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False beliefs are hard to challenge. They come from social networks, not facts

In a 'hyperspecialised' world, all reliable information is produced from interconnected fields. But wrong beliefs don't take that into account.

Pakistan’s taking longer to gestate than others and nobody knows who’s running the country

Will whoever is running Pakistan stand up? 125m voters deserve to know whether they will be voting in 2023 for wooden Pinocchios, or their braided puppeteers.

‘People’s man’ of Tamil cinema Vijay Sethupathi never plays a character. He becomes them

In Sethupathi's latest film 19(1)(a), his character is silenced by a bullet. But the actor is much like the film—he speaks only through his performances.

Birmingham 2022 scripts a new Commonwealth Games story for India—fewer medals, more diversity

More than a week into the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's absence hasn't really been felt with India raking up 26 medals so far.

India@75 is a patchy story. But it has 25 years to fix things and make it an Indian century

If India addresses its institutional and policy failures, reduces its inequalities and addresses its iniquities over the next 25 years, that would truly make it an Indian century

‘Morganball’ is no silver bullet—but India can make it work with Bumrah, Shami and Chahal

It's no surprise that Buttler’s England collapsed trying to target Indian bowlers while batting first. 'Morganball' suits India's white-ball team well.

Not counting, won’t let states count either—Modi govt’s message on caste census

Nityanand Rai said the govt 'has no plans' to bring census into the concurrent list or allow state govt to conduct it. These are the problems we're staring at.

India has moved away from ‘One China’ policy. Now it must develop independent ties with Taiwan

A military action or forced annexation attempt by Beijing against Taipei after Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit will lead to a Ukraine-like conflict, which will isolate China.

Indian men work more but women have less leisure time

Using national representative data from the time use survey 2019-20 for India, we look at how employed young Indians spend their day. It shows a stark divide.

Savarkar never offered a clear definition of Project Hindutva. A new book shows that again

The first non-partisan biography of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar seeks to persuade us that Hindutva is an ideology that we must learn to engage with in all seriousness.

On Camera

Modi is no danger to the Constitution. Amendments of past 10 yrs have brought only stability

I don’t see any reason why PM Modi would dismantle the electoral democracy and the Constitution, which made his ascent possible.

CBDT signs record 125 Advance Pricing Agreements, 31% more than last year

The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.

Agniveer applicants in Army up nearly 10% compared to last year

This year, the Army has scheduled an online combined examination that will span 174 locations across the country. The examination window is from April 22 to May 7.

44 years on, two things that have changed in Modi’s BJP, and one that hasn’t

As the BJP heads for a likely third successive term in power, it's fascinating to debate how true it looks to the original proposition: a party with a difference.