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Ayodhya is being rebooted, rebuilt, & reimagined—Gen Z pilgrims, luxury hotels, 3D shows

Ayodhya is the ultimate 21st-century pilgrim town with its wide roads, international airport, and ‘uniform’ aesthetic. You can enjoy pizza on the ghats while watching Ram and Sita in 3D.

IP rights over street art? Mexican artist’s mural sets off a legal battle in India

St+Art Foundation wants to democratise art for people who can’t afford to go to art galleries. So how can it let a general insurance company get away with 'hoarding up' a mural for commercial use?

RBI must regulate risky loan apps, cooperative banks. They are plaguing the banking sector

The act of banking involves a social responsibility that the banks must honour on their own, without the RBI forcing them to.

Tax doctors on research grants by drugmakers, says govt panel reviewing pharma marketing practices

Five-member panel suggests doctors can't be given brand reminders exceeding Rs 1,000 each, Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices to remain voluntary, but strengthened.

Doon to Mayo College and Sanawar—legacy boarding schools losing hold over new Indian elite

The explosion of conveniently located international schools is pushing the old boarding schools to adapt, such as by offering the Cambridge curriculum.

Vishnu Deo Sai is new Chhattisgarh CM. What’s behind Modi-Shah’s push for fresh faces in states

If Shivraj Singh Chouhan is also replaced, it will mark the formal denouncement of Vajpayee and Advani’s era in the BJP with nobody from that period in the saddle in any state.

‘Whom to trust?’ — people of Myanmar’s border towns caught between military & an armed resistance

Resistance groups' sustained attacks on military bases forced civilians to flee to India. Those who stayed, don't know whom to side with, those who left, aren’t sure when they can return.

Military must know a war’s political aims. Or it risks doing the right thing for wrong reasons

The armed forces need to be vigilant that their actions are in the national interest and that they are not unwittingly doing the right thing for the wrong reasons.

Hadiya isn’t missing as her father claims. She’s just moved and wants to be left alone

Hadiya’s just moved to Thiruvananthapuram with her husband. She says her father’s actions are influenced by politics.

Khufiya to Kadak Singh, India is warming up to Bangladeshi actors. ‘Talent is finally getting shared’

For many Bangladeshi actors, Bollywood is a natural progression from Tollywood, the film industry of West Bengal.

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Moon madness has taken over modern dating. A waning crescent is the best time to ghost

Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?

Africa’s blue economy is booming. What it can learn from Asia

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in Africa, offering significant returns on investment for all involved and achieving the continent’s goals for food security, dignified livelihoods and economic growth.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.