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RSS didn’t always honour the Constitution. It’s a new phenomenon: Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor was in conversation with Vir Sanghvi at The Park, where The Oxford Bookstore announced the longlist of contenders for its 11th Book Cover Prize.

When Advani was kept out of the loop on Vajpayee’s nuclear test—‘tears came to his eyes’

During her lecture at the Prime Minister's Museum and Library, journalist Neerja Chowdhury unpacked Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s tension-filled partnership with LK Advani.

Delhi’s air is making Nitin Gadkari sick. ‘If I live here for 2 days, I get throat infection’

Nitin Gadkari, Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi, Lieutenant General VG Khandare came together to launch Uday Mahurkar's new book at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.

Colonial narratives still fuel hate speech in India, says historian Irfan S Habib

Scholars and an ex-IPS officer unpacked the gaps between law, history, and enforcement on the ground at a conference in Delhi's India International Centre.

Rajeev Sethi makes the case for handmade in a machine age

Rajeev Sethi gave a lecture titled 'Handmade for Gen-Next', part of inaugural edition of the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Craft Lecture Series at the International Craft Complex.

Are judiciary and EC compromised? Former CJI and ex CEC differ at Lokmat panel

Former CJI BR Gavai, Rajya Sabha MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi, and ex CEC SSY Quraishi debated the challenges faced by constitutional bodies at the 5th Lokmat National Conclave on Wednesday.

Chandan Mitra saved The Pioneer. Now, the newspaper is being revived

Kushan Mitra, senior automotive journalist, was appointed as printer and publisher of the Pioneer in July of this year after a long legal struggle.

School of Global Leadership will further NEP’s vision, says Dharmendra Pradhan

The school has been launched by BEST Innovation University in partnership with India Foundation. It as an institution focused on real-world decision-making rather than abstract theory.

India is growing, but not developing, says author Santosh Desai

At the launch of his book, Memes For Mummyji, Desai expanded on the widening gap between urban aspirations and reality, saying that while our ambitions have grown, cities have lagged.

Demon Hunters to A Chip Odyssey, Taiwan Film Festival has a message for Indian audiences

The films Demon Hunters, A Chip Odyssey, and Hunter Brothers were screened at the Taiwan Film Festival in Delhi last week. Each had a message for India.

On Camera

How Gen-Z is changing the violent extremist landscape online

The evolving extremist threat now hinges on young people online, demanding new strategies beyond traditional counter-terror models.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.