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Thirty-second Insta Reels — the shortest, coolest English-speaking classes you ever attended

Tina Das -
Insta Reels is perfect for young learners with short attention spans but secretly yearning to be with the Netflix watching in-crowd.
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Indian farmer and soldier as ‘he’— why 21st century editors are at war with their keyboards

Neera Majumdar -
Grammar is not a divine monolith. If we don’t include all people when we write, even a single pronoun can snip a little girl’s dreams.
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Bollywood’s airport look is passe. ‘NCB look’ is new fodder for Indians

Shubhangi Misra -
Instagram, Twitter and Facebook are abuzz with what Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan and Bharti Singh wore to the NCB. They don't care about the men though.
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‘The walls are closing in again’ – Why I’m losing hope in India

Andy Mukherjee -
A disturbing arbitrariness has crept into policymaking, institutions have decayed and the economy’s structural deficiencies have worsened.
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Should corporates run banks? Pros & cons of RBI’s proposal on entry of private corporations

ThePrint Team -
In episode 628 of #CutTheClutter, ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta dissects RBI’s latest proposal to allow Indian corporates into the banking sector.
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Kisan march pictures may not show you women farmers, but don’t forget to count their protest

Jyoti Yadav -
The farmers’ protests in Haryana and Punjab aren’t only limited to men. They are walking for the women guarding the field at home too.
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Farmers’ protest a big challenge for Modi. Bigger than demonetisation, GST

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Rural distress has been on the rise, stoking farmers’ anger. And politics has added fuel, making it a lethal cocktail.
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Dear Pakistan Army, I would have made an excellent DG ISPR: Khadim Rizvi’s letter from heaven

General X -
In my life, people thought I was against the Pakistani Army. Reality is I was just their fauji.
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Why Kashmiris, Palestinians are left pondering what realism, better governance could’ve brought

TN Ninan -
As Arab countries start dealing openly with Israel, Palestinians are left holding Gaza and carved up areas of West Bank. It’s no different in Kashmir.
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Why the English still can’t let go of the ‘Hand of God’ goal

Matthew Brown -
In England, the continuing anger that Maradona “got away with it” in 1986 comes out of the ashes of empire.
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Elections showed that Manipur still has faith in democracy. Will new govt deliver?

Hoihnu Hauzel -
The people of conflict-torn Manipur will have every right to feel betrayed if the new government doesn’t break its silence and show its commitment to addressing the state's issues.

Chandrababu Naidu is important in both Centre and state. He is his own double-engine now

Modi was set to lose 2024 like Vajpayee in 2004. Here’s what changed

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Economy

Cash-strapped Karnataka hikes fuel tax by Rs 3/l, could earn Rs 2,500-3,000 cr more per yr

Sharan Poovanna -
Move to bring down differences in commodity prices with neighbouring states, says government. Oppn, dealers blame it on welfare, Congress's guarantees.

Defence

With an eye on China, IAF expands taxi track at Leh airport, new shelters being built

Smruti Deshpande -
Expanded taxi track is smaller than those meant for civilian operations, but is long enough for fighters & military transport aircraft to operate.

National Interest

Sangh wants BJP to know it’s not dispensable. It’s a rap on the knuckles, nothing more

Shekhar Gupta -
Occasional lovers’ tiffs have marked history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power.

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