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‘Felt like a spy’ — an undercover Indore policewoman busts ‘ragging gang’ at medical college

Constable Shalini Chauhan, 25, posed as a student at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College for 2 months to identify perpetrators & victims. Eleven arrests have been made.

Membership puzzle for Modi: 7 cr ‘new BJP members’ enrolled but not many voting in elections

BJP became world’s largest party in 2019, claiming to have 18 crore members—64 per cent more than 2015. Election result data doesn’t reflect those numbers.

100 times stronger than steel—this Bengaluru company’s nanotubes catching Navy, Tesla’s eye

NoPo founder Gadhadar Reddy dreams of landing on Mars—with a strong and lightweight material perfectly suited for space. He makes nanotubes in a humble Bengaluru unit.

How fuel prices become mysteriously stable just before elections. Here’s data since 2020

In recent years, fuel prices have been kept static for weeks before assembly polls, only to be changed soon after. However, there's no clarity over who's deciding the prices.

‘Say yes to the universe, it says yes back’ — there’s a new manifestation industry in India

'I manifested my boyfriend, my job, and my holiday in Thailand'–—an entire ecosystem is brewing, with coaches charging you Rs 8,000 a day to train you in the art.

Reichsbürger movement won’t overthrow German State but it’s a sign democracies can’t ignore

Arguing modern Germany is in fact a corporate conspiracy, Reichsbürger members have refused to pay taxes, and even set up faux-nations of their own.

Trevillion & Clark taught Indian men western wear. Mohanlal Sons took over, turned to women

As the big fat Indian wedding has led to a renewed boom in the clothing business, Mohanlal Sons have perched themselves firmly on the marriage cart.

This is what was happening in India when the collegium system was born in 1993

Why did the Supreme Court take control of the appointment of judges only in the early 1990s? Why did it not happen in the 1960s, 1970s, or even 1980s?

Frickin’ darn it! What swear words and their ‘clean’ substitutes share across languages

A paper published this week in Psychonomic Bulletin and Review highlights common patterns in profanities across the world, whether they're in Hindi or Hebrew.

AAP is a major problem for Congress but it is just a noisy nuisance for BJP

Congress will conserve its resources, choose its battles and put in a real effort only in those states where it thinks it has a chance of victory.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?