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How ‘Priyanka Chopra model’ helped Masoom Minawala become a global fashion influencer

Masoom Minawala and Aditi Shah Bhimjyani's 'She'll Never Make It' is packed with Masoom’s secrets on how to build a new-age business and survive in a dynamic world.

Carved stone dishes from Gandhara – make-up trays or ritual objects?

Their distinctive style, antiquity and presence in museum collections make them valuable objects of art in the contemporary world, but there has been speculation and debate regarding the original function of these stone dishes.

When British executed Loharu ruler Shamsuddin Khan, nawabs cheered & Hindu Rao held a soiree

Rakhshanda Jalil's 'The Loharu Legacy' tells the saga of the family who have their origin in Central Asia and claim Saint Hazrat Khwaja Ahmed Yesavi (1093–1166) as the founder of their family.

Allan Border said he wasn’t the most talented player around. This fear technique made him great

In ‘The Winner’s Mindset’, Shane Watson shares the performance secrets of cricketing greats scubas a Ricky Ponting, Brett Lee, Rahul Dravid, AB de Villiers and more.

Immortality was ‘scientifically proven’ in 1910s. But cancer cells compromised the study

In ‘Why We Die’, Venki Ramakrishnan examines breakthroughs in extending human lifespans and if death serves a biological purpose.

There’s good & bad nationalism. One cherishes power, the other the nation

In ‘The Dilemma of an Indian Liberal’, Gurcharan Das recounts his own personal and intellectual journey to elucidate the struggles of being liberal in India.

Delhi, Hyderabad, Calcutta live with memory of loss. There’s a lost city in each of them

'India and Its Intellectual Traditions' goes beyond the usually constructed binary of 'secular' and 'spiritual', indicating the potential of an integrated approach to all aspects of the human experience.

Even World Bank was inspired by India’s data collection. Politics, tech has weakened it now

In ‘Accelerating India’s Development’, Karthik Muralidharan analyses India’s governance challenges, especially in delivering essential public services.

Akbar was obsessed with Caracal. Ain-i-Akbari featured extensive text of the cat

In ‘Caracal’, Dharmendra Khandal and Ishan Dhar have widely research the small wild cat and tracked its history in India.

Henry Kissinger abused Indira Gandhi in 1971. Western media only reported his apology

In ‘Western Media Narratives on India’, Umesh Upadhyay writes about how former colonisers maintain their sway using media. He focuses on how the narrative was spinned in India from 1947 to now.

On Camera

Iran-Israel conflict will now be shaped by 3H—Houthis, Hamas, Hezbollah

Israel's response to Iran's retaliatory attack was relatively small and also downplayed by Tehran. But there are factors that could jeopardise this perceived reprieve.

CBDT signs record 125 Advance Pricing Agreements, 31% more than last year

The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.

Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi to take over as Chief of the Naval Staff

He has been the chief of personnel and the flag officer commanding-in-chief, Western Naval Command, in the rank of vice admiral.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.