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Restraint before Peace: India offers attainable objectives for both Russia and Ukraine
Restraint before Peace: India offers attainable objectives for both Russia and Ukraine
5 min read
India is not offering a grand diplomatic formula for ending the war. It is seeking to establish a measure of predictability in sectors where the costs of continued hostilities extend well beyond the i ...
Speak, Memory
14 min read
Forgetting has become a common worry among the young and a growing crisis among the old. India has millions of people with dementia, little in the way of a national plan, and new but costly drugs. The ...
A Quick Guide to a Good Memory
2 min read
It begins with a healthy lifestyle
Building World Champion Brands: Time for a recalibration of our industrial policy?
3 min read
Industrial policy can end up creating white elephants at a great loss to an economy. In order to succeed, it has to be well targeted and has to subject beneficiary firms to strict discipline
Can Fashion Make a Political Statement? Designer Pranav Kirti Tests The Limits with HUEMN’s Runway Showcase
4 min read
At Lakmé Fashion Week in partnership with FDCI, fashion label HUEMN turned to masks, camouflage and images of violence to hold up a mirror a society in conflict. It revealed both the promise and the p ...
Deva, the man behind Rajinikanth’s iconic intro music, dies; CM Vijay announces state honour
3 min read
Superstar Rajinikanth visited the late composer’s Chennai residence as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay mourned the loss of the musician who brought gaana music into mainstream cinema and created Rajin ...
Delhi Police file FIRs over Connaught Place protests: What happened during the Tiranga rally?
3 min read
Multiple FIRs have been registered over alleged violations of prohibitory orders during protests in central Delhi. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke has been arrested, AISA president Neha Bora has been relea ...
Manoj Kumar Jha says the manner in which govt treats protesters, especially women, is deeply distressing
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When peaceful dissent is met with brute force, it is not the protesters who diminish democracy but the state that diminishes itself, says the Parliamentarian
Neha Bora’s “abduction” by Delhi Police part of a pattern, alleges Dipankar Bhattacharya
3 min read
The 29-year-old AISA leader and JNU student has been detained around half a dozen times in a single week