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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicNew year

Topic: New year

Work to biting nails to Netflix – What we learned and unlearned in 2020

Maybe we’ll still cough in public, not share spoons, or work from home sometimes. But we won't take our lipsticks, luxury and loneliness for granted.

The New Year meal in China that’s now dividing scientists over how coronavirus spreads

The meal at a restaurant in China's Guangzhou in January has become the touchstone in a global debate about how Covid can spread in poorly ventilated spaces.

Modi tweets special greetings to 4 followers on New Year’s Day

PM Modi responded to one by following them back, while he thanked the mother of another for listening to the 'Mann Ki Baat' radio programme.

Working day for PM Modi, quiet dinner for Gandhis — how politicians spent New Year’s Eve

Several ministers spent the last day of 2019 in their constituencies, while Kejriwal attended a musical evening, and Akilesh Yadav flagged off a rally against CAA.

In 2020, don’t rely on routine rallies and marches. Modi’s India needs new ways to protest

India's rulers are out to divide the country. This calls for a new Bharat-jodo andolan.

Here’s why New Year’s resolution to be thinner & fitter won’t offer salvation

Eating healthier and being more physically active are two of the most popular New Year’s resolutions. But you would be surprised to hear that this is the root.

On climate, impeachment and financial crime: What to read in 2020

Bloomberg Opinion columnists pick out their favourites and must-reads before 2020 arrives.

How police got Delhi to avoid driving drunk this New Year’s Eve

Delhi Police says it was their aggressive awareness campaign that inspired Delhiites to follow rules on New Year’s Eve.

India records most number of New Year’s Day babies

At 70,000, India had the highest number of births across the world on New Year's Day, coming ahead of countries such as China, Pakistan, and US.

Why your new year’s resolutions won’t work out

Here's a list of resolutions, each one less likely to succeed than the next.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.