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PIZZAZZ PERSONIFIED
With her trademark insouciance and candour, Shobhaa De recalls her encounters with a wide array of personalities
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January 30, 2022
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The Dieting DILEMMA
INDIA’S OBSESSION WITH DIETING HAS SPAWNED A LABYRINTHINE WORLD OF HEALTH APPS, SELF-STYLED PLANS AND FADS THAT DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD
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January 30, 2022
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REVVING UP THE GROWTH ENGINE
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will have a tough task ahead of her as she rises to present the Union budget for 2023-24 on February 1.
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January 30, 2022
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THE PROMISE OF BIG INVESTMENT
CM Yogi Adityanath is bent on transforming Uttar Pradesh into India’s top investment destination, the latest effort being the Global Investors Summit. But challenges remain
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January 30, 2022
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MAMATA'S BIG HINDU PUSH
Drawn into competition with the BJP and ridden by internal crises, the Trinamool is pushing its own brand of Hindutva. It is buidling temples and initiating rituals-all with an eye on the majority Hindu vote in 2024
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January 30, 2022
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BHARAT JODO YATRA: IS IT MAKING A DIFFERENCE?
THE COUNTRYWIDE WALKATHON GIVES RAHUL GANDHI AN IMAGE MAKEOVER, BUT THE CONGRESS NEEDS A TOTAL REVAMP TO REAP ITS POLITICAL DIVIDENDS
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January 30, 2022
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AIMING FOR INDEPENDENCE
The outcome of wars has been influenced by artillery for centuries. It retains its importance on the battlefield, as the conflict in Ukraine shows. Despite Indian artillery proving its mettle in the 1999 Kargil war, the Indian military has been short of firepower for over three decades. Corruption allegations over the procurement of the Bofors guns certainly had a paralysing effect on the modernisation of Indian artillery. But, finally, things seem to be back on track, as the army actively looks at adding more modern firepower to its artillery regiments. The focus is now on procuring these long-distance destroyers through the Make in India route.
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January 30, 2022
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NOTES FROM A SPYMASTER
Amarjit Singh Dulat's A Life in the Shadows: A Memoir is only in part about his life. He does discuss his career in the Intelligence Bureau (IB), then as head of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) and, finally, post-retirement, as advisor on Jammu & Kashmir in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) till May 2004, when the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-I demitted office. He also goes into his family background, early life, school and college, and joining the Indian Police Service. But the meat of the book is Kashmir. This is what holds the author's greatest attention and he talks about his assessments of the role of the intelligence community in dealing with what happens to be India's most intractable internal security challenge with all its external ramifications in some detail.
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January 30, 2022
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FENCING MATCH
In the first fiat of the new year, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy banned road shows across the state-a move observers feel is targeted at stifling a resurgent Telugu Desam Party (TDP), its main rival in the state. The restrictions came after the death of 11 people in stampedes at two TDP rallies in Nellore and Guntur districts on December 28 and January 1, respectively. TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu had opted to lie low following the party's defeat in the 2019 assembly election. It's only in the latter half of 2022 that he became active again, and the two incidents, while tragic, also pointed to the kind of traction he was getting.
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January 30, 2022
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SKIRTING BEYOND THE BORDERS
The storm over Belagavi has somewhat receded after a scrappy, acrimonious December. But local authorities in the city that's at the centre of a long-festering border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka haven't let down their guard. Earlier this week, they barred Maharashtra MP Dhairyasheel Mane from entering Belagavi, wary of letting things flare up again.
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January 30, 2022
India Today
COUNTING CASTE
A running joke among the more cynical observers of Maharashtra politics is that if the numbers of every caste and social group as claimed by caste-based organisations are added up, the state's population may exceed its present figure of around 125 million several times over.
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January 30, 2022
India Today
THE DEMANDS PILE UP
As you touch National Highway 5 upon leaving Punjab's largest town, Ludhiana, the lush green fields of wheat, covered with a thick blanket of fog in peak winters, continue to travel with you. Along the way, at regular intervals, the sweet aroma of sugarcane juice being boiled to prepare jaggery in makeshift units on the roadside-keeps you company.
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January 30, 2022
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Learn From The Lessons The Pandemic Taught Us
The Global Scientific And Public Health Community Must Work Together, Taking A Holistic View Of Health. For, The Question Is Not If, But When, Another Pandemic Will Occur
6 min |
January 23, 2023
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Don't Lose Sight Of Blockchain
Cryptocurrencies may have lost their sheen in 2022, but the blockchain technology that powers them still holds a lot of potential for our future
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January 23, 2023
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Can India Be The Vishwaguru?
