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Dressed to a Tee

Costume and production design played a key role in recreating the 1960s world of The Archies

THE RISE OF A WARHORSE

A SEASONED TRIBAL LEADER, VISHNU DEO SAI PIPS OTHER CONTENDERS TO BECOME CHHATTISGARH CM AS THE BJP TRIES TO BALANCE CASTE EQUATIONS

THE CHARISMA IS BACK

THE HERO KARIZMA RETURNS AS THE KARIZMA XMR. IT COMES WITH MANY FIRSTS AND PROMISES TO BE A STRONG CONTENDER IN THE SEGMENT

RAISING THE MAGNETISM

NISSAN HAS DECIDED TO EXPAND THE MAGNITE'S REACH BY ADDING AN AMT GEARBOX TO THE ACCESSIBLE 1.0 NA ENGINE. WE PUT THE NEW VARIANT THROUGH ITS PACES

COMFORT KING

WE RIDE THE MERCEDES-BENZ GLE 450 TO FIND OUT WHETHER IT'S STILL A CONTENDER FOR THE BEST SUV IN THE SEGMENT CROWN

SHIFTING GEARS

THREE OF THE LATEST BIKES TO HIT THE ROADS

A STRATEGIC POWER SHIFT

WITH A BRAHMIN FIRST-TIMER AS CM, A RAJPUT EX-ROYAL AND A DALIT AS DEPUTIES, THE BJP BALANCES CASTE NOW TO MANAGE DISSENT

THE HEAD TURNERS

LUXURY DRIVES, EVS AND FACELIFTS...HERE ARE FOUR NEW CARS MAKING WAVES IN THE MARKET

THE EVs OF THE FUTURE

THE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGICAL WONDERS THAT AWAIT US IN THE FUTURISTIC WORLD OF ELECTRIC CARS

NO TAKERS FOR THE VACCINE

THANKS TO SOCIAL STIGMA AND LACK OF AWARENESS, THOUSANDS OF WOMEN CONTINUE TO DIE OF CERVICAL CANCER IN INDIA, EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE ONLY TYPE THAT'S ALMOST ENTIRELY PREVENTABLE BY A VACCINE

PLAYING THE OBC CARD

MOHAN YADAV, THE BJP LEADERSHIP'S PICK FOR THE TOP POST IN MP, TICKS THE RIGHT BOXES IN THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION PUSH

OFFSHORING POLLUTION

To save the state's polluted rivers, the Gujarat government plans to dispose of the bulk of industrial wastewater directly into the deep sea. But environmentalists fear the move's impact on marine life and coastal settlements in the Gulf of Khambhat

BETTING ON FRESH FACES

THE BJP USHERS IN A GENERATIONAL SHIFT IN THREE STATES AS THE CONGRESS DOES IN TELANGANA, TO GROOM THE LEADERSHIP OF THE FUTURE

THE SOULFUL SINGER

With a song on the soundtrack of the controversial blockbuster Animal and top billing on Spotify, the shy Arijit Singh is enjoying the spotlight

Mapping the World

Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, an exhibition by Tarshito N. Strippoli at the Bihar Museum, imagines a world where borders are fluid

Documenting Life on the Margins

Broken, Asha Thadani's exhibition of photographs of Dalit lives, makes us face some uncomfortable realities, but without robbing her subjects of their dignity

Heir (Half) Apparent

Saffron is not the only political colour that’s seeing a new coat of paint.

A CLASH OF TEMPLE BELLS

From organising Kashistyle Ganga aartis along the Hooghly in Kolkata to building replicas of Vaishno Devi and Puri Jagannath, the Trinamool Congress has in recent years striven to match every step of its main adversary, the BJP, in bursts of demonstrative Hinduism.

PINARAYI GETS ON THE BUS

The Opposition is often found calculating the dent it could make in the ruling BJP’s Lok Sabha tally in one state or the other.

The Great Heist

Some 25 counting machines whirred breathlessly as they went through bundle after bundle of cash.

THE DONKEYS ARE VANISHING

In a state known more for its lions, Gujarat may not automatically evoke the more humdrum image of the donkey, the four legged beast trapped on the opposite side of human valuation.

MAKING OF A BIG ENERGY LEAGUE

India is committed to reducing its carbon emission by 45 per cent by 2030 while underlining clean energy partnerships with Japan

A NEW FORCE IN AIZAWL

THE ZPM BREAKS THE MNF-CONGRESS STRANGLEHOLD TO SEIZE POWER IN MIZORAM. FRESH FACES AND PROMISE OF CHANGE DID THE TRICK

REDDY, STEADY GO

BRUISED IN THE NORTH, A RESILIENT CONGRESS BOUNCES BACK IN TELANGANA, HANDING THE ONCE INVINCIBLE KCR A SOUND BEATING. BEHIND THE VICTORY WAS A FAULTLESS POLL STRATEGY

THE WINDFALL STATE

THE CONGRESS HAD WON THE 2018 ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS WITH ONE OF THE STRONGEST MANDATES IN THE STATE. WHAT WENT WRONG, AND HOW THE BJP STORMED TO POWER AGAIN

THE 'RIVAAZ' EFFECT

THE BJP'S HIGH COMMAND IN DELHI KEPT LOCAL LEADERS IN CHECK AND RODE TO VICTORY ON A WAVE OF ANTI-INCUMBENCY

BUCKING THE TREND

STRATEGIC MANOEUVRES, A CENTRE-RUN CAMPAIGN AND A SHIFT IN VOTER PREFERENCES AIDED THE BJP’S SWEEPING VICTORY, AND HELPED IT THWART 18 YEARS OF ANTI-INCUMBENCY

A THREAT CALLED DISEASE X

IS THE NEXT KILLER VIRUS ALREADY HERE? THE WHO PREDICTS IT WILL BE 'ZOONOTIC', AND 20 TIMES DEADLIER THAN COVID

WHY THE CONGRESS NEEDS INDIA NOW

THE LOSSES IN THE HEARTLAND STATES ROB THE GOP OF ANY HEFT IN THE I.N.D.1.A. BLOC. THE ALLIANCE HAS TO REGROUP, FIND A FRESH STRATEGY TO TAKE ON THE BJP IN 2024

ROAR OF THE TIGER

India's hardest-working action star Tiger Shroff seems on track with a slew of releases planned next year