July 12, 2024, 7:44 AM IST
Written by: Soham Bhaduri In seeking the sought, the seeker denies that the sought is already there and acknowledges that what is already there isn’t what is sought. The raj yogi follows an elaborate regimen…
July 12, 2024, 7:44 AM IST
July 12, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Today, there’s an important vote happening in Maharashtra, a state in India. This vote is like a preview for a bigger election that will happen later this year. In Maharashtra, there’s an upper house of…
July 12, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 12, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
That UGC-NET may have been cancelled over a false alarm shows how broken the system is If more proof were needed of the way the exam system is run in this country, we have it…
July 12, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 12, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Today’s MLC election in Maharashtra is a trailer to the potboiler that the state’s assembly polls will be It’s match time again in Maharashtra. If the Lok Sabha election was considered a semifinal to Oct’s…
July 12, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 12, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Imagine there’s a big test called UGC-NET that lots of students take. Recently, this test was cancelled because people thought the questions had been leaked before the exam. But now, it looks like that might…
July 12, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 12, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
The capital city of Britain serves up the whole wide world on a plate Over the past few weeks, Bunny and I have eaten in Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Türkiye, Jamaica,…
July 12, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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
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
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
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
July 11, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Did you know that turtles are super cool and important? Here’s why: Turtles are really old! They’ve been around since the time of dinosaurs. They help keep water clean by eating dead stuff and weeds….
July 11, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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
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
July 11, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
A Delhi high court’s ruling in a case about a very sick person has been criticised. Here’s what happened: A young man, who is 30 years old, has been very ill since 2011. He can’t…
July 11, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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
July 10, 2024, 6:00 AM IST
Imagine if 2.4 million kids all wanted to become doctors. They all have to take a big test called NEET to get into medical school. But there’s a big problem – some people cheated on…
July 10, 2024, 6:00 AM IST
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
July 10, 2024, 6:00 AM IST
I happened to be in London during the British elections in which Labour Party scored a landslide victory over Rishi Sunak’s Conservative govt. A day before the polls I went to my local pub as…
July 10, 2024, 6:00 AM IST
July 10, 2024, 6:00 AM IST
Have you ever seen a car with a really cool license plate number, like 0001? In Delhi, India, someone paid a lot of money (about $28,000) to get that special number for their car! People…
July 10, 2024, 6:00 AM IST
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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