War and peace result from political choices. As the Ukraine war inches towards a year, here are three possible scenarios of its future course
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January 23, 2023
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Tribal Vs Tribal
South Chhattisgarh, often in the news for Left-wing extremism linked violence, has been rocked by a series of communal incidents in the past three weeks.
3 min |
January 23, 2023
India Today
PITFALLS OF THE DIGITAL BATTLEGROUND
THE WORLD'S MOST POPULOUS NATION IN 2023 IS ONLINE. DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, ALONG WITH SMARTPHONES, MOBILE PAYMENTS AND AADHAAR WILL MAKE SERVICES MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR CITIZENS BUT RAISE THEIR VULNERABILITY TO CYBER ATTACKS, DATA THEFT, ONLINE CRIME AND INTERNET SHUTDOWNS
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January 23, 2023
India Today
MODI'S BIG ELECTORAL HURDLES
FOR THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE BJP, THE NINE STATE ELECTIONS WILL BE THE SEMIFINALS FOR THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION; FOR THE CONGRESS, ITS LAST CHANCE TO REVIVE
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January 23, 2023
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OPPORTUNITIES DESPITE THE TURMOIL
THOUGH US HAS NOT PUSHED BACK RESOLUTELY ON INDIA'S POLICY ON THE UKRAINE WAR BECAUSE OF CONVERGENT INTERESTS ON CHINA, ITS DISCOMFORT IS ALL TOO REAL
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January 23, 2023
India Today
INDIA CAN EMERGE AS A THIRD POLE
THE DAYS OF A UNIPOLAR WORLD ORDER ARE OVER, AND WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF A GENUINELY MULTILATERAL ONE. INDIA HAS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO PROJECT ITSELF AS A TRULY INDEPENDENT GLOBAL POWER
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January 23, 2023
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THE GREAT WALL OF CHINESE ANTAGONISM
INDIA MUST FACE UP TO CHINA'S UNABATED HOSTILITY TOWARDS IT. FACTS SUGGEST XI JINPING HAS MADE A CHOICE AND IS PLANNING FURTHER MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST INDIA
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January 23, 2023
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THREE CHALLENGES AND AN OPPORTUNITY
IN A WORLD IN TRANSITION, INDIA HAS THE CHANCE TO RESHAPE AN ORDER MORE FAVOURABLE TO ITS ASPIRATIONS THAN THE PREVIOUS ONES
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January 23, 2023
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STRIKING THE RIGHT NOTES
Tabla maestro Bickram Ghosh on receiving the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, his fusion music and movie scores
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January 23, 2023
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Coming Into His Own
For H.S. Prannoy, 2022 was a standout year. Going ahead, the World No. 8 shuttler eyes more podium finishes
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January 23, 2023
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DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW
Against all odds, Bhavani T.N. is scripting history for India and herself in cross-country skiing
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January 23, 2023
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HIGH GROWTH WILL BE A TOUGH ASK
INDIA'S GROWTH IN FY23-24 WILL SLOW AND THE TEMPTATION TO EASE FISCAL AND MONETARY POLICIES IN RESPONSE WILL BE HIGH. BUT GOOD MACRO MANAGEMENT REQUIRES KNOWING WHEN TO SAY NO
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January 23, 2023
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A Tragedy Retold
Prashant Nair's latest Netflix series, Trial By Fire, is a bold recap of the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire and a grieving couple's struggle for justice
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January 23, 2023
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LABOUR OF LOVE
Devashish Makhija's Joram, which premieres at the International Film Festival Rotterdam this year and stars Manoj Bajpayee, is a culmination of years of commitment and patience
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January 23, 2023
India Today
MAKEOVER OF THE MANDAL CITADEL
On January 5, when Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge kickstarted the Bihar version of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Banka, the man who arranged the logistics, and then walked beside him, was state party president Akhilesh Prasad Singh.
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January 23, 2023
India Today
HOW 2023 COULD BE THE YEAR OF THE EV
THE POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH IN THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SEGMENT IS MINDBOGGLING. BUT THE REVOLUTION IS CONFINED TO TWO-WHEELERS FOR NOW
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