Mishti, immunity kick or gimmick? Kolkata doesn’t care as ‘anti-Corona’ sweets are the rage
Sweet makers claim Covid-themed sweets are selling like hot cakes. Customers say they eat sweets just as sweets and don’t expect them to work as medicine.
The ‘softening’ of Shiv Sena — belligerent under Bal Thackeray to more liberal under Uddhav
27 years after the Mumbai riots, in which it played a major part, the Shiv Sena prepares to take credit for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. But much has changed within the party and its cadre.
BJP has found its Bengali Hindutva icon ahead of 2021 assembly polls — Syama Prasad Mookerjee
Modi govt renamed 150-yr-old Kolkata Port as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in January. Bengal BJP has launched programmes to celebrate him as Bengali leader of eminence.
Why an ad for a coveted bank job has left Ladakh anxious 11 months after Article 370 move
Ladakh residents, particularly the youth, are increasingly worried about their shot at a govt job or admissions to educational institutes under new status quo.
The ‘thick skinned’ civil engineer behind ‘Dharavi model’ and Mumbai’s footpath challenge
The ‘Dharavi model’ has made international headlines, and perhaps, just as talked about as the model is the face behind it — assistant municipal commissioner Kiran Dighavkar.
‘We are sitting ducks’ — elected village leaders in J&K fear for life but govt can do little
After local BJP leader's murder in Bandipora, J&K administration has come under increased pressure to provide security to elected representatives, who say promises not being kept.
How coronavirus is exposing the ‘autocratic’ leadership of ‘missing’ CM KCR
Since the formation of Telangana, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao or KCR has governed with an authoritarian streak and the pandemic has changed little.
Param Bir Singh — ‘encounter specialist’ IPS officer & Mumbai top cop caught in Sena-NCP tiff
Seemingly stuck in the Sena-NCP tug of war in Maharashtra, Param Bir Singh is a celebrated IPS officer but one who has also courted multiple controversies.
Is Kashmir militancy beginning to ebb? Last decade trend shows it could be another false dawn
Official data shows 118 militants have been killed, and recruitment has dipped 48% so far this year. But a 2010 lull like this had ended with a new phase of militancy.
High productivity, less gossip, but no work-life balance — WFH tales of Bengaluru techies
Covid lockdown has transformed how IT sector works, with firms making quick transition to work from home to sustain operations. But the experiment has got mixed reviews.
Russia’s Sputnik vaccine gamble is all about Vladimir Putin
Putin's rushed vaccine endorsement is less an affirmation of Russian scientific prowess than it is an expression of his hankering for Soviet-era international clout.
India’s WPI inflation falls 0.58% in July but food prices rise
Fuel, power basket inflation fell 9.84 per cent in July from 13.60 per cent in June. Manufactured products saw inflation of 0.51 per cent in July from 0.08 per cent in June.
Defence
Submarines, AK 203 rifles — two Make in India projects Modi govt set to push on priority
Tenders for the submarines are expected to be issued ‘soon’ while the Indo-Russian AK 203 rifles could be finalised by October.
Modi redefined secularism with Ram Mandir as Hindu voters were fed up of Sonia-Left version
Assumptions that Indian secularism died with Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan are bunk. It is enshrined in the Constitution, and is worth preserving.