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NCR youth have a new entertainment address — They’re escaping to ‘horror rooms’

At the Mystery Rooms in Rajouri, the visitors have a range of options to choose from. Every game has its own theme with most based on Hollywood movies and series.

Scientists are studying insect eating in Arunachal. They want to put them on global plates

A fridge filled with thousands of insects would be the stuff of nightmares. But Jharna Chakravorty and her team have a dream to take traditional practice of eating insects out of the inaccessible villages of Arunachal.

Kuki-Zomi women have left home to protect the homeland. They’re patrolling the ‘frontline’

The ethnic conflict that’s ripping Manipur apart is changing the rules of the tight-knit patriarchal Kuki-Zomi society. Now, the women are protectors, protesters and planners.

US colleges are now raging battlegrounds—hitting cash flow, student culture & campaign

US campuses are not just seeing a rise in anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. They're in the middle of a cultural war, where a broader political attack is aimed at ‘woke’ ideology.

Mumbai’s Air India Colony isn’t ready to let go. 350 families fighting eviction, bulldozers

Most of the 3,000 flats in Mumbai’s Air India Colony have been emptied since the airline was privatised, but some residents are clinging to their homes, stopping bulldozers.

The self-pitying Hindu has a litany of woes—evolution to Taj Mahal. Yogi’s UP is their balm

One visitor to Ayodhya has moved from his native Tamil Nadu to Uttar Pradesh. Not because of the lifestyle, weather, or job opportunities; he says it’s a better place for Hindus.

Is Yamuna ready for aartis like Kashi & Haridwar? Turn the drain into a river first

Workers are constructing a grand flight of stairs, mini gardens and a gateway. But the makeover can’t hide the garbage and industrial waste that float by on shallow surface.

Tourists in Pench aren’t just looking for tigers–now, they’re looking up at the stars

The US-based International Dark Sky Association has accredited the 741-sq-km Pench Tiger Reserve with the title of ‘dark sky park’.

Moradabad cow slaughter incident has a first—it has angered Hindus against gau rakshaks

Bajrang Dal calls themselves cow protectors. Now they themselves have started killing cows. Nothing can be a bigger sin than this, says a resident of Chetrampur village.

A professor is fighting DU casteism. She runs a street classroom clutching the Constitution

Ad hoc professor Ritu Singh joined the Daulat Ram College in 2019 but was removed within a year. Now she is fighting the principal, with Bhim Army by her side.

On Camera

Stop targeting Galgotias University students. Focus on politicians instead

Going through their Instagrams and dissecting their ‘statements’ is not the astute political commentary you think it is—it is time for us to back off from targeting 20-year-olds.

High capacity usage, fresh borrowings & new orders — why FY25 could be a big year for pvt investment

Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.