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Uber wants its passengers to ditch the phone and pick up a book when travelling

The #UberReads service is currently available on only two EV buses that ply between Noida Sector 137 and Udyog Vihar, Gurugram, covering 37 stops.

Bengaluru woman delivers for Blinkit to test 10-minute deadline. ‘Chaos on stores & roads’

The Blinkit store didn't even have a drinking water filter for delivery partners. With only one small fan in the room, it became suffocating during peak hours.

‘Pakistan doing mischief’—former J&K DGPs only give one reason to explain current unrest

There was a sense of pride with which all four former J&K DGPs spoke at Delhi's IIC. According to them, the worst, bloodiest parts of Kashmir’s history have come to an end.

SC advocate’s book on Kashmir suggests going to ICJ, receives support at launch event

At the re-release of Supreme Court advocate Aman Hingorani's 'Unravelling the Kashmir Knot', former foreign secretary Shyam Saran raised the limitations of legal approaches. 'It makes us vulnerable.'

India’s Atmanirbharta push shouldn’t shrink economic diplomacy. ‘It must get bigger’

India’s multilateral diplomacy has traditionally suffered from a wilful lack of resources, said Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri at the launch of the new book ‘Economic Diplomacy’.

Hippies, sari-clad women, ‘Lolita’ in bookstores—Srinagar was a cosmopolitan city before 1990s

Sadaf Wani’s book ‘City as Memory’, launched recently at Delhi’s India International Centre, blends the personal and historical to give a new account of Srinagar.

‘Nobody wants to break the caste system’—Delhi event ended with a helpless admission

Professors Hilal Ahmed, Badri Narayan, Surendra Jodhka, and MP Manoj and poet Meena Kandasamy gathered in Delhi for a talk titled ‘Samaj se siyasat tak: Kaise toote jaati’.

Why Sharmila Tagore posed in a bikini for Filmfare—’I thought I looked very nice’

Sharmila Tagore shared stories of her acting journey and rebellious decisions in a celebration of her at IIC, Delhi. But she refused to accept the title of icon, calling herself normal instead.

New book investigates Bhima Koregaon—‘riots are manufactured, not spontaneous’

There’s no singular account of what happened at Elgar Parishad. In ‘Bhima Koregaon: Challenging Caste’, Ajaz Ashraf offers precisely this.

Gurugram school kids, offices, RWAs—how they rewilded Aravali Biodiversity Park

Historian Sohail Hashmi criticised the practices of agencies like DDA in the Sanjay Van. He said they plant non-native, invasive species of trees that grow fast but do not add to the ecological value.

On Camera

Goans are turning their anger toward migrants now

The real acrimony in Goa is against tourists and wealthy land buyers from Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru. Yet, the fury gets channelled downward against the poorest workers from the cowbelt.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.