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Law must not silence
September 7, 2024, 7:47 AM IST
A case in Delhi HC reminds us why courts must carve out exceptions to defamation to protect women’s right to dignity & equality In a recent interview with Indian shooter and Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker,…
September 7, 2024, 7:47 AM IST
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Saving those who save us from epidemics
September 7, 2024, 7:42 AM IST
Writing on International Vulture Awareness Day, Union environment minister argues GOI’s conservation efforts can increase the population of these critically endangered birds In Ramayan, the mighty vulture king Jatayu rises as a symbol of sacrifice…
September 7, 2024, 7:42 AM IST
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A rainbow is always 84 degrees across
September 7, 2024, 7:31 AM IST
How trigonometry explains the natural & built worlds Turns out, triangles unlock the most important bits of knowledge discovered by humans. Love Triangle: How Trigonometry Shapes the World by Matt Parker, shows how this geometry…
September 7, 2024, 7:31 AM IST
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Ganesh, Vighn Vinayak, is an embodiment of wisdom
September 7, 2024, 7:10 AM IST
By Swami Sivananda Ganesh is the elephant-headed God. He is worshipped first. His names are repeated first before any auspicious work is begun, before beginning any kind of worship. He is the lord of power…
September 7, 2024, 7:10 AM IST
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A rainbow is always 84 degrees across
September 7, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
How trigonometry explains the natural & built worlds Turns out, triangles unlock the most important bits of knowledge discovered by humans. Love Triangle: How Trigonometry Shapes the World by Matt Parker, shows how this geometry…
September 7, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Universal rite of friendship and forgiveness
September 6, 2024, 9:56 AM IST
Written by: Dhanpal Solanki Jain Paryushan Parv, the annual Jain observance, is the time to uplift oneself through fasting, meditation, soul-searching, awakening, self-study, courage, compassion, and forgiveness for all beings. For both Shwetambars, who observe…
September 6, 2024, 9:56 AM IST
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‘Haryana is in a mood to defeat BJP…let there be a government u-turn on caste census…BJP distracts through polarisation…’
September 6, 2024, 9:39 AM IST
As Congress explores an alliance with AAP in Haryana, Congress general secretary and Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee chair KC Venugopal tells Subodh Ghildiyal that Centre isn’t helping opposition states which have faced crippling floods, that…
September 6, 2024, 9:39 AM IST
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A player and a politician
September 6, 2024, 9:35 AM IST
If Phogat & Punia join politics, they would bring with them a skillset most Indian sportspersons have – well-honed instinct for political calculations, without which athletes will be lost in the sports system. It looks…
September 6, 2024, 9:35 AM IST
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How Supreme court can stop bulldozers
September 5, 2024, 8:53 AM IST
The logical culmination of the increasing use of bulldozers to demolish supposedly illegal structures was grasped instinctively by Modi. Speaking during the general election campaign, he said that if Congress and Samajwadi Party formed the…
September 5, 2024, 8:53 AM IST
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A Teacher Is Nothing Without His Students
September 5, 2024, 7:47 AM IST
G S Tripathi Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, a great philosopher-statesman, when asked as to how he should be remembered, replied he would prefer to be remembered as a teacher. In Indian culture, a teacher is the only…
September 5, 2024, 7:47 AM IST
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Himanta, Muslims & a liberal fallacy
September 4, 2024, 9:48 AM IST
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said recently that he will not let ‘Miya’ Muslims take over his state. Meanwhile, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are taking strong steps to prevent the rise of radical Islam – no…
September 4, 2024, 9:48 AM IST
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A Calcutta story: Blame thyselves, Bhadraloks
September 4, 2024, 9:45 AM IST
Calcutta, or Kolkata, is in the news – yet again for all the wrong reasons, and reinforcing the long-standing narrative of a city in decline. Make no mistake, Bengalis continue to shine in their respective…
September 4, 2024, 9:45 AM IST
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Teachers must help students pass test of life
September 4, 2024, 9:04 AM IST
By Neil Vimalkumar Teaching is a noble profession as it provides a platform to personally help the next generation grow and flourish. The nature of that exchange has elements of selflessness as students by and…
September 4, 2024, 9:04 AM IST
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‘Loss of grasslands impacts wolves more than any predator. Wolf habitats are in human-dominated landscapes’
September 3, 2024, 8:08 AM IST
Professor and senior scientist at Dehradun’s Wildlife Institute of India, Bilal Habib, who has studied wolves in India for 24 years now, goes behind the wolf attacks in UP and suggests ways to minimise human-wolf…
September 3, 2024, 8:08 AM IST
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Crime and crisis in education
September 3, 2024, 7:56 AM IST
Paper leak scandals are so common these days that they no longer raise eyebrows. Still, the arrest of a former Rajasthan Public Service Commission member for allegedly providing a leaked question paper of the 2021…
September 3, 2024, 7:56 AM IST
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Beyond the primal passion of politics
September 3, 2024, 7:21 AM IST
By Jug Suraiya As the countdown begins towards the final showdown which will determine who becomes the 47th occupant of the White House, the whole world watches with ‘shock and awe’, to borrow a phrase…
September 3, 2024, 7:21 AM IST
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Consumers@complaints
September 3, 2024, 7:03 AM IST
Why they are all on X and how little it helps Social media helps bring the world closer and helps you reconnect with friends and family, goes the spiel. Recently, I did find an old…
September 3, 2024, 7:03 AM IST
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Message from Kyiv
September 2, 2024, 7:44 AM IST
War in Ukraine is deeply personal for many of its citizens. Therefore, peace is likely to be a complicated affair On Kyiv’s main boulevard Khreshchatyk, a teenager is making a social media video on the…
September 2, 2024, 7:44 AM IST
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‘The Jesuit who didn’t see any contradiction in admiring Tulsi’s Ram devotion…His English-Hindi dictionary remains iconic’
September 2, 2024, 7:37 AM IST
Lexicographer, scholar of Ramkatha and Christian texts, fervent admirer of Tulsidas – Camille Bulcke was a remarkable Jesuit priest. Gothenburg-based academics Ravi Dutt Bajpai and Swati Parashar’s new book, ‘Camille Bulcke: The Jesuit Exponent of…
September 2, 2024, 7:37 AM IST
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Girl with a lost earring: It was marinated in memories & worth a fortune
September 2, 2024, 7:20 AM IST
So we are at this dinner and a lady suddenly lets out a little yelp and says, omigoodness, I have dropped an earring. Dropping earrings is a very common social occurrence and every such announcement…
September 2, 2024, 7:20 AM IST
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