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ANOTHER TIME LUCKY

Having given us several pop anthems, Lucky Ali and producer Mikey McCleary are collaborating again

BUY NOW, PAY LATER

Easy credit can be convenient, but it can also cause harm, if done without understanding the flip side and associated costs when availing it

A DRAMATIC TURNAROUND

VIZAG STEEL IS ON THE BLOCK BUT MAKES A DETERMINED BID TO IMPROVE ITS FINANCIALS IN THE HOPE THAT THE CENTRE RECONSIDERS ITS DECISION AND ACCEDES TO THE WISHES OF ANDHRA’S POLITICIANS AND PEOPLE

A CHANGE OF ART

Though Sonakshi Sinha has a string of releases to look forward to, she is just as excited to see her paintings being publicly exhibited for the first time

Reality Shows - Finding Some Unity In Diversity

As Reality Shows Become Popular Again, We See Them Trying To Find Some Unity In Diversity

Tech To The Booth: BJP's Mission 51

Aiming at a 51 per cent vote share in 2023, the ruling party in MP has deployed digital technology to micro-manage its booth-level voter outreach

How Uday Kotak Fixed IL&FS

Charged with resolving much of the broken lender’s debt of nearly Rs 1 lakh crore, the banker has nearly pulled it off

PM Modi As Headmaster

De-stress PM Modi at the fifth edition of ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ in New Delhi, Apr. 1

Imran Khan - Down But Not Out

Imran Khan’s Pre-emptive Strike Plunges Pakistan Into Political Turmoil. Can His Cocktail Of Charisma And Demagoguery Save Him?

THE RIVER REFUGEES

At least 700,000 people in Bengal have lost their homes in four decades due to unpredictable changes in the Ganga’s course. The Centre and the state can’t agree on who’s to blame

THE GOD OF BIG THINGS

YADADRI TEMPLE

THE LONELINESS OF SUKHBIR BADAL

THE BADALS DEVIATED FROM THE CORE ISSUES OF SIKHS, HENCE THE CRISIS OF CREDIBILITY IN THE AKALI DAL

TAKE HER WORD(S) FOR IT

Meet the translator of the first Hindi novel to be nominated for the Booker Prize

PINARAYI'S SILVER BULLET

The K-Rail SilverLine, a semi high-speed rail network that traverses the length of the state, is CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s most ambitious and controversial project. Will it cement his legacy or ruin it?

Cops Turn Gunrunners

THE ARRESTS OF PARAMILITARY PERSONNEL BLOW THE LID OFF A FLOURISHING SUPPLY CHAIN OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION FOR MAOIST INSURGENTS

BOOTS STRAPPED

From April 1, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958, was removed from several districts across Assam, Nagaland and Manipur.

BJP STILL FAR FROM THE MARK

TO DEPOSE GEHLOT, THE BJP WILL HAVE TO DO MORE THAN HINDUTVA. SETTLE ON A LEADER, FOR ONE. VASUNDHARA RAJE IS EN ROUTE

Long Covid The Real Threat

From memory loss to chronic fatigue that can last for months, the duration of post-Covid complications remains a mystery

Cryptocurrency: Back To The Crypt?

For a newborn sector, finding a stable turf on which to grow can be a complicated affair when the world itself is in motion. Cryptocurrencies and the traditional economic system present exactly such a duality—paired in a difficult tango.

Yogi 2.0: New Caste Equations

Elections, and the politics surrounding them, are not a finite event. They don’t just come once in five years. Every day is a step towards the next one...even the first day. When Yogi Adityanath took oath for his second term on March 25, in a grand ceremony at Ekana stadium in Lucknow, the way he rearranged his team offered a classic example of that. Caste equations and the imperatives of regional balance, keeping in mind the Lok Sabha election in 2024, were the decisive factors in the ministerial choices—some of which had the stamp of New Delhi.

A NEW GATEWAY TO THE CAMPUS

BOARD RESULTS WILL NO LONGER DECIDE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS. BUT CAN THE COMMON ENTRANCE TEST LEVEL THE FIELD FOR STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS?

THACKERAYS IN THE CROSSHAIRS

Anger flowed in rather rich metaphors in the Maharashtra assembly on March 25. “Put me in jail. I am not Krishna, but can you say that you are not Kansa?” a visibly agitated Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray told the somewhat stunned gathering of legislators. “If you want to come to power, do that. But don’t do all these vicious things to come to power,” he added. It was a rare emotional outburst for a normally sedate politician. What makes Uddhav so angry? His own words contained the clue: graft charges, hovering over his people like an ominous cloud.

GOING UP IN FLAMES

A MAJOR WORRY FOR EV OWNERS IS THE RISK OF THE BATTERY CATCHING FIRE. WITH RECENT REPORTS OF SOME ELECTRIC SCOOTERS COMBUSTING, THIS PROBLEM IS NOW FRONT AND CENTRE

THE ALLURE OF ALIA

SHE ALWAYS KNEW SHE WAS BORN TO BE A STAR. NOW, THE WORLD KNOWS IT TOO. ALIA BHATT HAS ARRIVED, AND HOW

THE DAKMASTER NEXUS

Two months ago, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was working on an altogether different plan— aspiring to be numero uno on the non-BJP side in Indian politics, displacing the Congress. The Trinamool Congress’s foray into Goa, her confabulations with key Opposition figures, her party’s statements against the GOP, all of it presaged an ambitious expansion strategy. So a strike on her turf was only to be expected. Two gruesome murders and a carnage within the span of a month— between February 18 and March 21— have offered that opening to her rivals.

THE MELTDOWN IN SRI LANKA

FACED WITH A SERIOUS ECONOMIC CRISIS, THE ISLAND NATION HAS BEEN FORCED TO LOOK OUTWARDS FOR HELP WHICH, IN TURN, IS BURDENING IT WITH HIGH EXTERNAL DEBT

What Ails Our Med Ed?

Professionally Stranded Medical Students From Ukraine Expose The Larger Crisis In Medical Education In India Where Limited Seats, Intense Competition, Prohibitive Cost And Lack Of Faculty Thwart Rising Aspirations

Is A Fourth Wave Coming?

The third wave of Covid infections might have ended with minimal impact, but doctors warn against complacency. A fourth wave is inevitable, the experts say

UP Elections 2022: The Lessons Of Loss

The BJP’s win has emboldened voices in their own parties against Akhilesh Yadav, Jayant Chaudhary and Priyanka Gandhi, signalling the urgency of thinking anew

“FORM A TRUTH COMMISSION AND HANG ME IF I AM FOUND GUILTY”

Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files portrays the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Dr Farooq Abdullah in a bad light, without naming him. A deeply upset and angered Abdullah spoke to Group Editorial Director (Publishing) Raj Chengappa about his version of events, the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley and the closure the community needs. Excerpts from the interview: