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Death stalks India’s roads. I was walking off jet lag in Bangalore this morning as I navigated broken sidewalks, unexpected potholes and ditches, loose hanging electric wires, feral dogs and reckless drivers hurtling down roads with no cross walk or signals at 630 a.m., thinking of the ever present danger to limb and life in
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Political events in the until recently stable and bi-partisan state of Himachal Pradesh have been at the top the hour on the 9 o’clock news for the past few days. This is primarily because of crossvoting by 6 Congress MLAs, aided by 3 independent MLAs which enabled the BJP to wrest from the Congress what
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Rajya Sabha election results are one more indicator of how hungrily BJP fights to win. And the party is aided by Congress harbouring the wrong kind of ambition BJP’s unexpected success in Rajya Sabha polls in UP and Himachal is yet another pointer to its overwhelming hunger for success and burning ambition to dominate all
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BJP keeps sharpening its strategy. Congress fails to spot dissent before it blows up Cross-voting by 6 Congress MLAs in Rajya Sabha election for Himachal’s single seat should not have triggered the uproar it did. Party whips in assembly do not extend to RS elections. So, RS cross-voting – technically – doesn’t impact assembly. Qualifying
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Journalism and media have a great social responsibility. That is why journalists are doing their work in any dangerous situation. For journalists who work at risk in any situation, now they have to risk their lives to do journalism in war-torn countries. Even now, many countries are in some form of internal civil war and
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Delivering safer and more convenient transport options could bring over half a million women into the workforce of five major Indian cities and give a major growth injection to their economies. There is a gaping hole in India’s workforce. The labour participation rate for women — which is the share of women who are
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America’s median age is less than 39. Both Biden and Trump are doubly older. Across the pond, France has a 34-year-old PM. More than their years though, it is the many instances of their ‘forgetfulness’ that have critics questioning Biden-Trump’s fitness for the world’s most powerful presidency. Experts, however, suggest that these concerns are rooted
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For the first time in 40 years, a small group of Indians is set to venture into the perilous and untamed wilderness that lies beyond our atmosphere. Yesterday, Modi feted four test pilots – Prasanth Nair, Ajit Krishnan, Angad Pratap and Shubhanshu Shukla – who are to become the first Indians in outer space since
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Welcome to the election edition of Indian Matchmaking Move over, Sima Aunty. The possibilities of electoral alliances are asima. Just as royal alliances were historically sealed by marriage, our political ones are aimed at securing the throne. So, as in the 1964 blockbuster, all manner of suitors are again pleading, ‘Poll, Radha, poll, sangam hoga
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Albania today, where he is attending bilateral meetings and the summit of Ukraine and Southeast Europe countries to rally support for Kyiv. Both Albania and Ukraine are candidates for joining the EU. Plus, Albania, as a Nato member, has supported Ukraine throughout the course of the war and imposed
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