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Modi 3.0 must improve civil-military relations. Bring NSS, relieve CDS of extra duties

India’s Chief of Defence Staff is mandated to wear too many hats, which can impact his advisory duties. The government must address this.

Don’t make a mountain out of NEET molehill. Deliberate plan to damage NTA’s credibility is on

There is no evidence or even a hint to suggest that the NTA is in cahoots with ‘solver gangs’ or ‘cheating mafia’. Public posturing of political parties can't be an argument for or against NEET.

Buses, not metros, are key to fixing India’s urban transport mess. Learn from London

Cities around the world have recognised the primacy of buses in their transport systems. In India, this remains a missed opportunity.

‘Bridgerton’ sex scenes don’t hesitate with body positivity—and the fans love it

In the world of ‘revenge bodies’ and ‘weight loss journeys’, it is wonderful to be unabashedly worshipped for one’s curves, as Colin does for Penelope in the famous ‘mirror scene’.

NEET is too high-risk for pen-and-paper tests. It needs a fraud-proof online process

Unless the loopholes are fixed in the NEET system, no matter how many culprits are caught and punished, new ones will continue to emerge.

Collapse of Harappan Civilisation? Art of making shell bangles transcends time and boundaries

A circa 1000 BCE burial in Thailand featuring shell and marble bangles recently gained attention on social media. The tradition of wearing shell bangles is as ancient as the first urbanisation in the Indian subcontinent.

Haryana results can be a template for Rahul Gandhi to build New Congress

Deepender, Manish, Gaurav, Geniben, and Varsha and Vishal—the emergence of doughty fighters in the 2024 polls has created an opportunity for Rahul Gandhi to start afresh and rebuild the Congress by putting in the front the leaders who have shown how to fight the BJP.

2024 results not a ringing endorsement of secularism, democratic India. Here’s why

Narendra Modi had asked for an unqualified public endorsement for his authoritarian rule of the last ten years and for the dismantling of the republic in the next five. The people of India refused to put their stamp of approval on this design.

How Uttarakhand trekking turned adventure into tragedy—cost-cutting, scant resources

An adventure trip is curated with terrain and domain knowledge and planning is a critical part of the exercise. In Uttarakhand's case, the Karnataka Mountaineering Association seemed to be too ambitious.

No insult to Ayurveda. AIIMS an attempt to bring good standards of medical education—Amrit Kaur

On 18 February 1956, 'Rajkumari' Amrit Kaur, India's first health minister, moved the Bill in Lok Sabha for the establishment of AIIMS in Delhi. She wanted it to have the powers and functions of a university because it will 'probably make revolutionary changes in curriculum as well as in modes of teaching'.

On Camera

Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?