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For decades, Daniel Taylor searched for the Yeti behind the footprints & found the culprit

Daniel C. Taylor -
Scholar Daniel C. Taylor went to Nepal and compared the ‘Yeti’ footprint with those of bears and cracked the mystery. Here are some of his notes.
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‘Simple’ solutions like privatising India’s banking sector is no panacea: Raghuram Rajan

Raghuram Rajan -
India needs to clean up banks by reviving projects, better manage public sector banks, de-risk banking and reduce number of govt mandates.
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Here’s how many seats Congress can win in 2019 Lok Sabha elections

Surjit S Bhalla -
This forecast is based on the assumption that Indians are as frustrated with BJP-led Modi's regime in 2019 as they were with the Congress in 2014.
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One thing was distinctly rotten about 2002 Gujarat riots: use of rape as a form of terror

Harsh Mander -
Harsh Mander writes about women and children who were subjected to the most sadistic and vicious forms of violence during the 2002 massacre.
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Are Muslims nationalists? What is their problem with Modi? 12 FAQs about Muslims answered

Hilal Ahmed -
Political Islam scholar Hilal Ahmed in his new book 'Siyasi Muslims' answers frequently asked questions about Muslim and politics in India.
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Hansie Cronje’s ties with Indian bookies and a Mercedes that ‘Dawood Ibrahim’ gifted Azhar

Chandramohan Puppala -
In June 2000, Hansie Cronje released a shocker: Mohammad Azharuddin had introduced him to a bookie who offered him money to throw a 1996 Test match.
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Narendra Modi govt turned to Nehruvian strategy for India’s economic growth

Puja Mehra -
In her book ‘The Lost Decade 2008-2018’, Puja Mehra explains how the ‘India Growth Story’ has devolved into ‘Growth without a Story’.
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Sardar Patel wanted RSS to be merged into Congress but Nehru & Golwalkar stood in way

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay -
It was also ironical that in December 1948, the RSS’ first mass agitation was based on Mahatma Gandhi’s principles of non-violence.
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Fake news: Sonia Gandhi in bikini, Rohingyas eating Hindus & Nehru calling Bose a criminal

Pratik Sinha -
The authors, who are the people behind Alt News website, bust fake news that did the rounds in India.
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Day after Jallianwala incident, Col Dyer blamed it on Indians & turned Amritsar into a jail

Kishwar Desai -
Col Dyer had tasted blood and realised that the more he humiliated the Indians, the more his stock rose with the British.
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Opinion

We celebrate Harappa excavation—and dismiss Keeladi, Sinauli archaeological digs as politics

Disha Ahluwalia -
In the storm around Sinauli, many academics dismissed claims of chariots being found. And the public misinterpreted the chariots as a device planted by the govt to fortify Hindutva.

We blame the government for being too litigious. Data tells a very different story

What Bihar poll results say about BJP’s prospects in Assam, Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala

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Economy

Naidu matches Jagan’s Rs 13L crore investment playbook, with a ‘speed of doing business’ caveat

Prasad Nichenametla -
Naidu’s summit brings in MoUs on same scale as Jagan’s, but CM says his plans built on speed, certainty & investor trust, with escrow accounts, simplified incentives & real-time oversight.

Defence

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

Snehesh Alex Philip -
ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

National Interest

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Shekhar Gupta -
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.

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