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Allahabad HC suggestion to include transgenders in OBC list will be a disaster

A better way to take care of transgender rights will be to give them horizontal reservation within their respective caste categories.

All the criticism against Bharat Jodo Yatra shows it has arrived in the national mind

Bharat Jodo Yatra has blunted Modi's biggest weapon. Now the Congress must sharpen the message and widen its reach.

Killing of Pulwama fugitive Ashiq Nengroo no closure. Jaish-e-Mohammad story far from over

Even though the Jaish threat appears to have been stamped out inside Kashmir, the organisation retains its capabilities.

2022 was the year world turned against strongman politics. Bharat Jodo is India’s chance

From Brazil to the US to UK, this was the year mass democracies shifted the playbook of politics. India could be next in line to do that.

No injuries or blood found on body of Russian tycoon who died mysteriously in Odisha hotel

'No viscera sample was preserved' for Antov who was found dead at hotel in Rayagada on 24 Dec, 2 days after death of friend Bidenov. State Crime Branch is investigating the deaths.

Wars to Green Revolution to Emergency, National Archives are full of gaping holes

Many ministries have lagged for decades in sending records to National Archives of India, according to its director-general Chandan Sinha. The losers are scholars and public alike.

100 yrs of Soviet Union: Nehru-Indira era over, but idea of USSR still rules Indian mind

Soviet babies were named Indira, Sita and Gita, Indian children were called Stalin, Stalinjeet, Natasha. The USSR was a blueprint for Indian nation-building.

Why 5G phones are still priced too high for most Indians — ‘Democratisation yet to happen’

Unaffordable 5G phones are a product of macroeconomic conditions and poor marketing choices by phone makers, and the main losers are the economically weaker sections, say analysts.

Belagavi knows how to juggle two identities – Bahubali statue, savji, tamasha

The hybrid culture of Karnataka’s Belagavi and its border villages dates back to over a millennium.

‘Love-jihad’ has a new territory. With Jharkhand murder, it has entered the tribal belt

Rebika Pahadin, a tribal Christian from Jharkhand, was allegedly strangled and chopped into 18 pieces by her Muslim partner's family.

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Pakistan helped Afghans defeat superpowers — only to lose them to their nationalism

Pakistan failed to understand the fiercely independent psyche of the Afghans and Pashtun nationalism, which has dominated politics in Afghanistan since its emergence in 1747.

Karnataka, Telangana, TN, Maharashtra power 40% of services output, pan-India growth uneven—NITI Aayog

Report on India's services sector examines state-level dynamics, maps disparities and suggests ways to tap into the sector’s potential.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.