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Topic: Houses

In Bihar’s Nawada, Dalits live in fear after homes burnt over land feud. ‘Hamein jameen ka parcha chahiye’

About 200 people live in fear in cramped tarpaulin tents not far from their charred homes. As politics takes over, all they want is to go back home.

88% of sanctioned PMAY-G houses ready so far, several states & UTs yet to achieve half of target

With scheme ending on 31 March, states and UTs have been asked to expedite work. Laggards include Andhra Pradesh and some northeastern states.

Japan has a unique housing crisis. There are too many empty homes

The current preferential treatment in property tax for residential land, which reduces taxes by up to one-sixth, incentivises owners not to demolish vacant homes.

These Ayodhya houses have a front row view of Ram temple. They are also on security radar

These terraces and backyards in Ayodhya neighborhood have seen the site that changed India and its politics — from demolition of Babri Masjid, to the first brick laid for the Ram Mandir.

On Camera

Indian judiciary must stop panicking over AI

To assume courts weigh every word committed to paper is to ignore reality. The Indian judiciary has long had a "Control+C" problem.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

India eyes 6th generation FCAS, looks at tying up with France for possible collaboration

Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.