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Jio-Google phone dream for millions but only MRP will shake them up — when September comes

Mukesh Ambani wants to make India ‘2G-mukt’. To a lay person that’s not a big deal, to a telecom geek, it’s nothing short of a spiritual awakening.

Chirag Paswan put hopes on ‘Bihar first, Bihari first’. He is now having to save LJP first

Chirag Paswan is forced to launch a fight not just to save his father Ram Vilas Paswan's legacy but also his party LJP, which is caught between two power centres.

IISc Bangalore’s entry in QS World Rankings isn’t a surprise. It was just a matter of time

It speaks of IISc Bangalore's global repute and eminent scholars that it was ranked above famed global institutes like Princeton and Harvard universities in terms of research.

Indian agencies returning empty handed from Dominica shows Mehul Choksi had ‘a better plan’

For now, fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi is safe, at least till 1 July, when the Dominican court will decide whether he should be deported to India or Antigua and Barbuda.

Epidemic in a pandemic — Black fungus is India’s new SOS after oxygen shortage

There are over 7,000 cases of mucormycosis, or black fungus, in India. Misinformed and indiscriminate use of oral steroids may have brought on this avoidable tragedy.

It’s 2021, but floating bodies in UP and Bihar have sent us back to 1918

In Bihar’s Buxar, 71 corpses washed up at Mahadev Ghat of the Ganga river. In UP's Hamirpur, local residents fear the floating bodies will pose a new risk to their health.

Young India wants Covid vaccines, but CoWIN just won’t let us win

Booked slots on CoWIN are a problem of the ‘announce-now, plan-later’ method that India loves so much. Millennials desperately want some of that vaccine maitri.

How India’s high courts turned Covid warriors as Centre and states faltered

High courts of Delhi, Madras, Karnataka, Gujarat, Allahabad, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Telangana, Patna, and Bombay often stepped in when govt action was missing or unsatisfactory.

The oxygen story exposes how India breathed too easy between the two Covid waves

A look at the Google trends for the word ‘oxygen’ shows that its demand has been closely mirroring the rise and fall of the Covid wave in India.

India has a remdesivir problem — doesn’t know where to get it, unsure if it treats Covid

As India’s vaccine trouble intensifies, doctors and patients’ kin alike have come to depend on a drug whose effectiveness remains unproven — the anti-viral injection remdesivir.

On Camera

That one sentence from US central bank changed gold prices

Central bank communication now holds as much significance as central bank action. A single clause in a press conference can move markets more than a 25-basis-point adjustment.

New cess on ‘pan masala’ to fund national security and healthcare programmes

The Health Security Se National Security Cess Bill, 2025, explained. Oppn has attacked the proposed cess as 'a new financial burden' on the citizens.

After Op Sindoor, India goes in for more Heron Mk IIs; Israel frontrunner for mega MALE drones deal

Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.