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How an American woman mapped the world’s highest battleground—Siachen Glacier

In 1912, Fanny Workman decided to conduct a full reconnaissance of the Siachen Glacier, which she described as the 'Great Rose Glacier'.

What happens to sex workers after police raid? New book breaks shelter home myths

Scholars Anuja Agarwal, Shruti Pandey, Mahuya Bandyopadhyay and others came together to launch Vibhuti Ramachandran’s book Immoral Traffic in Delhi.

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.

On Camera

Underlining sluggish exports, NITI Aayog flags need to jump-start India’s automotive market

Govt think tank flags India’s skewed auto export mix, warns domestic focus and high tariffs are limiting its global footprint; also highlights how auto components are a bright spot.

S-300, Su-30 jets, T-72 tanks: Inventory of Venezuela’s largely Russian-origin arsenal

Venezuela also boasts of a diverse portfolio of unmanned aerial vehicles capable of carrying out surveillance, reconnaissance and being employed for kinetic purposes as well.

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.