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India’s politics-business nexus not new. But it has entered a deeper phase with Modi

+TFP Yogendra Yadav -
The Modani model demands a new theory for a State that is at once powerful and weak–powerful in its patronage and punishment but weak in its regulative capacity.
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Kerala has a ghost houses problem, but the state just doesn’t want to get into it

+TFP Vandana Menon -
Kerala government provides water and electricity to a million vacant houses. And it's running out of ways to keep the money flowing.
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Pilot error most common cause of crashes. A study in psychology key to India’s aviation safety

GS Bedi -
Pilots do not intentionally make poor decisions; they are unaware they are doing so. That's why aviation psychology is an important field to study.
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Meet Bhuvan Arora—Farzi’s Firoz who redefined Bollywood’s ‘best friend’ trope

Tina Das -
It took Bhuvan Arora over 5,000 auditions and a decade of hard work to get the recognition and love he is receiving after Farzi.
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WPL changing cricket crowd culture. Kids in stands scream Jemimah, men now say ‘batswoman’

+TFP Nidhima Taneja -
Mumbai, Navi Mumbai: The father-daughter duo settled into their seats in the West Stand at Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium on a sultry Sunday evening to...
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Dancing Shiva in Samarkand: Central Asian traders spread Hinduism, Buddhism along Silk Road

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800 years before Babur, Hindu gods were worshipped by merchant diasporas in Central Asia.
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State govts are getting into UPSC coaching game—not for business but as a strategy

+TFP Nootan Sharma -
From Gujarat to West Bengal and Kerala to Uttar Pradesh, state-run UPSC coaching centres are now part of the Rs 3,000 crore industry in India. But they don’t market themselves overtly.
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Rs 2.5 lakh ‘settlement’, but nightmares persist — how ‘tortured’ Assam worker ‘moved on’

+TFP Bismee Taskin -
After alleging she was beaten and confined in a Haryana IPS officer’s house last year, Assam domestic worker accepted a 'settlement' to ‘move on’, her parents claim.
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Kashmiri jihad has disappeared. Its only hope now is for New Delhi to make big mistakes

+TFP Praveen Swami -
Since 2001, jihad in Kashmir has often been perched on the edge of the abyss—only to claw its way back because of the failure to build a democratic political order.
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Noida sectors are buzzing with co-working spaces. A start-up culture is taking shape

+TFP Sagrika Kissu -
Noida, Faridabad and Gurugram are teeming with co-working spaces. From coders, scriptwriters to stand-up comics, there’s a hot-desk for everyone.
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Opinion

File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of France Emmanuel Macron | ANI Photo

India-France space alliance key to Delhi’s ambitions. But it must deepen...

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The IAF's revised doctrine aims to transition India from an air power to an aerospace power. But can India do it by itself in time and cost-effectively?
File photo of a madrasa in Uttar Pradesh | PTI

Muslim intellectuals defend madrasas, but their kids don’t go there. Only...

Representational image | PTI

Lower, lowered, Shudra or OBC caste—What to call more than half...

Economy

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabling Finance Bill 2023 in the Lok Sabha Friday | Photo: PTI

Finance Bill 2023 amendment removes long-term capital gain benefit for debt...

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Tax analysts and mutual fund industry participants say this will hamper growth of bond market, and potentially curtail avenues for fund-raising by companies.

Defence

Indian Army and Air force jawans part of Vayu Prahar exercise | Photo: Twitter/@PBNS_India

With joint ‘Vayu Prahar’ exercise in eastern sector, Army & Air...

Suchet Vir Singh -
Conducted in '2nd week of March', the joint exercise included air-land operations in a nominated advance landing ground & 'contingency tasks' in challenging high-altitude terrain.

National Interest

Illustration: Soham Sen | ThePrint

You’ve heard of jobless growth. But Tata, Birla, Ambani, Adani, have...

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Modi govt's thrust on manufacturing is much-needed but it is pushing Indian manufacturing in the direction of outsourcing, same as our services industry.

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