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Delhi govt offers free comedy show. Sunil Grover, Raja Rancho joke on women, civil servants

The government’s Art, Culture and Language department organised the annual ‘Hasya Rang Utsav’ from 2 January to 6 January in association with the tourism department.

Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo turn findings into fun – play, exhibition

Research on gender was made into a play, and the perils of poor air quality were expressed through mundane objects.

British tricked Indians into boarding slavery ships. Now Mauritius speaks Hindi, Bhojpuri

Bhaswati Mukherjee's 'The Indentured and their Route' details the ‘great experiment’ of the British and the experiences of the Indian indentured workers.

Ram Aayenge is the new Ayodhya anthem. But race to sing at Ram temple opening heating up

Artists are now competing against each other to not just offer hits but also be anointed as the ‘it’ song of Ayodhya. Ram is the flavour of the season.

‘She’s almost a ghost’. First biography of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit faces half-empty hall

The Delhi launch of Manu Bhagavan’s biography of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit focused on her largely ‘erased’ legacy as a freedom fighter, diplomat, and politician.

These scientists have a ‘proven’ method to end war — 10,000 people meditating

Transcendental meditation was created by spiritual leader Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. All scientists endorsing the method are associated with the Maharishi International University.

Gopal Ghose was lauded by Nehru, Tagore. His art depicted Bengal famine, Partition and grief

An exhibition titled ‘Flower of Fire: The Life and Art of Gopal Ghose’s was unveiled at the DAG gallery in New Delhi to showcase the artist's work from the 1930s till his final days.

When George Bush ‘behaved like a little boy’ with Atal Bihari Vajpayee

At the 6th Atal Bihari Vajpayee Memorial Lecture attended by retired officials, army chiefs, and academics, Kanwal Sibal and ex-COAS VP Malik shed light on the former PM’s adept handling of complex diplomatic situations.

The next battleground is OTT. Sadhus and preachers take a vow to make India ‘morally pure’

Hindu preachers Sadguru Riteshwar, Nivedita Bhide and mediapersons Swati Goel Sharma, Uday Mahurkar were part of a group presenting a 'white report' on OTT platforms that 'portray all Hindu men badly'.

Fear, riots, but no ‘Muslim victimhood’— launch of ‘City on Fire’ puts Aligarh in spotlight

Journalist Zeyad Masroor Khan's memoir ‘City on Fire: A Boyhood in Aligarh’ was launched at Delhi's IIC, drawing authors & activists like Harsh Mander, Ziya Us Salam, and Natasha Badhwar.

On Camera

Chinese chatter on Delhi-Shanghai flight — ‘normalisation’ needs more than linking the skies

Chinese commentators consistently portray India as the driver of rapprochement. New Delhi’s outreach is framed as a pragmatic, reluctant choice shaped by multiple pressures.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘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.