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SEWA is still fighting for women’s ‘dusri azadi’ — freedom that’s economic and mental

SEWA’s role in organising women in the informal economy was celebrated at an event at Delhi’s IIC this week. ‘Registrar told us illiterate women can’t run a bank, it would be suicidal.’

‘Scientifically unsound’. Conservators flag ecological blind spots in govt’s report on forests

Conservationists and former forest officials say the new accounting inherits the same weaknesses of the India State of Forest Report, which overlooks forest fragmentation.

Daastan-e-Guru Dutt starts with songs, claps, wah-wahs. Ends with ‘aise bhi jaata nahin koi’

New Delhi: The story of the multitalented yet tragic filmmaker and actor Guru Dutt was retold through an emotive dastangoi by Fouzia Dastango at...

Hanging to lethal injection—how India executes death row convicts, what a new plea demands

Lethal injection is an active form of euthanasia, where drugs are administered to cause death. It is administered in a specific order.

Actor Shilpa Shetty withdraws plea in HC seeking nod to travel abroad; says plans didn’t materialise

Mumbai, Oct 16 (PTI) Actor Shilpa Shetty, embroiled in a Rs 60-crore cheating case with her businessman husband Raj Kundra, on Thursday told the...

Identity and belonging were centre stage at Delhi Art Weekend exhibition by Usual Suspects

‘Nothing feels like home except the colour black,’ said Sushant Sharma, one of the artists featured in Raihan Vadra’s ‘Usual Suspects’.

Chennai vs Bengaluru—where did the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India begin?

The British wanted to understand the length and breadth of the Indian peninsula. The answer was a 100-year-long survey that used triangulation to map vast distances.

Delhi’s smog is back. Here’s how GRAP kicks in to control it

A 2021 study by environmental scientist Dr. Gaurav Gulia and colleagues found that while GRAP has improved emergency responses in Delhi–NCR, the region’s air pollution problem remains far more complex.

Minister directs MMRDA to scrap Rs 300 crore Bollywood theme park under Metro line amid opposition

Mumbai, Oct 15 (PTI) Maharashtra Cultural Affairs Minister Ashish Shelar has directed the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to scrap the Rs 300...

Village streets to cinema halls—Marathi film Asha captures the life of India’s caregivers

Asha, a film directed by Deepak Patil and produced by Daivata Patil and Nilesh Kuvar will be released in December this year.

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India’s labour policy left it unable to compete with other eastern economies: Nani A Palkhivala

Liberty without accountability is the freedom of the fool. Our concept of freedom will remain impoverished until it is deepened by liberal education, wrote Nani A Palkhivala in 1995.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.