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Today is International Women’s Day, but many Indians celebrate it on 13 February

Neera Majumdar -
Many Indian groups celebrate Women's Day on the birth anniversary of this remarkable woman freedom fighter instead.
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PNB’s long journey from being the first swadeshi bank to the Nirav Modi fraud

Subrata Panda -
The image of Punjab National Bank, whose clientele once included Nehru, Shastri and Indira Gandhi, has taken a major hit with the Nirav Modi fraud.
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Dubai Police closes case, says Sridevi accidentally drowned after losing consciousness

ThePrint Team -
The Dubai Public Prosecutor's office closed the investigation into Sridevi's death, confirming the forensic report findings that she died of accidental drowning.
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‘Do they roam naked?’: Debunking myths about Nagas & India’s oldest separatist movement

Makepeace Sitlhou -
ThePrint brings you an explainer on the people and culture of a region, which is witness to India’s oldest separatist movement.
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What you should know about Bahmani empire that the BJP doesn’t want celebrated

Vandana Menon -
The Bahmani sultanate, despite what the BJP believes, influenced Karnataka greatly.
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The Mahadayi water war, and why it is again becoming an issue around election season

Rohini Swamy -
The dispute with Goa is over 40 years old, and involves Karnataka’s demand for 24 tmcft of water to be diverted from the Mahadayi for its drinking needs.
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Complete rollout of world’s largest healthcare scheme to take 1.5 years

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
First phase may be launched on 15 August;, 1.5 lakh health and wellness centres to be set up by 2022.
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The long battle to bring ex-DGP SPS Rathore to justice for molesting Ruchika Girhotra

Chitleen K Sethi -
The former Director General of Police was sentenced to six months in jail for molesting Ruchika Girhotra. That legal battle took over two decades.
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जानें कैसे काम करती है सुप्रीम कोर्ट विवादों का केंद्र – उसकी रजिस्ट्री

Apurva Vishwanath -
चार असंतुष्ट जजों का कहना है कि मुख्य न्यायाधीश बेशक रोस्टर के मालिक हैं, लेकिन अपनी "पसंद की पीठों" को "चुनिंदा मामले सौंप कर" वे प्रोटोकॉल तोड़ रहे हैं.
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The Supreme Court registry & its little-known but powerful head at the centre of strife

Apurva Vishwanath -
The four protesting judges say while CJI is master of the roster, Misra is breaching protocol by ‘selectively assigning cases’ to ‘preferred benches’.
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Representational image of a protest against rise in prices of fuel and LPG, in Kolkata | ANI

You thought inflation’s high in India? Data shows at least 100 countries doing worse

Nikhil Rampal -
Lebanon faces worst inflation rate in the world, followed by Zimbabwe and Sudan, according to 'Trading Economics', which sources data from governments.

Defence

A Sikorsky S-76D chopper | Credit: Twitter/@PawanHansLtd

Pawan Hans chopper crash not an anomaly, doesn’t bode well for govt-owned firm’s disinvestment

Suchet Vir Singh -
Crash that killed 4 one of several Pawan Hans chopper accidents in last few decades. These incidents, coupled with losses, operational issues & legal hurdles, may delay disinvestment.

National Interest

Moral, political & ideological questions on Maharashtra: 1st is simplest to answer, 3rd trickiest

Shekhar Gupta -
What is Shiv Sena’s ideology? We might say it’s been a convenient mix of extreme ethnic chauvinism & unforgiving Hindutva. Within the second, the party retained space to manoeuvre.

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