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World Cup Final Preview: India versus South Africa
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A new women’s world champion in 50-over cricket will be crowned on Sunday as the hosts and a first-time finalist set up a clash of the underdogs
Weight Loss: The Lean Season
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A new class of drugs is helping Indians lose weight quickly and stay fit while tackling many chronic ailments. As this market expands, experts warn the drugs should be taken only under medical supervi ...
Intimations of Immortality
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Weight loss drugs are part of a larger longevity movement growing rapidly in India and across the world
The uses of centrist liberalism in India’s ideas-starved politics
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A manifesto for the future
She Knows Best: Women Will Have the Last Word in Bihar
10 min read
The woman voter, whose life has changed under central and state welfare schemes, will decide who will form the next government in Bihar
From Bihar to Bengal
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The tinder is trembling in a shifting demography
The Target Is India
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The idea behind the insinuations and half-truths about key institutions like LIC and leading national banks is to create panic and distrust among individual and institutional investors
US-China: A Temporary Truce
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It is interesting to note that Trump, let alone Xi, did not mention any reduction of Russian oil purchases by China. China is a large buyer of Russian oil. Trump has no leverage against Beijing to for ...
India reimagines geopolitics in a world of shifting alliances
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Playing to win
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The Digital Trojan Horse
Meet Anuradha Sharma from Lalitpur
In Search of Baru
Goodbye Perón
Road to Armageddon
US-China: A Temporary Truce
Jensen Huang: The Monopolist
Faith Beyond Borders
A Thai Deepavali to remember
She Knows Best: Women Will Have the Last Word in Bihar
The woman voter, whose life has changed under central and state welfare schemes, will decide who will form the next government in Bihar
NDA promises a crore jobs 
A joint NDA manifesto pledges schemes for youth, women, EBCs in Bihar
The uses of centrist liberalism in India’s ideas-starved politics
A manifesto for the future
I.N.D.I.A. Has a Congress Problem
Congress held back from accepting the seat-sharing formula suggested by RJD and maintained an intriguing ambiguity on leadership. Reports suggest that RJD is not keen to part with more than 50 seats a ...
A Selective Memory on GST
Despite states with Congress governments being represented in the GST Council, the party has consistently attacked GST
The Last Battle for the Class of 1974
They are the last of the socialist war horses, moulded by the JP movement and Mandal agitation. Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar are all set for a final face-off in battleground Bihar
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