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India hitting enemies on global scale, govt winning applause. But there’s cost being paid too

From RAW assets convicted of espionage in Germany, to former naval officers facing trial for spying on Qatar, India’s efforts to expand its global intelligence reach have led to problem after problem.

‘My Bengali men aren’t softies’—Srijit Mukherji breaking Bollywood bias with his manly cops

Mukherji is amazed by the stereotypical perception of Bengali men in India and Bollywood – cultured but cowardly, easily scared babus.

‘Sticker Ramu’—A Shankar Nag fan turned Bengaluru auto rickshaws into his canvas of love

In 1999, Ramachandran R decided that every auto in Bengaluru will bear the likeness of Shankar Nag. It's been 24 years and rickshaw drivers still queue up outside his 'sticker' shop.

Ashwagandha is the new gold rush for Indian farmers. King of Ayurveda is on global wishlist

India is the top producer, exporter of Ashwagandha, with Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan racing ahead, says Ayush. Neemuch is connected to the Czech Republic, Canada, US.

British Indian sepoys weren’t silent spectators to colonial brutality. They led quiet rebellions

Indian sepoys who left their homes and crossed oceans to witness a world being conquered and exploited by the British, sought to understand, interpret, and even profit from it all.

Harassment, half-encounters, cry for bulldozer justice—2 UP villages & their version of truth

Parents and village elders of Ambedkar Nagar say they will not send their daughters to school unless their safety and security are guaranteed.

INDIA alliance hasn’t boycotted journalism. It has only refused to dance with the jokers

'Journalism' that has caused riots, lynching, and hatred must be called out. In the next step, name and shame those who write pay checks for these hate-mongers.

Modi govt didn’t condemn Bidhuri & Pragya for their remarks. There’s only one reason

As for the chuckling Harsh Vardhan and Ravi Shankar Prasad, the BJP thinks they were humiliated enough when they were unceremoniously thrown out of the Cabinet.

US must get over its ‘Captain America’ complex in Bangladesh. Dhaka doesn’t need meddling

Dhaka’s America watchers are happy about Democrat senator Robert Menendez’s troubles because he had led the ban on its elite paramilitary force, the Rapid Action Battalion.

Hindi engineering courses in MP are just not taking off. Students keep moving to English

AICTE gave permission to 13 government and private colleges to offer engineering degree and diploma courses in Hindi in Madhya Pradesh in 2022. So far, 108 have enrolled.

On Camera

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

‘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.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.