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News Briefs | Notebook

D Gukesh: The King

Madhavankutty Pillai
Madhavankutty Pillai

D Gukesh is the New World Chess Champion

D Gukesh after winning the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 in Singapore, December 12, 2024
| 2024 In Review: Forward

Foreword

S Prasannarajan

Modernisation with a cultural accent is a national project further validated by the India of 2024

2024 In Review: Foreword
| 2024 In Review

An Islamist In Damascus

MJ Akbar

Bashar al-Assad’s fall may have made the Middle East more dangerous

Hayat Tahrir-al Sham leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani (centre) arrives at the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, December 8, 2024
Allu Arjun in Pushpa 2: The Rule

Cover Story | Best of Entertainment 2024

Stars on Fire: Cast of Characters

Some performances go directly into the mass mind, and linger there long after credit lines

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Books | 2024 In Review

Best of Books 2024: My Choice

Pratap Bhanu Mehta | William Dalrymple | David Davidar | Aatish Taseer | KR Meera | Ira Mukhoty | Manu S Pillai | Arvind Krishna Mehrotra | Sonam Ahuja Kapoor | Konkona Sen Sharma | Saif Ali Khan | Amit Chaudhury

Missed Call

Cover Story | 2024 In Review: Politics

Missed Call

Internal drift and worn-out themes have shrunk Congress and kept the party from capitalising on the Lok Sabha results while a defining idea to counter BJP still eludes the Opposition

A security checkpoint in Baramulla, Jammu & Kashmir, October 28, 2024

Cover Story | 2024 In Review: Kashmir

The New Game

Security forces face a renewed challenge in Jammu & Kashmir

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, December 4, 2024

Columns | Comment

Fast Lane to Kathmandu

China’s growing influence in Nepal is a strategic concern for India

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar at the launch of the Shakti Yojana, a scheme offering free bus travel to women, Bengaluru, June 11, 2023

Cover Story | 2024 In Review: Political Economy

Populism At Play

A year of many elections saw India’s freebie fetish push state-level expenditures beyond margins of safety

Over to Trump

Cover Story | 2024 In Review: Geopolitics

Over to Trump

After a strategic roller-coaster of a year, the world awaits January 20

Columns | Insider

Waqf JPC Works Below the Radar

The polarisation on the issue—many Muslim organisations have opposed the Bill—makes it almost mandatory for anti-BJP parties dependent on minority votes to oppose the legislation tooth and nail

Rohit Sharma after losing his wicket in the second Test against Australia, Adelaide, December 7, 2024

Cover Story | 2024 In Review: Sport

Indifferent Strokes

A tumultuous year for India, Djokovic and the England football captain

Super Intelligence

Cover Story | 2024 In Review: Technology

Super Intelligence

Businesses latch on to AI to stay profitable

Orbiting in Ideas

Books | Best of Books 2024: Foreword

Orbiting in Ideas

In India, young nonfiction writers are telling us vital stories, of moving beyond presumptions, and widening the public discourse

József Debreczeni

Books | Best of Books 2024: Nonfiction

Perpetrators, Victims, Bystanders

József Debreczeni | Gerfried Horst | Sergey Radchenko

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