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Indian drawing room talk on ‘merit’ stands demolished by Supreme Court NEET ruling
Supreme Court's explanation on the constitutional validity of OBC quota in NEET rejects commonly held views of dominant castes who are blind to India's social realities.
Bengaluru cheapest city in India, 5th least expensive in the world
Singapore still the most expensive city; instability in India is a prominent factor in lowering the relative cost of living, says an EIU report.
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Data says India’s safest city for women is Coimbatore. But is it really?
Official data says the city in Tamil Nadu didn't have a single case of rape in all of 2016. That may be too good to be true.
Modi vs non-BJP CMs: When most popular isn’t all-powerful & why Centre-state ties will worsen
Modi’s inability to win many states, and the huge popularity his rivals enjoy there, is pushing Indian politics in a more robustly federal direction.