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With 6 FIRs in 12 months, how this ex-IAS officer has become a bane for the Yogi govt

Former IAS officer Surya Pratap Singh has been critical of the Yogi Adityanath government for over a year now. On Saturday, he was questioned for over 6 hours by Unnao Police.

Kalpana Kochhar — Chennai-born economist leaving IMF, who helped India post 2008 crisis

Kalpana Kochhar will be retiring from the IMF next month to join the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as Director of Development Policy and Finance.

Who was James Lind? The man behind the first clinical trial held over 250 years ago

On the International Clinical Trial Day, here’s a look at the man behind the first clinical trial, who was prompted to launch the survey by his need to study Scurvy.

Wall Street banker sworn in as Tamil Nadu finance minister faces trial by fire in new job  

Palanivel Thiaga Rajan is an alumnus of MIT Sloan School of Management. He takes over as TN finance minister at a time when the state is reeling under high debt and huge fiscal deficit.

Ajit Singh, IIT engineer-turned-master of power politics who could pick & drop allies at will

Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader Chaudhary Ajit Singh succumbed to Covid Thursday. He was 82.

BJP’s Tejasvi Surya is ‘missing’ from Covid front, poll scene and headlines

BJP youth wing chief Tejasvi Surya is ‘missing’, even as young Congress & AAP leaders earn plaudits in Covid crisis. But Surya says critics should check his social media handles.

Mir Osman Ali Khan, Hyderabad Nizam who wore cotton pyjamas & used a diamond as paper weight

The seventh Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan is known not just for his massive wealth but also for being a visionary. He's also remembered for refusing to join the Indian union.

From idolising Sachin to breaking his record — story of cricket’s rising star Shafali Verma

17-year-old Shafali Verma became the world’s No. 1 batswoman in T20 internationals after smashing 60 runs off just 30 balls against South Africa last week.

‘Wants to solve it all’ — cricketer & singer HC judge who is breaking ‘preconceived notions’

In a protection plea by a same sex couple, Justice N. Anand Venkatesh said he’s trying to break his ‘own preconceived notions’. But this isn’t the first time he is making headlines.

Anil Deshmukh, Maharashtra minister in extortion row is Pawar loyalist who once backed Sena-BJP

Described as a soft-spoken leader, Anil Deshmukh is a 5-time MLA from Katol in Vidarbha’s Nagpur district who was seen within NCP as an unlikely pick as home minister.

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What Pakistan Supreme Court judge Mansoor Ali Shah wrote in his resignation letter

The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.