty and illiteracy, to emerge successful businesswomen abound in Calcutta, women who, without so much as the rudiments of training, have beaten competitors by dint of innate intelligence and hard work.
A Prayer Sent Out Loudly
Mamata Banerjee’s token gestures towards Muslims have caused a communal divide without really empowering the community
Optical Poetry
Modern theatre students discover the benefits of classical training in the Koodiyattam tradition
Playboy Diary
Playboy diary
RaGa Road To Gujarat Navsurgence
Rahul hits BJP with slowdown and scandal with faultless timing, but can it be termed a Congress reawakening?
'Gujarat Polls Will Be The Turning Point'
Congress general secretary in-charge of Gujarat, Ashok Gehlot, tellsBula Devi his party will defeat the BJP in the state and Rahul Gandhi may become Congress president before the year ends.
Reconnect Switch Is On
The CM is on an outreach mission, sensing a drain in people’s support. Opposition dubs it political stunt.
Depressing Window To Middle Class
Weak private investment, automation and redundant skills are gnawing at white-collar jobs. A political hot potato is in the moulding.
Many Quarters Of The Patriarch
Keeping a ‘small house’ for the ‘other’ woman is a long-standing practice in Tamil Nadu, embraced and legitimised by former CMs
Taint Tales From Lalooland
The RJD chief is no stranger to controversy, but this time, the political future of his family members is at stake
The Lahori Gate Is Closed Still
A decline in Nawaz Sharif’s political stocks means more army control. It bodes ill for talks with India.
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.