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Surat’s diamond heiress is a 9-yr-old Jain nun who now walks ‘bubble-like sansaar’. Barefoot

Jain children in Surat are leaving academics, love for K-pop, stuffed toys behind. As monks and nuns, they're choosing white robes, shaved heads, and one meal a day.

Harry Potter sealed the defeat of Hindi books for children. But a new ‘pitara’ looks promising

Sooner or later, our English-speaking elite will realise that they don’t want their children to be poor cousins of American brats.

Rajasthan’s Indira Rasoi is a success story — 9 crore thalis since 2020

CM Ashok Gehlot’s welfare scheme of 8 Rupee meals have become a lifeline not just for the poor and homeless, but also gig workers, class 4 govt employees and local beat policemen.

Finance to tech, Xi bringing key sectors under CCP control. He wants to deal with US better

Xi Jinping asked CCP to 'calmly observe' changes in the international situation, suggesting he is concerned about Chinese bureaucracy's overreactions.

E-tender is CM Khattar’s new mantra. Haryana sarpanches call it attack on ‘village culture’

'An engineer will tell us how to do our jobs?' says SAH president. Another protester called the govt a thief for eyeing the Rs 1,100 crore Khattar promised for PRIs.

GDP data shows how well Nirmala Sitharaman handled pandemic economy. Critics judged too soon

The impact of pandemic meant that the revisions made to the data for 2020-21 and 2021-22, in particular, are even more significant than usual.

‘No panga with minister’—Haryana woman sprinter’s lone battle against sexual harassment

Her allegations against Haryana minister Sandeep Singh have stirred a political storm, with Congress leaders demanding his resignation in the state assembly.

India’s got WWE talent but future John Cenas and Great Khalis struggle without sporting infra

As a culture, we do not support things that are growing. We don’t like underdogs, and only care for them when they become superstars, says pro wrestler Baliyan Akki.

Adani controversy brings back the story of how Manmohan Singh govt rescued Satyam

The man behind the Satyam scam, Ramalinga Raju, was a god in his village, was even called Andhra Pradesh’s Bill Gates.

Viceroys to Rekha to Yash Chopra—Ushnak Mal silk saris a hot favourite for over 100 yrs

Celebrities such as Nutan, Sharmila Tagore, and Rekha were patrons of the silk shop. Recently, Alia Bhatt and Bhumi Pednekar patronised its collections too.

On Camera

Thailand-Cambodia clash is more than a border fight—it’s a new front in Cold War 2.0

The Southeast Asian theatre is central to the Great Power contest between the US and China. It’s also a landscape where middle powers—France, the UK, Turkey—are shaping the strategic environment.

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.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

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.