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INTO THE SUNSET
Marking the end of an era, the last of the four iconic diesel-run double-decker buses in the fleet of the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport Undertaking, or BEST, will be scrapped mid-September, after completing 15 years of service.
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September 25, 2023
India Today
MIXED BAG
ONE YEAR OF PROJECT CHEETAH
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September 25, 2023
India Today
GENDER NEUTRAL FROM TOPMAST
After opening its doors to women on warships and its combat units-first as officers and then as sailors/other ranks-the Indian Navy is now sailing towards reducing gender stereotyping' by adopting gender-neutral language in its official communication.
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September 25, 2023
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A DROUGHT WITHOUT RELIEF
Distress is mounting in Karnataka's farmlands. Pointing to his two-acre plot where his maize crop continues to wither, A. Manjunath, a farmer, laments that whatever harvest he gets will be fit only for fodder now.
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September 25, 2023
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A DIFFERENT POWER STRUGGLE
The installation of smart electricity meters in Jammu & Kashmir has become an uphill task for the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha-led administration with public resentment growing against the move, especially in Hindu-dominated Jammu region.
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September 25, 2023
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CAN THE E-RUPEE WORK?
Last year, India joined a growing list of countries exploring digital versions of their currencies. It is now planning to broaden the scope of its pilot project in the digital rupee.
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September 25, 2023
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Naidu in a Tight Corner
The arrest and 14-day judicial remand of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu in an election year is a severe setback to the main Opposition party in Andhra Pradesh.
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September 25, 2023
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FAITH ACCOMPLI
SANATANA DHARMA CONTROVERSY
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September 25, 2023
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Weathering A Second Storm
A New Set Of Allegations Has Hit The Adani Group, Claiming Evidence Of Likely Stock Manipulation Through 'opaque' Mauritius Funds, Putting It Once Again On The Back Foot
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September 18, 2023
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The Big Power Games
The Geopolitical Divide Deepens As The Chinese And Russian Heads Of State Skip The G20 Meet, But India Succeeds In Its Agenda To Push The Global South Centrestage
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September 18, 2023
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ALL THE YOGI'S MEN
Uttar Pradesh's 'steel frame' is undergoing a remodelling, with the era of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers Awanish Awasthi and Navneet Sehgal of the 1987 and 1988 batch, respectively-coming to an end after the latter's retirement on July 31. The two senior bureaucrats had been running the show in India's most populous state for the past many years. Sehgal's golden era, in fact, started under former chief minister Mayawati's regime in 2007.
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September 18, 2023
India Today
THE CHINESE DUPLICITY
CHINA HAS BEEN BUILDING STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE-AIRPORTS, RAILWAYS, HIGHWAYS, DUAL-USE VILLAGES-ALONG ITS BORDER WITH INDIA AT A THREATENING PACE. INDIA, IN TURN, IS STRIVING TO REMAIN IN STEP WITH AN ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
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September 18, 2023
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WHEN LICENCE CONTROLS HURT
THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO BOOST DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING OF IT HARDWARE BY IMPOSING CURBS ON IMPORTS OF LAPTOPS, PERSONAL COMPUTERS AND SERVERS, BUT EXPERTS CAUTION AGAINST A RETURN OF THE LICENCE-PERMIT REGIME
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September 18, 2023
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A BITTER SWEET TRUTH
A NEW SURVEY LAYS BARE THE ALARMING STATE OF THE DIABETES BURDEN IN RURAL AND URBAN INDIA. DRIVEN BY LOW PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, UNHEALTHY FOOD HABITS AND LACK OF AWARENESS, IT IS OUR OWN EPIDEMIC TO CONQUER
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September 18, 2023
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WIND IN THE WILLOW
THE KASHMIR WILLOW, LONG CONSIDERED AN INFERIOR BAT TO ITS ENGLISH COUNTERPART, HAS FINALLY HIT THE SWEET SPOT. BUT A SHORTAGE OF WILLOW TREES IN THE VALLEY THREATENS TO UNDO THAT HARD-EARNED RECOGNITION
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September 18, 2023
India Today
THE POWER OF TWO
Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti have known each other for over two decades now. Together, they have delivered some of the greatest hits in contemporary Indian cinema. In an exclusive chat, the duo talk about their filmmaking journey and the keystones of their partnership
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September 18, 2023
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UNCHAINED MELODIES
Shubha Mudgal talks about bringing India's young musicians to the fore through Jackfruit 2023 and the rhythms that define her life
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September 18, 2023
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UNITED WE SING
Singer and composer Kalyani Nair's new EP is the culmination of over a decade of collaboration with fellow musicians and singers
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September 18, 2023
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His Father's Son
In Netflix's Friday Night Plan, BABIL KHAN tries to showcase a style distinct from his father, Irrfan
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September 18, 2023
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EVERYONE LOVES A GOOD SCAM
Scam 2003: The Telgi Story is a fictional retelling of the stamp paper scam powered by Gagan Dev Riar's pitch-perfect turn
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September 18, 2023
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CONTAINING MULTITUDES
SIDDHARTHA DEB's The Light at the End of the World is a saga of continental proportions that travels effortlessly through time
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September 18, 2023
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History and its Discontents
Anjum Hasan's novel History's Angel tells a story that is deeply relevant for our times
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September 18, 2023
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High on Art
The first edition of Sa Ladakh-'the highest festival of land art in Asia'-put the spotlight on climate change and art praxis in a fragile setting
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September 18, 2023
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MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS
Run as Slow as You Can is a surreal and stimulating exhibition at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai
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September 18, 2023
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Q+A - DREAM RUN
The critics may be frowning but Ayushmann Khurrana's Dream Girl 2 is yet another commercial success
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September 18, 2023
India Today
THE POLITICAL CONTRACT
CONTRACTORS FEAR THE PROBE ORDERS AGAINST THE WORKS CLEARED BY THE BJP REGIME WILL FURTHER DELAY PAYMENTS
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September 18, 2023
India Today
SHIFTING STRIPES
Tiger numbers in Maharashtra represent a roaring success of conservation efforts. The estimated number of big cats in the state in 2022 is 444-up from 312 in 2018 and 190 in 2014. The state has the fourth largest population of tigers after Madhya Pradesh (785), Karnataka (563) and Uttarakhand (560).
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September 18, 2023
India Today
CAUGHT IN A SANDSTORM
THE TDP CLAIMS THAT UNDER YSRCP RULE, SAND MAFIA HAS EARNED NEARLY Rs 40,000 CRORE THROUGH ILLEGAL MINING IN THE STATE
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September 18, 2023
India Today
CONVERGING INTERESTS
On August 26, three new ministers were inducted in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan cabinet in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. Two of them, Rajendra Shukla and Gauri Shankar Bisen, are senior MLAs, former ministers and Shivraj loyalists, so their new cabinet posts caused no surprise.
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September 18, 2023
India Today
ONE-CLICK REPUBLIC
On September 1, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance government appointed an eight-man committee headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind to examine and suggest the way forward for its One Nation, One Poll (ONOP) proposal.
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