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Play it like Yamal
July 11, 2024, 7:35 AM IST
In a thrilling Euro 2024 semi-final in Munich, a powerful French team was beaten by a resurgent Spain. Both the European footballing powerhouses featured star-studded squads, but there was no doubt about the player who…
July 11, 2024, 7:35 AM IST
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Modi’s tightrope walk on Russia-Ukraine
July 11, 2024, 7:31 AM IST
What separates a multipolar world from a bipolar one, observed a Twitter expert, is the India-Russia relationship. In Russia for a bilateral summit with Putin after five years, Modi’s job was never going to be…
July 11, 2024, 7:31 AM IST
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It pays to turn away from memory lane
July 11, 2024, 7:22 AM IST
– By Mona Mehta To illustrate what memory, or the lack of it, can do, Osho tells us the story of Hua Tzu, a man who was forever happy, feeling light and burden free. But…
July 11, 2024, 7:22 AM IST
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As the crore flies
July 11, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Cash flows in for cricketers. What about our stars from other sports? Sharm-ati hai to admit it, but my eyes aren’t Kohli-lined. But, just because I’m not cricket-crazed doesn’t mean I didn’t fist the SKY…
July 11, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Ode To The Turtle
July 11, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Whether with superglue or law, saving this ancient, singular creature is in our hands Is an animal only an animal? To be human is to know that the answer is, no. Whether as storytellers or…
July 11, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Killing the right to die
July 11, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Delhi HC erred gravely in its euthanasia decision. It showed no empathy, and paid no heed to a landmark SC ruling Apart from being insensitive, Delhi HC has doubly erred in the case of a…
July 11, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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It is easy to invite joy into your life
July 10, 2024, 7:31 AM IST
Something good happens to you – you cleared an examination, your blood test results are great, you just got that long-awaited promotion at work – and you feel overjoyed. You radiate that happiness to all…
July 10, 2024, 7:31 AM IST
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Mess Gets Neeter: Official, judicial conversations on NEET are missing the main point, which is not retest but wholesale reform
July 10, 2024, 6:00 AM IST
The way ahead for 2.4 mn medical aspirants looks rocky. Deliberations on entrance test NEET’s question paper leak are slipping into a maze. SC said a retest is an “extreme last resort” – only in…
July 10, 2024, 6:00 AM IST
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Let Them Bid: Fancy number plates are fun. More seriously, auctions are best way to allocate scarce national resources
July 10, 2024, 6:00 AM IST
Delhi’s transport department is raking it in. Its auction for the coveted 0001 vehicle licence plate in March fetched a staggering Rs 23.4L. Figures for other fancy registration numbers are almost as impressive. It’s time…
July 10, 2024, 6:00 AM IST
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The Bahá’i vision for global civilisation
July 9, 2024, 8:01 AM IST
Written by: Dr AK Merchant We remember many outstanding people’s lives, services, and sacrifices every year. Among them is the prophet of the Bahá’i Faith, known as the Báb, which means the gate. During the…
July 9, 2024, 8:01 AM IST
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LUI tragedies
July 9, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Law (Enforcement) Under Influence: that’s what tends to happen when rich/powerful drive drunk Weeks after the terrible Porsche accident in Pune, a BMW driven by an allegedly drunk son of a Shiv Sena senior has…
July 9, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Oui the people
July 9, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
France’s dramatic election shows the virtues of coalition dharma when faced with threat to core democratic values French talk of French exceptionalism is food for many jokes around the world. But their dramatic parliamentary elections…
July 9, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Bieber’s boxers
July 9, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Every Indian male is Captain Underpants at heart Fashion may have begun with bark, foliage and animal skin as a simple matter of modesty and keeping warm, but is today a zillion-dollar industry with bling,…
July 9, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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If governments really cared, Hathrases wouldn’t happen
July 8, 2024, 8:19 AM IST
Within hours of the two-day Jagannath rath yatra in Puri starting to cover its 3km journey, there was news of a “stampedelike” situation, some reports suggesting a death and people critically injured. The yatra is…
July 8, 2024, 8:19 AM IST
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Why Modi’s in Moscow
July 8, 2024, 7:26 AM IST
When Modi and Putin sit for dinner in Putin’s Moscow dacha tonight, they will chew on a geopolitical and bilateral context that has changed dramatically since they broke roti together in Delhi in 2021. The…
July 8, 2024, 7:26 AM IST
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The three important definitions of Yog
July 8, 2024, 7:20 AM IST
By- KVS Rao The word ‘yog’ is derived from the Sanskrit root ‘yuj’, which means ‘to join’, ‘to yoke’, or ‘to unite’. There are two different ways to understand yog. On one hand, it is…
July 8, 2024, 7:20 AM IST
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Tehran twist
July 8, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
As religious conservatives ebb in Iran, it’s not Iranian women alone who are taking hope Are presidential elections in Iran free and fair? Hardly. A stark tell is that instead of being selected by political…
July 8, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Tank you, DRDO
July 8, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
The defence tech body’s light tank is good news. But armoured units need much more In a much needed break, India’s indigenous light tank has completed the prototype development stage under Project Zorawar. Developed by…
July 8, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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All that extra baggage
July 8, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Today’s airlines wouldn’t be able to handle yesterday’s trunks People have matching luggage these days and it’s all so delicate and fashionable no wonder baggage handlers at airports have fun breaking it. And I was…
July 8, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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On Koo, failures and successes in India’s startup ecosystem
July 7, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
The shuttering of Koo, a microblogging website similar to Twitter (now X), has rekindled discussions about why India doesn’t have its own Google, Facebook, or WhatsApp, and whether a protectionist approach like China’s is necessary…
July 7, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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