In this issue

The WEEK: What is Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's plan for the Budget, that will affect the future of India's fortunes?

Health: Deepika Padukone talks about what it was like to live with depression and how it has helped her identify triggers.

Rules of Return

Dismissing Chinese plans to name his successor, the Dalai Lama says he alone will have the authority to decide on his reincarnation

8 mins

Criticism and threats will not deter me

IF HIS PREDECESSOR, Justice P. Sathasivam, had been tranquil, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan is a tempest.

9 mins

Budget 2020 - The Make Or Break Budget

No one is expecting Nirmala Sitharaman to swing a magic wand on February 1, but it is imperative that her budget shows a way out of the economic slowdown

9 mins

A Mix Of Young And Middleaged People Will Train For Gaganyaan

With Indian Space Research Organisation planning 28 launches in 2020, ISRO chairman K. Sivan has his hands full.

4 mins

Spurned symphony

An iconic martial tune is omitted from Beating Retreat in a bid to ‘Indianise’ it

2 mins

Labour pain

Impoverished rural women face hardships during pregnancy and childbirth, and remain deprived of maternity benefits, finds a recent six-state survey

5 mins

I was vulnerable. I was honest

SPEAKING UP ABOUT DEPRESSION HAS ALLOWED OTHER PEOPLE TO ADDRESS THEIR OWN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, SAYS DEEPIKA PADUKONE

3 mins

Head for help

DEPRESSION MANIFESTS IN MANY WAYS, AND CAN CAUSE STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO THE BRAIN. THE KEY THING IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND SEEK TREATMENT, BEIT COUNSELLING, MEDICATION OR ANY OF THE NEW THERAPIES

10 mins

Penning down her demons

SHAHEEN BHATT SAYS THAT WRITING A BOOK ON HER MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, THOUGH NOT EASY, WAS CATHARTIC

7 mins

Leave no stone unturned

Breakthroughs are aiding management of bile duct disorders

2 mins

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