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‘Indians willing to bargain lives for cheap treks’—trekking companies have no govt oversight

Droves of Indians are turning to the mountains to escape city life. It’s resulted in a boom in fly-by-night operations that function outside existing regulations.

‘I didn’t fail the exam, system failed me’—NEET 2024 students go back to preparing again

NEET 2024 exam has been marred by paper leaks, grace marks, several perfect scores, and a drastic increase in cut-off. The beleaguered medical entrance exam faces its biggest test ever, with the matter now before Supreme Court.

Kedarnath pilgrimage is injuring mules—8,000 overworked animals, 1 medical shelter

200 mules died in Kedarnath in 2022, and 115 died in 2023. 20 animals have already died in the first 20 days of 2024. But these are only the official, registered deaths.


Who’s the Chetan Bhagat of Hindi fiction? New wave of celebrity writers, punchy plots, Reels

Divya Prakash Dubey to Nilotpal Mrinal, Hindi writers are connecting with a new generation via themes like aspiration, love, and travel, and turning social media users into readers.

Prasar Bharati was never independent. But employees didn’t ‘look over their shoulder’ either

Former employees say govt scrutiny over Doordarshan and All India Radio only intensified over the last ten years after the Prasar Bharati Act 1990 did the opposite of giving the public broadcaster its long sought-after autonomy.

CUET coaching industry is the new boom—EdTech firms, UPSC centres, tuition academies are in

CUET has spurred the growth of coaching institutes outside the traditional school system. Cram schools have proliferated and those in the coaching business only see an upward trend.

Hyderabad is having a raging demolish-restore debate over Osmania. Everyone has an opinion

It’s no Golconda Fort or Charminar, but the Osmania General Hospital is a beloved part of Hyderabad’s old city. It’s a fully functional hospital.

Meet new gen chefs and the great Indian culinary experiment—amla in salad, ivy gourd in pasta

They are breaking conventional rules, redefining the concept of cooking and dining experiences and bringing a fresh perspective to the table.

Chacha Chaudhary, Sabu do surgical strikes, capture terrorist. Indian comics are changing

Superheroes receiving new powers and bulky muscles, characters are no longer speaking shuddh Hindi, and comic books have English titles.

Where is Northeast in Bollywood? India is finally growing an appetite

Bollywood has long exoticised and misrepresented the Northeast. But now, filmmakers and actors have taken matters into their own hands. The Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Jawan gave a small nod of acknowledgment to the often-overlooked region.

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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.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

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.