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There was euphoria and an immense sense of pride among Indians after the successful launch of Chandrayaan-3. Now, India too can be called an advanced nation. But was this its only motive? One will agree that our progress in this sector was extremely low as compared to the other nations that had successfully launched their
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Avijit Ghosh Avijit Ghosh is a associate editor with The Times of India. He is addicted to films, music, cricket and football—and not necessarily in that order. He is the author of Bandicoots in the Moonlight, Cinema Bhojpuri, 40 Retakes, and now, Up Campus, Down Campus, a novel set in 1980s JNU. He tweets from
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India is on the Moon, Indians are over the Moon. Such is the delight and pride in India becoming the fourth nation after the US, Russia and China to land a craft intact on the Moon that it will materially change attitudes towards educational choices. It will boost national self-confidence across the board, including in
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The Puthuppally bypoll on Sept 5 and the looming Lok Sabha elections next year have roiled the political atmosphere in the state. Amid allegations and counter allegations — many of them uncomfortably personal — and charges of hidden agendas and unholy nexuses between the major players, Leader Of Opposition V D Satheesan talks to TOI
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It’s gone OTT, the excessive barking and snarking sparked by Yashica Dutta’s allegation against the OTT-platform series, Made In Heaven. The journalist alleged that the character of Pallavi Menke in Season 2 was based on her life and book, Coming Out As a Dalit, without credit or fee. Zoya Akhtar and the other creators of
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Maya Prakashan, an NREGA worker and a resident of Karumalloor panchayat in Ernakulam, has always dabbled in cultivating vegetables and bananas in her backyard. They would either be sold in the neighbourhood shops or at local fairs. But in the last year, she has become a diligent farmer, multitasking between NREGA work as well as
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Thousands of years ago, India was a ‘knowledge centre’ for the scholars of entire world. The architects of this society were the scientists known as Rishies & Munies. Apart from the skill based subjects; the spiritualism was the ‘rare knowledge’ being given to worthy disciples by the Guru in Gurukuls and kept alive through generations.
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The celebration of India’s lunar success can be heard in every nook and corner of the country, which is reverberating with pride and a sense of accomplishment that “yes, we did it” and finally, India is on the moon. Everyone has a different way of celebrating this achievement, and our Bollywood has done this to
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Faraway galaxies and other celestial bodies are bringing us closer to the deepest parts of ourselves In 1633, Galileo was forced to recant his scientific findings that confirmed the Copernican view of the universe. We’re the lucky ones. There’s never been a better time to be an (armchair) astronomer. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
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Payal Kapoor and Timsy Anand two veterans of Delhi have put together an art gala at Taj Palace on an entire floor and amidst the melange of works it was good to spot 108 Art Project’s Old Masters Avinash Chandra, Piraga Sagara, Chitamani Kar and Lancelot Ribeiro. One recalls seeing Ribero at the India Art Fair
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