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Hindustan Times Ranchi
Songs as time machines, our memory bookmarks
The year is 1996. It's a cold December morning, you are riding pillion with your hands wrapped around your dad's waist, as he rides his Rajdoot motorcycle to drop you at school because you missed the bus.
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November 23, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Not a G2 reboot, but possibly a G2 overlay
For India, a US-China détente carries significant implications. New Delhi must sharpen diplomatic signalling and make it clear to partners and rivals alike that it values open regional architectures, not spheres carved by others
5 min |
November 23, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
PM calls for global front against drug-terror nexus
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday pitched India's vision for a raft of G20-led initiatives including a global front to dismantle the drug-terror nexus, the setting up of a healthcare response team to tackle health emergencies and natural disasters, and pushed for an Africa-skills multiplier drive at the 20th G20 Summit at Johannesburg in South Africa.
1 min |
November 23, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Let's rate this U, for Uncomplicated
The fuss over the new Rashmika Mandanna film is baffling. She's only playing a woman who wants some rather ordinary things
2 min |
November 23, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Star trails: From pocket planetarium to giant dome
HEAVENS ON EARTH } BUILT TO SCALE
4 min |
November 23, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
BJP, JD(U) vie for assembly speaker's post
A day after Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar allocated the portfolios among the state ministers, lobbying has intensified for the post of Speaker in the assembly, sources in the ruling NDA said on Saturday.
1 min |
November 23, 2025
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Talks stall as roadmap on fossil fuel dropped
COP30 IN BELEM } BRAZIL'S DRAFT
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November 23, 2025
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LILLY SINGH ON MANIFESTING SRK ENERGY
Lilly Singh reflects on an earlier visit to SRK's Mannat, her current work trip to Mumbai and why South Asian visibility in Hollywood still needs a push
1 min |
November 23, 2025
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Women are rewriting the grammar of elections
The Bihar election once again underscored the growing electoral power of women in reshaping the political landscape.
2 min |
November 23, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Rising graph of BJP and absent hand of Congress
After the National Democratic Alliance's unbelievable victory in Bihar and the Mahagathbandhan's shattering defeat, there are two questions that stare us in the face - why do the BJP and Narendra Modi keep winning? Why do the Congress and Rahul Gandhi keep losing? These are not easy questions to answer, but, equally, they are important questions to ask. So, let me offer a series of issues that seek to explore these questions.
2 min |
November 23, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
'S.I.R. STRESS': BLO FOUND HANGING IN WEST BENGAL
A woman working as a Booth Level Officer (BLO) in West Bengal's Nadia district was found hanging at her residence on Saturday morning, with her family members claiming that she was under considerable SIR work-related stress and died by suicide, police said.
1 min |
November 23, 2025
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AROUND YOUR NECK, AT YOUR SERVICE
Say hello to functional fashion: wallets, pouches, and glasses holders double up as the new necklace pendants
2 min |
November 23, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
BULLYING, HARASSMENT: PAUSE, LISTEN TO THE CHILD
In the wake of recent cases of school students dying by suicide in Delhi and Jaipur, the spotlight is back on bullying among the young
1 min |
November 22, 2025
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Why Delhi can refuse to extradite Sheikh Hasina
he death penalty handed down by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunals (ICT) to the ousted Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina, who is in India, for perpetrating crimes against humanity, has kicked up a storm.
4 min |
November 22, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Groww's chief sees long growth runway
Fintech platform and broking firm Groww has just started its journey and has “not even covered 1% of our journey” even though it has completed nine years of existence, co-founder and chief executive officer Lalit Keshre in his first-ever letter to shareholders.
2 min |
November 22, 2025
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Ahaan sets record straight on dating rumours with Aneet: She is my best friend
Actors Aneet Padda (23) and Ahaan Panday's (27) onscreen chemistry in the romantic drama Saiyaara was widely praised, with fans swooning over their pairing.
1 min |
November 22, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
The wait was worth it for the new season with Manoj, Jaideep
It's taken all of four years for the third season of The Family Man to finally drop, and the cast has no doubt spent that time dodging the same question. Was the wait worth it?
1 min |
November 22, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
The sisterhood of subversion
As you read The Gallery of Upside Down Women, it might occur to you that, line by line, it is the world that is upside down, and that the women in question mostly stand straight, and often smile.
3 min |
November 22, 2025
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Pvt sector growth set to cool in Nov: Flash PMI
Growth in India’s private sector business activity, as seen in the Flash Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), eased to 59.9, down from a final reading of 60.4 in October, according to data released by S&P Global on Friday.
2 min |
November 22, 2025
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Make every day pop
Does your digital calendar spark joy? If not, do away with the pile of to-dos, and make space for the real you
2 min |
November 22, 2025
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Glow in the dark
Forget clubbing. Forget ghosts. The wee hours are now for walking tours, moonlight sails, firefly spotting and after-hours dives. Despite blackouts and phobias, we're stepping out in the dark. Here’s what we do in the shadows
5 min |
November 22, 2025
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Nitish gives up home portfolio to Samrat, JD(U) gets finance
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday relinquished control of the crucial home portfolio for the first time in 20 years as his deputy and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Samrat Choudhary was assigned the ministry that oversees law and order, a key issue that propelled the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to victory in the recent state polls.
2 min |
November 22, 2025
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Sound mind in a sound body
Educational institutions, backed by family and the State, must address students’ mental health issues
2 min |
November 22, 2025
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I was framed, officer!
These 10 thefts show that some people steal not for money but for political clout, for the flex and for a little snack
3 min |
November 22, 2025
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'Most Americans don't know we were their colony'
On how literature from the Philippines is finding its footing on the global stage
2 min |
November 22, 2025
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Claire, Matthew turn a quiet thriller into a mesmerising duel
There's a certain thrill when a new series walks in with quiet swagger, and Netflix's The Beast in Me does exactly that.
1 min |
November 22, 2025
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Serving from the top
The best Indian chefs of this generation are not in competition, they're collaborating, taking risks and giving Indian food an exciting future
4 min |
November 22, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Aligning national ideals to build a common future
are living through the greatest burst of innovation in human history. Artificial intelligence (Al) is rewriting language. Quantum computing promises to decode nature itself. Private rockets are racing toward Mars. Everywhere, humanity is reaching higher, faster, farther. But amid all this velocity, something essential risks being left behind — not our intelligence, but our imagination. Not our capability, but our conscience.
2 min |
November 22, 2025
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Who’s the real Clanker?
Our new favourite slur for bots says less about machines and more about the humans who gave them that name
2 min |
November 22, 2025
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Delhi to Nowgam, a twisted trail of terror networks
The complex reality about Kashmir is that radical Islamist ideology and white collar terror networks coexist with brave policemen and investigators who expose them
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