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Saturday, July 19, 2025
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Topic: Juggernaut Books

What are ‘gram negative bacteria’? They know multiple different ways to thwart antibiotics

Superbugs are bacteria that are not susceptible to at least a few antibiotics, writes Anirban Mahapatra in 'When The Drugs Don’t Work: The Hidden Pandemic That Could End Modern Medicine'.

Sarojini Naidu was once ‘enviably close’ to Jinnah – Asaf Ali

In 'Circles of Freedom', historian TCA Raghavan focuses on the incredible lives of Asaf Ali and his companions to tell the story of the Indian freedom struggle.

How Ram Guha’s editor helped him capture rise and fall of India’s bilingual intellectuals

The 19th and 20th centuries saw thinkers like Lohia, Savarkar, Gandhi, Mahasweta Devi and Girish Karnad express themselves equally well in two or more languages, writes Ramachandra Guha in 'The Cooking of Books'.

Before meeting Narayana Murthy, Sudha hoped he looked like Rajesh Khanna

In 'An Uncommon Love', Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni tells us the story of Sudha and Narayana Murthy, taking us 'deep inside their minds, hearts and values'.

Arun Nehru opened Ayodhya locks without informing Rajiv Gandhi. Gave him a fait accompli

In 'The Rajiv I Knew' Mani Shankar Aiyar delves into Rajiv Gandhi's accords with insurgents, and the controversies that marked his tenure.

This Hizbul militant was seconds away from being shot — then, an Army major stepped in

In ‘Camouflaged’, Probal DasGupta excavates and presents hidden stories from India’s military past.

Our ‘smart devices’ know more about us than we do. Don’t put blind faith in companies making them

In 'The Third Way: India’s Revolutionary Approach to Data Governance', Rahul Matthan presents an original view of the role technology can play in data governance.

KK Shailaja was in the middle of a women-led Night Walk when crisis hit

In 'My Life As A Comrade', KK Shailaja recounts her childhood, her days as a schoolteacher & her handling of the Covid-19 pandemic as Kerala's health minister.

On Camera

Critical minerals are the new oil. India can’t afford to depend on China

Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.