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White hat rising
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White hat rising

As technology continues to evolve, the role of ethical hackers will become more prominent

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February 06, 2022
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Netaji was not a fascist

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: ANITA BOSE PFAFF economist and daughter of Subhas Chandra Bose

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February 06, 2022
NSG Chief: New Threat From Sticky Bombs
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NSG Chief: New Threat From Sticky Bombs

As IEDs pose a major threat, providing foolproof security to VIPs during campaign season will require adequate training, right equipment and seamless coordination between agencies

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January 30, 2022
Will The Uttar Pradesh Polls Mark The End Of The BJP's Multi Caste Hindutva Vote Base?
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Will The Uttar Pradesh Polls Mark The End Of The BJP's Multi Caste Hindutva Vote Base?

The exodus of OBC allies from the BJP camp has led to this question: Will the assembly polls mark the end of the ruling party’s multi-caste hindutva vote base

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January 30, 2022
Difficult To Emulate Virat, The Born Leader
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Difficult To Emulate Virat, The Born Leader

Draws were not good enough for Virat Kohli, and this helped him deliver the wins he needed to take India to the top of Test cricket

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January 30, 2022
FREEING THE FILMMAKER
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FREEING THE FILMMAKER

Filmocracy, a Kerala collective, is making cinema a possibility for many young indie filmmakers

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January 30, 2022
No alternative to privatising banking sector
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No alternative to privatising banking sector

INTERVIEW ARVIND PANAGARIYA, economist

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January 30, 2022
MOTHER IN VERSE
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MOTHER IN VERSE

In translating Nabaneeta Dev Sen’s poetry from Bangla, Nandana Dev Sen understood her mother a lot better and also found a place of refuge

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January 30, 2022
TAKING FRESH GUARD
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TAKING FRESH GUARD

Virat Kohli’s decision to step down as Test captain was an emotional one, but not one taken in haste. A change of guard in the BCCI and lack of communication led to India’s most successful Test captain walking away. The silver lining could be the return of the champion batter

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January 30, 2022
Weaponised drones will be next-gen terror tactics
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Weaponised drones will be next-gen terror tactics

INTERVIEW M.A. Ganapathy director general, National Security Guard

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January 30, 2022
WATER BOOSTER
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WATER BOOSTER

An abruptly ended march might have triggered the Congress’s political redemption in Karnataka

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January 30, 2022
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Weaponising space not ISRO's mandate

INTERVIEW: S. SOMANATH, chief of ISRO

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January 30, 2022
By March, Covid Will Become Endemic
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By March, Covid Will Become Endemic

Interview DR D. NAGESHWAR REDDY, Chairman, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad

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January 23, 2022
A TALE OF TWO INDIAS
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A TALE OF TWO INDIAS

Two years of living with the virus have changed the way many Indians earn their livelihood

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January 23, 2022
Alt option
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Alt option

The Aam Aadmi Party’s campaign is based on the firm belief that Punjabi voters want change this time

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January 23, 2022
Bird that soared
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Bird that soared

Lal Bahadur Shastri might have irreversibly established secularism

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January 23, 2022
I FEAR FOR MY LIFE
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I FEAR FOR MY LIFE

Interview ALINA CHAN, Researcher

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January 23, 2022
CHILDHOOD PAUSED
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CHILDHOOD PAUSED

In the long term, kids may be the biggest victims of the pandemic—having suffered losses in learning and at psychosocial and developmental levels

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January 23, 2022
CARE ON CALL
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CARE ON CALL

Apollo Hospitals played a pioneering role in mainstreaming telehealth services during the Covid-19 pandemic

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January 23, 2022
NO CHILD'S PLAY
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NO CHILD'S PLAY

Tamil Nadu’s ambitious scheme is helping children fall back in love with learning

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January 23, 2022
MAKE HEALTH CARE A NATIONAL PRIORITY
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MAKE HEALTH CARE A NATIONAL PRIORITY

Interview DR PRATHAP C. REDDYChairman, Apollo Hospitals

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January 23, 2022
Upgrading for the challenge
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Upgrading for the challenge

Even as hospitals in India battle Omicron and a surge in Covid-19 cases, they are building a health care system that will make them pandemic-proof

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January 23, 2022
The lion and the lamb
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The lion and the lamb

His reign began with one crisis, and ended with another—not personal or political crises, but national crises that changed not only the discourse of Indian politics, but the polity itself.

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January 16, 2022
Shifting school
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Shifting school

Prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru left an indelible mark on the country’s polity, defining the contours of its political, economic, social and cultural life.

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January 16, 2022
On the right track
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On the right track

Two recent books look at hindutva, but each has a different take. While Christophe Jaffrelot’s latest talks about how Hindu nationalism turned India into an Israel-like ethnic democracy, Ram Madhav’s book puts forward a homegrown ideology that aims to be different from isms of the west

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January 16, 2022
Silver linings playbook
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Silver linings playbook

India has hit upon a bevy of services and products for the elderly

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January 16, 2022
RRR is emotionally more hard-hitting than Baahubali
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RRR is emotionally more hard-hitting than Baahubali

INTERVIEW: S.S. Rajamouli, filmmaker

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January 16, 2022
Poll positioning
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Poll positioning

The Shiromani Akali Dal is bringing in more Hindus, including dalits, and wants to position itself as the sole regional party for Punjabis

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January 16, 2022
Masters, anew
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Masters, anew

In its most ambitious undertaking, the Delhi Art Gallery is laying out a banquet of the rarest finds in Indian art

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January 16, 2022
Law And The New Low
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Law And The New Low

In an “ambush” on December 4, a unit of 21 Para Special Forces killed six innocent, un-armed miners in broad daylight in Mon district of Nagaland under the impression that they were armed cadres of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang-Yung Aung) faction.

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January 16, 2022