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‘What Next’ for UPSC-negatives? Indians with wasted youth don’t want to return empty-handed

While the passionate preparatory struggle of India's UPSC aspirants is widely acknowledged, their years after the negative result is spent in quiet solitude, loss of esteem, even shame.

After 64 days in jail for ‘ULFA’ poem, Assam teen back home. No chargesheet, parents in debt

Barshashree Buragohain was arrested after her Facebook poem was interpreted as endorsing the banned ULFA-I. Back home, she is shaken but dreams of becoming a math professor.

German Shepherds to Labradors—Meerut Army dogs doing 9-to-5 national duty

The Army's dog training is so exclusive that Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, and Cambodia have sent their personnel to India to be trained in handling dogs.

What’s common between Modi & Manmohan govt on agriculture? Distrust of futures markets

Wheat or chana, one hopes that the Modi government and SEBI will lift the ban on future trading of agricultural commodities soon.

Poop has its uses too. Faecal transplants are the new treatment for cancer, liver disease

The procedure, used in several hospitals globally, restores gut bacteria, improving gut & colon health. Kerala institute performs it regularly to treat alcohol induced hepatitis.

Gazab Ghaziabad wants to clean up its act. No longer just a dirty NCR town

While a tide of change has got the mill running in Ghaziabad, there is still a long way to go. The NCR town is ranked 18th in the list of cleanest cities.

Secret NSE phone-tap or ‘financial fraud’? Inside story of ED case that’s snared ex-IPS officer

iSec Services, firm associated with former IPS officer Sanjay Pandey, accused of illegally tapping phones of NSE employees on direction of bourse's top officials. Pandey denies any illegality.

Not BJP, Socialists like Lohia cancelled Nehru first

By ’90s, Nehru bashing was all the rage in Left-dominated academics. I was taught by teachers who dismissed Nehru’s urbanity, rationalism and secularism as ‘un-Indian’.

‘I’m Dalit but identify as a Brahmin’ — How Dalit comedians in India are smashing elite nexus

Dalit comedians are cracking the same light-hearted, self-deprecating jokes about everything from Indian parents to dating apps, but they are changing the punchline.

As Congress mulls next president, the flip side of inner party democracy

US and UK parties have internal elections to choose leaders. But that has both pros and cons.

On Camera

What can be expected from the ongoing talks in Islamabad? Odds of resolution remain slim

The initial ceasefire functioned less as a resolution and more as a pause—an opportunity for both sides to recalibrate, while claiming victory.

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.