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Amitav Ghosh new book blames India too for China’s opium addiction, ‘civilisational shock’

Opium played such a foundational role in India's history and society and yet we don’t hear about it anywhere in schools and colleges, says Amitav Ghosh.

Wide-eyed floating puppies, stranded cows—animal lovers on NDRF boats on Delhi flood rescue

Demand for boats has skyrocketed. For now, organisations and volunteers say they have access to only one boat from the NDRF in each affected area, and that too for a few hours.

Before ‘Paatal Lok’, director Avinash Arun was insecure. ‘School of Lies’ made him a risk-taker

For five years after winning a National Award, Avinash Arun Dhaware did not direct. Instead, he found solace as a cinematographer. From Irrfan Khan to Vicky Kaushal, he has shot the who’s who of Bollywood.

India Space Congress shows the need to bridge gender gap—ISRO must stand up, men must sit down

Space entrepreneur Dr Susmita Mohanty pointed out that ISRO was repeating the same mistake that NASA made in 1960s, calling for initiatives to bridge the gender gap.

‘Who killed Moosewala?’ The answer is not simple, says author of new book

Journalist and author Jupinderjit Singh's book takes the reader from the fields of Moosa to the corridors of Tihar, leaving the reader to discern who the killers of Moosewala are.

Parasite to Past Lives—PVR is in on K-culture boom. Audience is now ‘mature, language agnostic’

PVR has been screening concert films of K-pop bands since 2018. Their other biggest international draw is anime. Suzume, released in April across 85 cities collected Rs 10 crore

Ghee in risotto, Mexican bhel—Tarla Dalal made international cuisine accessible

She was the first cookbook author to receive a Padma Shri. Now Dalal is making history once again as the first Indian chef to get their own biopic, Tarla, starring Huma Qureshi.

UPSC, NEET hub Mukherjee Nagar is a fire hazard, costly, lacks mentors. A daily ‘battle’

Students say ‘there is no point’ asking for guidance from institutes solely focused on zipping through course materials and flaunting toppers.

Badass Begums — A new heritage walk of Old Delhi is all about Kothas & courtesans

Mughal princesses and princes were sent to kothas to learn elite etiquette or train in music and dancing. They were the ‘etiquette institutions’ of the Mughal era, said the tour leader Anoushka Jain.

Jai Shri Ram chants, mantras, garlands—what happened when JNU screened 72 Hoorain

After screening Kashmir Files & Kerala Story in the past, JNU's Vivekananda Vichar Manch attracted the biggest audience for 72 Hoorain. The aim is to battle the dominant narrative.

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Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.