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HIT LIST
THE WEEK India

HIT LIST

Strengths and weaknesses of top teams at the T20 World Cup

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7 mins  |
June 09, 2024
BABU BOOM
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BABU BOOM

Meet bureaucrats who took the political plunge

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4 mins  |
June 09, 2024
TALKING POINT
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TALKING POINT

By voting in large numbers, the people of Kashmir have expressed their readiness to resolve pressing issues peacefully

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June 09, 2024
MAMATA FEARS THAT I WILL TAKE HINDU VOTES TO BJP
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MAMATA FEARS THAT I WILL TAKE HINDU VOTES TO BJP

Everyone was surprised when Mamata Banerjee accused Kartik Maharaj, a monk associated with the Bharat Sevashram Sangha, of not allowing Trinamool Congress’s agents to sit in some polling booths during the Lok Sabha elections and of inciting communal violence in Murshidabad.

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4 mins  |
June 09, 2024
SOUTH WREST
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SOUTH WREST

As nine constituencies in southern Bengal go to the polls on June 1, the Trinamool Congress hopes to retain its hold

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5 mins  |
June 09, 2024
Why BJP is not contesting in Kashmir
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Why BJP is not contesting in Kashmir

Union Home Minister Amit Shah claims “there is no greater testament to the removal of Article 370” than the high polling percent ages in the Kashmir valley.

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2 mins  |
June 09, 2024
GO THROUGH ME FIRST...
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GO THROUGH ME FIRST...

How India's valiant human shields protect important political leaders and visiting dignitaries

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9 mins  |
June 09, 2024
If the BJP is determined to put democracy in jail, then I am determined to run democracy from jail
THE WEEK India

If the BJP is determined to put democracy in jail, then I am determined to run democracy from jail

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW ARVIND KEJRIWAL, DELHI CHIEF MINISTER AND AAM AADMI PARTY NATIONAL CONVENER

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June 09, 2024
Spivak's speech; not fair, lady!
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Spivak's speech; not fair, lady!

When Horatio Bottomley, MP, called in to see Lord Cholmondeley, he told the butler, “I wish to speak to Lord Cholmond-ley.”

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June 09, 2024
Stroke Of Genius?
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Stroke Of Genius?

Not really. Stroke care is not rocket science. All it needs is better public awareness and access to timely and affordable treatment

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June 02, 2024
At What Ages Do People Feel Most Lonely?
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At What Ages Do People Feel Most Lonely?

ACCORDING TO A US STUDY PUBLISHED in the journal Psychological Science, loneliness follows a U-shaped pattern in adulthood people are loneliest during younger and older adulthood, and least lonely in middle age.

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June 02, 2024
How Anger Can Hurt Your Heart
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How Anger Can Hurt Your Heart

Getting angry can constrict blood vessels and increase a person's risk of developing heart in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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June 02, 2024
Winner in a wheelchair
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Winner in a wheelchair

Cerebral palsy could not stop Sarika from achieving her dream of becoming a civil servant

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June 02, 2024
BONE SUPREMACY
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BONE SUPREMACY

Taking good care of your bones will take a big load off your old age

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June 02, 2024
MAMMOGRAM RECOMMENDED FROM AGE 40
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MAMMOGRAM RECOMMENDED FROM AGE 40

THE US PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE (USPSTF) has issued new recommendations for all women to start getting mammograms every other year beginning at age 40 and continuing through age 74.

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June 02, 2024
TREATING GUM DISEASE CAN HELP PREVENT AFib RECURRENCE
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TREATING GUM DISEASE CAN HELP PREVENT AFib RECURRENCE

PATIENTS WHO HAD THEIR GUM DISEASE treated following treatment for atrial fibrillation (AFib), or irregular heartbeat, are significantly less likely to suffer AFib recurrence, according to Japanese research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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June 02, 2024
LIFT OR STAIRS? ALWAYS CHOOSE STAIRS
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LIFT OR STAIRS? ALWAYS CHOOSE STAIRS

ACCORDING TO A STUDY PRESENTED AT ESC Preventive Cardiology 2024, climbing stairs is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease and death.

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June 02, 2024
ESKETAMINE INJECTION MAY REDUCE RISK OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION
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ESKETAMINE INJECTION MAY REDUCE RISK OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION

A SINGLE LOW DOSE INJECTION of esketamine given right after childbirth can reduce the risk of major postpartum depression by about three quarters, finds a US study published in The BMJ.

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June 02, 2024
Nancy, how about Kanhaiya?
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Nancy, how about Kanhaiya?

I have been following Nancy Tyagi on Instagram for over a year.

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June 02, 2024
Cannes can do
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Cannes can do

Never mind that India is witnessing a massive general election, perhaps one of the dirtiest it has ever witnessed.

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2 mins  |
June 02, 2024
AGEING BACKWARDS
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AGEING BACKWARDS

THE NEW BREED OF WELLNESS’ GURUS—FROM FITNESS EXPERTS TO BIOHACKERS

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9 mins  |
June 02, 2024
Lady Whistledown's back
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Lady Whistledown's back

The new season of Bridgerton could have been a reflection of reality, rather than an escape from it

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2 mins  |
June 02, 2024
Lessons from music
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Lessons from music

Matilda The Musical is a total must watch

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2 mins  |
June 02, 2024
Sweet on cinema
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Sweet on cinema

If anyone can breach the chasm between chef and actor, it is Ranveer Brar

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4 mins  |
June 02, 2024
Free to be me
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Free to be me

Deepa Mehta's latest, I am Sirat, is about a transwoman battling dual identity. It is a bold story tenderly told

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June 02, 2024
A chain that links us all
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A chain that links us all

How a governor of Andamans influenced the Barbados programme of action for Small Island Developing States in 1994

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6 mins  |
June 02, 2024
Bearing up in boring Britain
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Bearing up in boring Britain

These days in Britain, boring is good. After the hangover of Boris Johnson’s wild escapades, Liz Truss’s wilder financial swings, Brexit’s economic nosedives, and Rishi Sunak’s flipflops, British voters find the unexciting rather appealing.

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2 mins  |
June 02, 2024
India is firing on just 10 per cent of the engines
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India is firing on just 10 per cent of the engines

INTERVIEW - KARTHIK MURALIDHARAN ECONOMIST

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5 mins  |
June 02, 2024
Richer states subsidising poorer ones cannot go on forever
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Richer states subsidising poorer ones cannot go on forever

INTERVIEW - D.SUBBARAO FORMER RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR

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5 mins  |
June 02, 2024
A midsummer daydream
THE WEEK India

A midsummer daydream

From simplified taxes to daring reforms, India Inc’s wish list for the new government is long

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6 mins  |
June 02, 2024