A year after Rajasthan’s 17 new districts were carved out, they’ve become a political battleground between BJP and Congress. But action on a review panel’s report still pending.
Haryana's Rajawas village’s vehement opposition to mining near the Aravalli range comes from bitter experiences. They have faced the repercussions of living near a stone mine.
Ten-year-old Abhinav Arora’s teachers ask him to sing bhajans for them during free periods. Every child in his class wants to sit with him—they have to use a roster.
A local environmentalist and Pratapgarh officials used MGNREGA funds to mobilise 30,000 residents to revitalise the 28-km Sakarni River in Uttar Pradesh.
Bellatrix founders stopped and pitched their idea to ex-ISRO chief Kiran Kumar when he was leaving a venue after delivering a convocation ceremony speech.
Most of the students didn't know Gautam Kumar, as the new academic year had just begun a month ago. But his death has sparked an unprecedented protest at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.
In 21 years, JPSC has conducted only 13 exams when it is supposed to happen annually. There has not been a single civil services exam that hasn’t landed in court.
Katara is no VIP, but his life is now shrouded in high-level security with police officers on speed dial. His story shows why witnesses to murder hesitate to come forward in India.
Theatre stars Gopal Sharman and Jalabala Vaidya built Akshara Theatre with their own hands—literally. The struggle it’s facing today is a microcosm of the larger existential crisis in Delhi theatre scene.
Greats such as Premchand, Nirala, and Nirmal Verma loom large in Hindi literature. Dalit-Bahujan voices like Omprakash Valmiki and Tulsiram shook status quo, but a new canon is still missing.
Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.
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.
Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.
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.
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