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The Template Is Half Empty
A DRAFT MASTER PLAN IS OPPOSED BY POWERFUL LOBBIES OF POLITICIANS AND BUREAUCRATS
A CRISIS BEFORE KCR
His dream of leading the Opposition alliance in 2024 fast fading, the BRS chief finds himself waging a lonely battle. Can he retain Telangana at least?
MAKING A HABIT OF EXCELLENCE
MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION AS WELL AS A PUSH TOWARDS INNOVATION PLACE AMITY UNIVERSITY AT THE VERY TOP
A SCRIPT CATCHES FIRE
HARYANA COMMUNAL CLASHES
SURGICAL STRIKE?
Maharashtra has some 1,700 of India’s 13,000 leopards, the third-highest population of the big cat after Madhya Pradesh (3,421) and Karnataka (1,783).
AN ACT OF CONTENTION
ENVIRONMENTALISTS FEAR THAT CHANGES TO THE FOREST CONSERVATION ACT RUN CONTRARY TO ITS STATED OBJECTIVE OF INCREASING INDIA’S GREEN COVER
SAURASHTRA: A SHARE OF THE NARMADA
For as long as one can remember, parched landscapes, bone-dry water taps and blistering heat have dominated the folklore of semi-arid Saurashtra. Even modern history remembers chief ministers—as recent as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Keshubhai Patel in 2000—who, burdened perpetually by drought-like situations in the region, sent goods trains filled with gallons of water to Rajkot for relief.
GEN NEXT HAS A PLAN FOR BSP
It’s never easy to predict the political moves of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati, who is known to hold her cards close to her chest. So much so that her decisions often take her party functionaries by surprise too.
An Inside Job
Just days after Congress leader Sachin Pilot claimed to have buried the hatchet with Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, the circumstances surrounding his 2020 rebellion have come back to haunt the party, and that too in an election year.
The Burden Of Allies
The BJP ranks have not taken kindly to the party roping in the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) into their alliance government in Maharashtra.
Good Cop, Bad Cop
Actor Vijay Varma breaks new ground in his role as a vigilante cop in Kaalkoot, streaming on JioCinema
Southern Sounds
Chennai-based band Many Things is out with their debut album, First Things First
Behind the Scenes
A web series by Vivek Agnihotri, streaming on ZEE5 from August, documents the backdrop to The Kashmir Files
PUNE My LOVE
Veteran actor Mohan Agashe stars in Do Gubbare, a web series that celebrates the city of Pune
Timely Tales
J. DEVIKA HAS COMPILED A NUANCED ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES FROM KERALA
TRAVELS WITH THE TUMMY
Zac O'Yeah's travelcum-food memoir is a distillation of eating his way through India over three decades
The Will to Live
The riveting story of Shahbaz Taseer's abduction and five years in terrorist captivity
Pastoral Dream
Shown in public for the first time recently, a scroll painting by Benode Behari Mukherjee celebrates scenes from rural Santiniketan
AN AIR OF ABSTRACTION
A major retrospective at DAG Delhi puts the spotlight back on veteran artist Shanti Dave
A MEETING OF GREAT MINDS
The country's best educators came together to deliberate issues such as the NEP rollout and ChatGPT at the India Today Education Conclave 2023
A DIFFERENT DAWN
Long ignored as a disability, autism finally gets the attention and empathy it deserves, and benefits from new research, improved diagnosis and a growing neurodiversity movement
ALLIANCE OF FOND HOPE
THE TDP, JSP AND BJP MAY COME TOGETHER TO FIGHT THE RULING YSRCP IN 2024, BUT THERE IS MANY A SLIP BETWEEN ENDEAVOUR AND VICTORY
The Navy Gets New Wings
CARRYING THE LATEST AVIONICS AND WEAPONRY, RAFALE-M IS A POTENT MARITIME FIGHTER. THE IMMINENT ARRIVAL OF 26 RAFALE-MS ON THE DECK OF INS VIKRANT WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT BOOST TO THE INDIAN NAVY'S CAPABILITIES
SHAMEFUL BLUNDERS
BY ALLOWING MANIPUR'S WOUNDS TO FESTER, THE STATE AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE PUSHED ITS PEOPLE TO A POINT OF NO RETURN
HARD LESSONS
Bihar isn’t much known for an abundance of education infrastructure—an endemic scarcity is more like it. Even so, preliminary findings from an official scrutiny of 80,000 state government schools have come as a shocker.
TO MAKE COMMON CAUSE
In the midst of a heated debate in the Karnataka assembly on July 13, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah halftaunted Janata Dal (Secular) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy, asking if the latter was siding with the BJP of late.
TOUGH TO SWALLOW
Consumers are used to seasonal changes in the prices of vegetables, but this one was particularly hard to stomach.
New Or Old? Choosing A Tax Regime
It is not about choosing between the old and new tax regimes based on how much money you save; it is about how you need to view income tax in the future
THE HEAT IS ON
A FIRST LOOK AT THE POP CULTURE ICON, THE MERCEDES-BENZ AMG SL 55, WHICH RETURNS WITH ITS NEWEST VERSION FOR 2023
THE NARRATIVE OF DESIRE
From bold maximalism to eternal love, the stunning sparkle saga of bejewelled glory.