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Muslim men have found a way around Modi’s triple talaq ban—torture wife to give khula

The BJP in Telangana is confident the triple talaq ban has reduced cases of injustice and torture against women but the reality on ground isn’t that simple.

Ambedkar vs Jat king Surajmal, a battle of two statues — why a sleepy Rajasthan town is on the boil

Clashes erupted in Bharatpur's Nadbai after Congress MLA announced inauguration of Ambedkar statue at key intersection. Jats have opposed move, want statue of Maharaja Surajmal instead.

Private investment a shrinking slice of India’s GDP pie since 2012. It’s a vote of no confidence

Conventional reasons of low demand, capacity utilisation, access to bank credit, poor profitability aren't to blame. It's lack of confidence in economic management, say economists.

Poonch ambush had unmistakable Pakistani hand. But here’s why Indian govt is downplaying it

While questions about the Poonch attack remain unanswered, the incident must be seen within the context of the dynamics that emerged after 2019.

Indian PhDs, professors are paying to publish in real-sounding, fake journals. It’s a racket

Editors of lesser-known Scopus-indexed journals offer to publish papers for Rs 5,000. And for the right price, ghost writers will write an entire research paper for a ‘client’.

‘Negating atrocities against Hindus’ — why RSS is doubting Thomas as BJP courts Kerala Christians

Calling BJP moves to woo Syrian Christians 'purely political', some in Sangh circles have cast doubt on community's traditional origin story of St Thomas visiting Kerala in 52 CE.

BJP politics in Karnataka is letting Modi down. It’s becoming another Congress

Incumbent and former MLAs walking over to rival camps, leaders publicly criticising the high command were the Congress' hallmark. BJP is witnessing all these in Karnataka.

Eken Babu to Nenu Super Woman—Regional OTT universe is bigger, buzzier than Netflix, Amazon

The future is hyperlocal, and for Indian regional OTT apps such as Hoichoi, Aha and Koode are quickly catching up in terms of content and viewership.

How West Delhi brothers duped 20,000 Americans in $10m scam. US-based aunt & Russian software helped

A poky call centre was the base of a multimillion ‘tech support scam’ that targeted senior citizens in North America for nearly a decade — until FBI and Delhi Police cracked down.

‘Badal pe paon hai’: India’s 1st women’s blind cricket team all set for their debut international series

The 17-member squad that forms India's first-ever women's national team for the blind will travel to Nepal from 25-30 April for a T20 bilateral series.

On Camera

Trump’s sanctions have failed to deter Russia. Now the West faces a dilemma

The Russia-Ukraine war exposes a complex paradox of power where the world’s most powerful country, with all its resources, is falling short in coercing a much more weakened Russia to kowtow to its demands.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.