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A NEW LEASE FOR OLD FILMS

NOSTALGIA AND CURIOSITY BRING AUDIENCES BACK TO THE THEATRES TO REVISIT MOVIES OF THE YESTERYEARS

THE HOLY GRAIL OF COMPUTING

IN A GIANT LEAP TOWARDS BRAIN-INSPIRED COMPUTING, IISc RESEARCHERS HAVE ENGINEERED A DEVICE THAT PROCESSES INFORMATION LIKE NEURAL SYNAPSES, AND PROMISES A LEAP IN SPEED, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND DATA SECURITY

THE MISSING STRIPES

Behind the missing 15 big cats in the Ranthambore National Park are a lax monitoring system by local forest officials, political pressure and unreliable numbers

AMARATHA HEAT WAVE

THE MARATHAS ARE ANGRY AND, UNDER MANOJ JARANGE-PATIL'S SWAY, MARATHWADA COULD WELL DECIDE WHO EVENTUALLY WINS IN MAHARASHTRA

A BOLD CASTE COUNT MOVE

The Telangana government has commissioned a comprehensive socio-economic, employment and caste survey that is far-reaching, with the ruling Congress even saying its results will set the ball rolling for an expansion of constitutional rights.

THE ATM THAT EMPOWERS

Kokilaben Patel has seen Kalpesh Patel operate the micro ATM many times but she's still fascinated by the steps that leads to him handing her Rs 3,000.

AMARAVATI RISES AGAIN

In October 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone for the greenfield Andhra Pradesh capital project, Amaravati.

A MAHA KUMBH CHALLENGE

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, which came in for praise for the 2019 Kumbh arrangements in Prayagraj, is looking for a repeat with the once-in-12-years Maha Kumbh starting on January 13, 2025.

BABUS' FALL FROM GRACE

Bureaucrats in public spats are not a new phenomenon in Kerala, but this is the first time two IAS officers have been suspended for violating the Civil Service Code of Conduct. N. Prasanth, an IAS officer of the 2007 batch and special secretary to the agriculture department, was suspended for his public comments against A. Jayathilak, the additional chief secretary (ACS) for finance, on social media.

KARNATAKA: Furore Over Waqf Land

In the heat and dust of the assembly bypolls that concluded on November 13 in Karnataka, the state’s Congress government found itself grappling with a thorny issue that has snowballed into a controversy with nationwide ramifications. Hence it came to be that, amid the shrill election campaigns for the Channapatna, Shiggaon and Sandur assembly seats, the event that garnered national attention was the November 7 visit to Karnataka by a parliamentarian from Uttar Pradesh, Jagdambika Pal. Famous as the “one-day chief minister of UP”, the BJP’s Domariyaganj MP chairs the 21-member joint parliamentary committee (JPC) examining the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, introduced in the Lok Sabha this August.

BIREN IN TAPE TROUBLE

In a significant legal and political development, the Supreme Court has agreed to examine audio recordings that allegedly implicate Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh in the violent ethnic conflict between the Meitei and Kuki communities that erupted in the northeastern state in May last year.

Sporting Q+A Fella

IN NETFLIX’S VIJAY 69, ANUPAM KHER PLAYS A 69-YEAR-OLD WHO DECIDES TO COMPETE IN A TRIATHLON. THE ACTOR TALKS ABOUT WHY HE CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE HIMSELF

Museum Under the Sky

Photographer Ahtushi Deshpande's passion project, Speaking Stones documents the threatened rock art of Ladakh

Reclaiming Our Archives

Sumana Roy contests the negative connotations regarding provincials in this thought-provoking book

TRAVEL AND ITS DISCONTENTS

Shahnaz Habib's Airplane Mode is asensitive dive into the complex and contentious activity that modern-day travel has devolved into

CELEBRATING WORDS

The sixth edition of the Dehradun Literature Festival promises a convergence of literature, cinema and societal issues

MORE THAN A FILM FESTIVAL

The 13th edition of the Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) is being held November 7-10 at McLeod Ganj in Dharamshala.

HOLDING THE FORT

PANORAMA EDITIONS, AN INTERNATIONAL ART SALON CURATED BY ARTIST SARAH SINGH, RETURNS WITH A UNIQUE THEATRICAL STAGING AND EXHIBITION IN GWALIOR

A HOMECOMING OF SORTS

Indian contemporary artist Subodh Gupta’s exhibition The Way Home pays homage to Bihar, where his roots lie

Art and the City

Mumbai's leading art fair, Art Mumbai, returns to the iconic Mahalaxmi Racecourse, promising a \"bigger, brighter, and more inventive\" experience for art enthusiasts with a thoughtfully curated display of modern and contemporary art from India, South Asia and beyond.

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS AN OLD MAN

At 99 and still painting, Krishen Khanna is one of our most venerable artists ever

CARVING ITS OWN NICHE

Breaking the traditional B-school mould, IIM-Indore champions social impact alongside academic excellence and a unique approach to placements

LIGHTING SPARKS OF INNOVATION

Education at the institute is about devising solutions that have the social reality of the country firmly at their centre

RELYING ON A 3-D APPROACH

Digitisation, diversification and diversity. IIM-K has built on these triple attributes to impart whole- some management education

CREATING WHOLE NEW ECOSYSTEMS

From a new programme in Health Management to another planned on blockchain technology, IIM-Lucknow is aiding innovation and capacity-building

HIGH ON PARTNERSHIP

IIM-Calcutta is training students to not just become business honchos, but also apply their skills to transform governance through collaborations

THE FUTURE IS IN THEIR HANDS

Business schools have a seminal role to play in building business leaders of tomorrow, one that will be led by technology

WELCOME TO BIHAR INC.

THE STATE IS TURNING A CORNER WITH A NEW, CONCERTED PUSH FOR INDUSTRIALISATION THAT HAS ATTRACTED Rs 12,000-CRORE WORTH OF INVESTMENT PROPOSALS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS

MANN UNDER FIRE

AS FARMERS’ PATIENCE WEARS THIN AND AAP’S CENTRAL LEADERSHIP TIGHTENS ITS GRIP ON PUNJAB’S GOVERNANCE, CHIEF MINISTER BHAGWANT MANN FACES A CRITICAL TEST

THE BIG FIGHT FOR LEGACY

THE STAGE IS SET FOR A HIGH-STAKES SHOWDOWN AS POLITICAL BIGWIGS AND PARIVARS VIE FOR CONTROL OF THE TRIBAL HEARTLAND