EXIT WOUNDS

Nitish Kumar’s return to NDA will cause a serious dent in the INDIA bloc plans to fight the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls

FROM PARIS LUVE WITH

She is known to possess an empathetic mind of remarkable maturity that is far beyond her years. Priyanka Das Rajkakati, who is in her early 30s, remains rooted despite rubbing shoulders with the worlds best scientific minds. She was twice part of French President Emmanuel Macron’ team during interactions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She says Macron is very warm, with a sharp wit and a great sense of humour. Having observed Modi and Macron from close quarters, Priyanka feels they share a sense of mutual trust, which has been a vital ingredient in the growing India-France bilateral partnership. The artist-cum-aerospace scientist—she loves the dual identity—gave Senior Special Correspondent Sanjib Kr Baruah an outsiders insider perspective’ of India-France relations.

The Japanese dilemma

The child follows the moving object with its eyes. The girl sashays on the catwalk, smiles, then pouts.

Unveiling the dynamics of large- and mid-cap category

IN THE VAST and everevolving realm of investment opportunities, investors are often presented with a spectrum of choices.

Law and behold

The intervention by the International Court of Justice in the Gaza crisis raises hope, but the court lacks the power to compel Israel to obey its directives

Peace in West Asia impossible without addressing Palestinian issue

Iran is once again in the eye of a geopolitical storm after having decided to articulate a clear anti-US, anti-Israel position in the ongoing Hamas-Israel conflict.

ENDLESS TURBULENCE

Conflict in West Asia could hurt global peace and order, cause major economic shocks, empower aggressive non-state actors and lead to significant political realignments

The Bank Or The Ballot?

Nirmala Sitharaman's interim budget could take the fiscal prudence highway, or it could choose the freeway to voter satisfaction

Heart of the matter

Why are so many young Indians at risk?

I had to sell everything, even furniture, to fund the development of our robot

INTERVIEW Dr Sudhir Prem Srivastava, founder-chairman and CEO of SS Innovations

Mantra magic

A made-in-India robotic surgeon

TRIM TO THE BRIM

With obesity on the rise and the increasing desire to look fit and good, the weight loss industry in India is booming

Dope's in your DMs

On November 20, 2023, Anne Milgram, head of the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), said at a press conference: “Fentanyl poses the greatest threat to Americans today, devastating families and becoming the leading cause of death for those aged 18 to 45.”

The eyes have it

Taking care of eyes is not difficult, but it is an everyday job

Code and the crab

Genomic testing is reshaping the way we find and treat cancer

Behind every chef

For Chef Garima Arora, her father is magician, mentor, and master taster

Life hacks by Orry

I have succumbed. I held off writing about Orry for more than five years, when he reached out to me at the previous newspaper I worked at. I may have declined him then, but now I have been made to eat crow.

BROTHERHOOD OF EMPTY WALLETS

Before cellphones and the internet, a legendary rock band in Kerala had a city in thrall with their rock 'n' roll renditions

BRANDWAGON BOSS

Adman Prahlad Kakar's memoir is no malicious but delicious read

Visualising hope

There is an open door, shut by a closed mind….” This is the line that grabbed me when I opened Asha Thadani’s catalogue, Broken—Dalit Lives, which introduced viewers to her just concluded exhibition of photographs in Delhi.

For us, a 350-bed hospital is ideal; time for 700-bed hospitals over

INTERVIEW DILIP JOSE managing director and CEO, Manipal Hospitals

Point to ponder

Ten thousand practitioners of Transcendental Meditation came together in Hyderabad for a programme aimed at achieving world peace

EAGER TO WIN OLYMPIC GOLD: SINDHU WE THINK WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK: PRAKASH

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW P.V. SINDHU & PRAKASH PADUKONE

MODI AND SHARIF MIGHT PREFER TO LEAVE A LEGACY OF PEACE

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AJAY BISARIA, former high commissioner to Pakistan

Faith on his sleeve

Modi is known to have prostrated at only two placesParliament and the Ram Mandir. In politics, he has sought to combine them

LOSING SHEEN

Shillong: The cantonment has remained small even as others have grown in strategic importance

OFFICERS AND THE MESS

Delhi: A cantonment that houses two starkly different worlds that are still learning to coexist

BYGONE BLISS

Landour: Less quaint, more crowded now, it is yet to be de-notified

UNTOUCHED CHARM

Deolali: Peaceful vibes, thanks to pleasant weather and lush cover

A CRUMBLING CITADEL

Meerut: Once the military centre of the British empire in north India, the cantonment is now battling surging population and large-scale encroachments