The PM’s new approach to China may herald a return to India’s traditional realist stance, which would strengthen our position if followed through
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Bachchan loosened Bollywood’s bias around old age and Rishi followed suit. Now, they join forces to make the ‘old hero’ bankable.
Mumbai is poised for a 2034 development roadmap. Planners are thrilled, ecologists are apprehensive.
Longest-serving member in the Lok Sabha, Kamal Nath, takes over as Congress Madhya Pradesh party chief six months before elections. Is he up to it?
Shortage of central funds for assembly polls has put the Congress’s reins in the hands of older regional leaders
A friendship between Indian and Pakistani wrestlers; a drone that transports medical supplies to hard-to-access locations in Nepal, an increase in pigeon population that's troubling Delhi... Read all the juicy gossips here...
The nomination process for Bengal’s panchayat polls was smeared in blood. Within the HC’s relief to the opposition was the neatest of lobs—filing papers through WhatsApp.
Our hyperlinked world endangers our privacy and dignity as a few know everything the rest are doing
Key changes in the South Block shaped the Wuhan summit’s vision of cooperation
Bachchan loosened Bollywood’s bias around old age and Rishi followed suit. Now, they join forces to make the ‘old hero’ bankable.
Mumbai is poised for a 2034 development roadmap. Planners are thrilled, ecologists are apprehensive.
Longest-serving member in the Lok Sabha, Kamal Nath, takes over as Congress Madhya Pradesh party chief six months before elections. Is he up to it?
Shortage of central funds for assembly polls has put the Congress’s reins in the hands of older regional leaders
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A friendship between Indian and Pakistani wrestlers; a drone that transports medical supplies to hard-to-access locations in Nepal, an increase in pigeon population that's troubling Delhi... Read all the juicy gossips here...
The nomination process for Bengal’s panchayat polls was smeared in blood. Within the HC’s relief to the opposition was the neatest of lobs—filing papers through WhatsApp.
Our hyperlinked world endangers our privacy and dignity as a few know everything the rest are doing
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China has banned all popular apps and social media sites. But its people are given local equivalents that are popular as well as thriving.
Cambridge Analytica is caught in the act again, this time with Twitter. But it’s nothing like the scary Facebook breach.
Another Julian Assange could cause disaster for messenger users worldwide
How secure is the data we splurge on WhatsApp? Third parties can get hold of your number, and research reveals chinks in the protection of public group chats.
IAAF targets women athletes with high testosterone, sparking ethical and racist questions
The BJP strives to rise in north Karnataka’s once-busy mining belt, believing that the soot of corruption has settled
Tamil nationalism, its uses, abuses and relevance, and its issue-based existence
J&K cabinet reshuffle shows PDP and BJP saving their alliance without any attempt to bury the hatchet
A resurgent Jaish-e-Mohammed makes security agencies brace for a deadlier phase of unrest in J&K
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The mad rush of change in Indian cricket is scrutinised by the journalist, with look-ins by the historian, as large splotches of rehashing stain the account
The goal of providing the ordinary Indian a clear, objective account of Sino-Indian ties succeeds. Yet, the lucid narrative is blighted by editorial neglect.