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India-Japan Ties A Nuclear Halo
Beneath the India-Japan nuclear deal and a joint statement on terrorism lies the foundation of a deep strategic and economic partnership to counter China.
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November 28, 2016
India Today
An Alliance Of Necessity
The numbers suggest that the Modi-led NDA is practically unbeatable in a head-to-head poll fight. Will Opposition parties team up to take them on?
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August 29, 2016
India Today
Amazon Heat On Indian E-Tailers
A downturn in investor sentiment, new government norms and overseas rivals are forcing homegrown online retailers to seek newer ways to stay afloat.
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August 29, 2016
India Today
Can Modi Save His Home State?
Chief Minister Anandiben Patel’s exit highlights the crisis within the BJP in Gujarat after the Patel and Dalit agitations alienate the votebanks.
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August 15, 2016
India Today
Rio Olympics: Wake Up Call For Cricket -Crazy Nation
The Indian achievement at Rio may seem insignificant, but our athletes are marking their presence despite a broken system.
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September 05, 2016
India Today
We Will go Across Again
24 Safdarjung Road, the official residence of the vice-chief of army staff, thrums with activity early on a foggy January morning, just days after General Bipin Rawat assumed office on New Year’s Day as India’s 27th chief of the army staff. (His official 4 Rajaji Marg residence is under renovation.) His twin Dachshunds, Dash and Tickle, shoot around like little guided torpedoes clad in identical red-and black-trimmed winter fleece. Staff officers and Tavor rifle-wielding bodyguards of the special forces flank the fleet of black armoured Scorpios waiting to make the short two km drive to his office deep within the sandstone corridors of South Block. The general appears in the verandah of his home, proffers a firm handshake. He’s of medium height, stockily built, with salt and pepper hair and a neatly trimmed white moustache. He listens carefully, looks you in the eye when he speaks, and the clearly articulated sentences are delivered like a military drum roll. He clearly plays on the front foot. There is simply no question that will induce any hesitation on his part, from tackling China and Pakistan, surgical strikes, the controversial Cold Start war doctrine to the polemic around his selection as army chief, superseding two senior army commanders. As he sat down for an extensive interview with Executive Editor Sandeep Unnithan, General Rawat revealed why he was supremely confident of navigating the minefield that lies ahead in his three year tenure. Excerpts:
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January 16, 2017
India Today
We Are the People, Who Are You?
What explains the swaggering, illiberal populists that bestride the world stage today? A crisis of liberalism or the coming of age of modern majoritarianism?
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January 16, 2017
India Today
India And The West Asian Wars
The realpolitik, religion and proxy conflicts of West Asia are a policy challenge India must navigate deftly.
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January 16, 2017
India Today
The Cub Gets The 'SP' Goat!
Akhilesh Yadav turns the tables in the bitter SP family feud to emerge definitively from Mulayam's shadow.
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January 16, 2017
India Today
Will The BJP's Bid To Project Modi As The Messiah Of The Downtrodden Help It Win?
Will the Bjp’s Bid to Project Modi as the Messiah of the Poor Find Traction in the High-stakes Battle for Uttar Pradesh?
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January 23, 2017
India Today
Doing Good In A World Gone Bad
Do-gooders, self-starters, game-changers. Twenty-one men and women who have broken the rules to make a difference to their own lives and those of others.
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January 30, 2017
India Today
Road ToFitness
Fitness entrepreneur Divya Himatsingka is busting health myths with her gym, skulpt
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August 01, 2016
India Today
Rss News Feed
The Sangh Parivar finds a really simple way to revive its languishing news agency Hindusthan Samachar—a government policy pushing newspapers to subscribe.
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August 08, 2016
India Today
Himalayan Bounder
Hoary stereotypes and exaggeration make a molehill of the mountains.
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August 08, 2016
India Today
A Past Master
Creator of marathon epics that mix fact and fiction, Gowariker’s new film goes back to an even more ancient civilisation.
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August 08, 2016
India Today
The Spirit Of Art
Glenfiddich’s Andy fairgrieve explains why the world’s leading whisky brand chooses to patronise an art programme.
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August 08, 2016
India Today
16 Year Fast Comes To An End
Irom Sharmila’s morbidly inspiring 16-year-long fast comes to an end, unsettling many of her supporters. But while AFSPA endures, this is no surrender, more an affirmation of life—and love.
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August 15, 2016
India Today
P.V. Sindhu A Wonder Women Of Rio 2016
Three new stars, three incredible journeys that give hope that India's Olympics story need not always be as modest as Rio 2016.
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September 05, 2016
India Today
Black Hole of The North
Nawaz Sharif’s ‘pivot to kashmir’ isn’t random. It is a calculated move in the new great game as India and Pakistan jostle for position, and Gilgit-Baltistan becomes a vital Chinese pawn.
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September 05, 2016
India Today
That Sinking Feeling
Despite a Victory in Punjab, the Congress Is in a Deeper Crisis, Prompting Fresh Calls for a Leadership Change at the Helm
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March 27, 2017
India Today
Shattered Dreams
AAP Flops in Punjab and Goa, But Is There a Silver Lining?
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March 27, 2017
India Today
Trouble In The Waters
A sinking offshore casino puts a popular Goa beach on the brink of disaster.
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September 18, 2017
India Today
Tell Me A Tale
Director Arvind Gaur is adapting short stories by some of the best-known writers in Indian languages to the stage for Asmita’s 25th anniversary
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September 18, 2017
India Today
House Of Ideas
Architects and interior designers on smart design ideas and expanding living spaces.
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September 18, 2017
India Today
The Mind's Eye
Visually-challenged photographers, who recently held an exhibition in Chandigarh believe that the real camera is in the mind while the hand just holds the tool.
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September 18, 2017
India Today
The Oberoi​ Renaissance
An icon returns to the heart of the Capital as a youthful hotel with an old soul
3 min |
February 12, 2018
India Today
The German Food Revolution
Jan Hoffmann, the first German Michelin-star vegetarian chef, explores the quiet food transformation that celebrates a return to German origin produce with gourmet options to choose from
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February 12, 2018
India Today
How Haryana Saved Its Girls
The relentless campaign by the Khattar government against female foeticide has paid off.
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May 28, 2018
India Today
Breakfast Is Served
Restaurateur and the force behind the popular fine dining restaurant, The Table, Gauri Devidayal sets up a summer spread in her Mumbai apartment.
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May 28, 2018
India Today
Pawar Keeps The Pot Boiling
The NCP supremo rallies opposition leaders and takes up the farmers’ cause in a bid to make a comeback in state politics
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