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No, Netflix won’t be more expensive because of Modi govt’s new foreign transaction rules. Here’s why

TCA Sharad Raghavan - 19 May, 2023

‘Toxic masculinity’ vs ‘tradition’ — Why Tamil Nadu’s bull-taming sport jallikattu is controversial

Prohibition to state supply — TN liquor tragedy puts focus on 50-yr morality vs money political saga

Decoding SC ruling on Delhi ‘services’ — what Kejriwal govt has power over now & what stays with L-G

‘Delayed probe, non-disclosure of findings, no FIR against Brij Bhushan’ — why wrestlers are protesting again

Suryanshi Pandey - 26 April, 2023

SC Tuesday issued notice to Delhi Police, seeking FIR against the BJP MP. Brij Bhushan was asked to step down as chairman of Wrestling Federation of India after January protests.

What is Bhu-Aadhaar? A unique ID for land that aims to check fraud, benami transactions

Moushumi Das Gupta - 28 March, 2023

The Unique Land Parcel Identification Number, which will have longitude and latitude coordinates of every land parcel, has already been rolled out in 26 states and Union territories.

Who are Modis? Community ‘defamed’ by Rahul has nomadic origins, came to Gujarat 600 years ago

Soniya Agrawal - 23 March, 2023

Rahul Gandhi was Thursday convicted of defamation for a speech where he named PM Modi alongside Nirav Modi & Lalit Modi, and asked why ‘all these thieves’ have this surname.

Why ’17 lakh’ Maharashtra govt staff are demanding Old Pension Scheme & how CM Shinde plans to tackle it

Purva Chitnis - 15 March, 2023

With govt employees on strike & opposition piling on pressure, Shinde govt has announced formation of 3-member committee to study pension demand.

Assam child marriage crackdown: What’s the legal age to marry for Muslims and the puberty debate?

Apoorva Mandhani - 21 February, 2023

Supreme Court set to look into whether age limit for marriage under Prohibition of Child Marriage Act overrides Muslim personal law provisions, so long referred to by courts in such cases.

Big tech’s laid off over 2.6 lakh people since 2022. Why Indian industry will face limited impact

Yuthika Bhargava - 10 February, 2023

Pandemic-driven enthusiasm around digitisation & technology drove companies to go on hiring spree, which came to screeching halt towards later part of 2022, as workforce reductions started.

Assam’s pyramids: All about Ahom dynasty ‘burial mounds’, India entry for UNESCO World Heritage tag

Antara Baruah - 23 January, 2023

The Charaideo Moidams are mounds containing remains of Ahom dynasty royalty, who ruled present-day Assam from the 13th to the 19th century.

Modi govt’s proposed geoheritage bill protects sites capturing Earth’s history. What it means

Simrin Sirur - 5 January, 2023

Geoheritage Sites & Geo-relics (Preservation & Maintenance) Bill lets govt declare a site to be of national importance, with 100m area around it 'prohibited' & 200m area 'restricted'.

BJP eyes Vokkaliga votes with Kempegowda statue, but here’s why Bengaluru may not owe him origin

Sharan Poovanna - 11 November, 2022

Rs 100 cr statue —‘Statue of Prosperity’ — & adjoining theme park add to long list of landmarks named after Kempegowda, in Vokkaliga-dominated city accounting for 28 out of 224 assembly seats

What’s the ‘Delhi model’ of slum rehabilitation & how it compares to other cities

Sukriti Vats - 10 November, 2022

PM Modi handed over 3,024 EWS flats in Kalkaji Extension last week as part of DDA project to rehabilitate residents of 376 slum clusters under PMAY housing-for-all scheme.

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Reservation didn’t cause Odisha accident. The real problem is outdated infrastructure

Dilip Mandal - 5 June, 2023

According to a 2014 study, the proportion of SC/ST employees in high-level positions was positively associated with Railway’s productivity and productivity growth.