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THE BIG BANK ROBBERY
CROOKS DEFRAUDED BANKS OF Rs 1.38 LAKH CRORE IN 2020-21. SUCH STAGGERING SUMS SWINDLED FROM BANKS EVERY YEAR MOSTLY REMAIN UNRECOVERED. WORSE STILL, THE SCAMS ARE DETECTED MONTHS LATER AND ARRESTS LEAD TO FEW CONVICTIONS
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January 24, 2022
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HAUNTING HISTORIES
ABDULRAZAK GURNAH WAS AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE. AFTERLIVES, HIS MOST RECENT NOVEL, HELPS US SEE WHY
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January 31, 2022
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As Happy As Can Be
In his latest novel, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka shows us how Nigeria came to find itself stuck in a cycle of recurring despair
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January 31, 2022
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Congress: A New-Look Opposition?
Rahul Gandhi may still be the most ideally placed to revive the fortunes of the Congress but Mamata Banerjee is seen as a better candidate to lead an Opposition alliance against the BJP
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January 31, 2022
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Economy - The Hope And The Worry
In the third year of PM Modi’s second term and two years into the pandemic, a majority of Indians continue to have faith in the Centre’s handling of the economy. However, high inflation, a lack of jobs and shrinking incomes mar any rosy outlook
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January 31, 2022
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Covid-19 Vaccine Without Waning
A majority of MOTN respondents give a thumbs up to the Union government’s vaccination drive and Covid efforts, with Odisha scoring top marks among states for its handling of the pandemic
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January 31, 2022
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In Modi We Trust...
The biannual survey reveals that the prime minister is still regarded as the best bet for the job, but serious concerns remain
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January 31, 2022
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Raja of Ras
The Kathak stalwart’s impact and outreach have been and shall remain universal
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January 31, 2022
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UP THE DOWNWARD SLOPE
MOHAMMAD ARIF KHAN IS CARRYING ON HIS BRAVE, HARDENED SHOULDERS ALL OF INDIA’S WINTER OLYMPIC HOPES
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January 31, 2022
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POETRY IN STONE
The stark simplicity of farm life juxtaposed with a complex architectural narrative forms the inspiration for this minimal home in Karjat
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January 31, 2022
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MIXED MESSAGES
While Indian citizens worry about the state of Indian democracy, they are optimistic about corruption and eager for change
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January 31, 2022
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TOP DRAWS
Regional players dominate the public mindspace when it comes to the performance of heads of Indian states
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January 31, 2022
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TALE OF THREE CITIES
New books that lead us through the urban maze
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January 24, 2022
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STARS in Their EYES
Vivan Marwaha's examination of India's millennial culture is weighed down by its predictability
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January 24, 2022
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PRIDE IN PRAYAGRAJ
Allahabad might have changed its name, but a new book shows that the iconoclastic spirit of its youth remains resolute
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January 24, 2022
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The Omicron Explosion - How Dangerous Is It?
Don’t be fooled by Omicron’s milder manifestation. Covid’s new strain is spreading like wildfire and can be ignored only at our own peril
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January 24, 2022
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CONFIDENCE BOOSTER
The launch of the booster shot campaign and new vaccines give hope that the impact of Omicron and the third wave will be less severe than the previous surge
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January 24, 2022
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GOA GETS A PARTY OF PARTIES
The TMC’s entry is the big news in the Goa election. Elsewhere, the mix ’n match of state politics continues even as the BJP tries to stave off anti-incumbency
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January 24, 2022
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AN UNEASY TRUCE
On December 15, 2021, a long-drawn-out legal battlebetween members of the erstwhile Jaipur royalty came to a close.
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January 24, 2022
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DELIGHTING IN THE DETAIL
Her attention to craft has helped actor SHEFALI SHAH become the cynosure of modern entertainment
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January 24, 2022
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WANTED: A HEALING TOUCH
After two Covid-battered years and in the midst of assembly elections, the government is likely to attempt a feelgood budget for 2022-23
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January 24, 2022
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Q + A “AGE HAS LIBERATED ME”
Actor Lara Dutta Bhupathi is enjoying her day in the ott sun. The comedy Kaun Banegi Shikharwati on Zee5 is already the former Ms Universe’s third web show in two years
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January 24, 2022
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A CAMPAIGN WITH BYTE
Leaders savvy and unsavvy, freelance techie gunslingers who do saffron in the morning and socialism by night, the smell of virtual cordite…. India is seeing its first online-only elections. What do the Digital War Rooms of parties look like?
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January 24, 2022
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THE POISONED WELL
Ask around in the Digambar Chowk area of Jorhat in Assam about engineering student Niraj Bishnoi and you run up against a strange kind of absence. Many in the neighbourhood did not even know he existed.
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January 24, 2022
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JAT PLUS: A CHALLENGE IN THE WEST
After a decade in the wilderness, the Rashtriya Lok Dal and its new chief, Jayant Chaudhary, are back in the reckoning in bastion western UP
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January 24, 2022
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A FLYOVER INTO PUNJAB
High sensitivity around identity issues, the spectre of security, a fragmented and fluid political canvas...will all of that converge to the BJP's advantage?
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January 24, 2022
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THAT SINKING FEELING
THEATRES
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January 24, 2022
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DARK CLOUDS LOOM AGAIN
The Covid Omicron variant once again threatens to cripple most services sector businesses. How deeply the economy will be scarred depends on the level of the health crisis at hand
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January 24, 2022
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'Long-endurance submarines pose new challenges'
INTERVIEW
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January 24, 2022
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WE THAT ARE YOUNG
Much like the youth of her characters, Sally Rooney’s latest novel is caught in a flux of becoming
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