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Students assess faculty, a startup is born every 3rd day. At IIT-Madras, revolution’s no dinner party

In 2023, the number of patents granted rose to 300 from 156 in 2022. More than 370 startups have emerged from its incubation cell since 2013, with market valuation of Rs 47,000 cr.

Modi government’s U-turns expose a well-known secret—BJP is facing a crisis of conviction

Article 370, Ram Mandir and UCC formed the core of the BJP’s politics. Now that these issues are no longer electorally productive, the BJP is struggling.

Indians buying smaller shampoo packs, less noodles & clothes. What’s halted FMCG sector’s revival

Fast-moving consumer goods companies, most of which derive big share of earnings from rural markets, struggling to meet sales targets. Consumers buying cheaper products, smaller packs.

Edtech partied long on VC cash. Now, the hangover—long hours, job loss, pay cuts, targets

Fresh investments are coming with endless conditions. And the players are changing their operational style to meet efficiency. They must survive and show profits.

Pakistan’s battle with bandits shows why it is losing all wars within

Earlier this week, gangs of dacoits operating in the badlands between the Koh-i Sulaiman mountains, the Indus and the Cholistan desert, ambushed and killed 12 police officers.

Tamil Nadu is on a mangrove mission to create ‘bio-shields’. Villagers are on the frontlines

The Tamil Nadu government is nursing old mangroves back to health and planting new ones across coastal districts like Cuddalore. Local residents are playing a symbiotic role in the plan.

On Dhaka’s streets, palpable anger toward India for ‘sheltering’ Hasina, acting ‘superior’

‘Hasina was a dictator who crushed students, throttled democracy but still India supported her; friendship with India emboldened her,’ a Dhaka University student told ThePrint.

Haryana Khap has come a long way for women in 2 decades. Only for the medal-winning ones

"The government shouldn’t let same-gotra marriages happen. If they do, we’ll have to resort to honour killings to save our community,” said young khap member.

Booted out twice over ‘fund misuse’, Sandip Ghosh returned due to ‘clout’. Murky story of RG Kar ex-chief

Accused of trying to cover up brutal rape-murder of a doctor, Ghosh is being investigated by CBI, which is also set to take over probe into alleged financial bungling under his watch.

At 90, scientist CNR Rao is still driving breakthroughs at JNCASR. More research, less red tape

CNR Rao, one of India’s most celebrated scientists, is still writing papers and running the research institute JNCASR in Bengaluru. His latest cause is taking science to young people.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.