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Deepak Nayyar wants to abolish UGC and end political appointments at universities

It is no accident that our universities have not produced any Nobel laureates. ‘I think they never will in the next 25 years, the way we are going,’ said Nayyar.

Mughal vs East India Company art—what changed in 200 years?

At an exhibition at New Delhi's DAG, Swapna Liddle showed how Mughal art styles evolved as the East India Company strengthened its presence in the subcontinent.

Digital wallets are making sure that Indian students get their scholarship on time

Scholarship disbursement was once a long, drawn-out process involving paperwork and months of back and forth has been drastically cut down using Digital Public Infrastructure.

Six years of failure & a near-death experience—How 2 Indian mountaineers conquered Everest

‘We often focus only on success, but this book is about failure and not giving up,’ said author and mountaineer Samir Patham at the launch of his new book, What’s Your Everest, in New Delhi.

Saroj Khan was late to ‘Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander’ set. And that’s how Farah Khan made her debut

Choreographer and casting director Aviekel Kakkar made a presentation titled Twinkle Toes Part 2—a journey through Bollywood music and dance styles—at Delhi's IHC.

Even the Army litters Delhi’s Central Ridge. ‘People think jungle is a place to dump things’

The forest's biodiversity has steadily shrunk. 'There are no foxes or black-naped hares. Monitor lizards are rare and elusive. I’ve only seen one rat snake all year.'

Why mothers tried to marry their sons into Nehru family during Emergency

Discussions at the launch of The Conscience Network by Sugata Srinivasaraju revealed how love and conscience quietly fueled a revolution far from the spotlight of the Emergency.

Donald Trump is on a ‘revolutionary project’— to erode the division of power

Nandan Nilekani is the greatest living Indian after Manmohan Singh, said the Financial Times' chief economics commentator Martin Wolf at the India Policy Forum lecture in New Delhi.

Marathas led ‘first war of Independence’. History forgot because kings didn’t keep records

‘Bharat’s history is not the history of losing wars but a history of continuous sangharsh’, said Organiser editor Prafulla Ketkar at the launch of Abhas Verma’s new book, Maratha War of Independence, in New Delhi.

Drains to dating apps—Dalit queer booklet maps Delhi’s unspoken caste geography

‘Across the Nala’, a collaborative effort between Project Mukti, Unsound Project, and the Urban Studies Foundation, was launched at the Centre for Justice, OP Jindal Global University.

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Socialism hinders India’s industrial growth. We need free enterprise first

‘The tirade against capitalism is wholly unfounded. Capitalism as it has shaped during the past quarter of a century is a far better method of developing the economic resources of any country,’ wrote DN Hosali in 1956.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Joys of Trumplomacy: India & the world are learning US President’s 99 moods and 1 goal

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.