‘When people were dying, Baba’s men were busy removing evidence’

Bhole Baba or Baba Rampal: How these men are playing god

• Avijit Ghosh
• TIMESOFINDIA.COM

Why India joined UN meet on Afghanistan attended by Taliban

With investments worth more than $3 billion in Afghanistan, India is currently working on 490 projects in the country — spread across all 34 provinces in the country — in critical areas like water, connectivity, agriculture, education and health

• Sachin Parashar
• TIMESOFINDIA.COM

Why senior citizens need both an income stream and a corpus

Having one’s own income offers the agency and freedom to use it at will, especially in old age, without depending on anyone, while the corpus keeps us prepared for contingencies

• Uma Shashikant
• THE ECONOMIC TIMES

India’s first unicorn clicks again on the IPO button, this time at home

In 2021, ad-tech leader InMobi had made moves for a US listing with a potential $15bn market cap. But the vagaries of the capital market forced it to abort the plans. InMobi is back with its IPO plans. This time round, on the Indian bourses

• Manu P TomsSwathi Moorthy
• THE ECONOMIC TIMES

Sensex has touched peak 80,000. Here's what stocks you can buy

As the sensex has crossed the 80,000-mark, recording its fastest 10k rally in history, should you sit back and wait for a correction?

• Aseem Gujar
• TNN

TOI+ video story: How world's most wanted woman ran biggest crypto scam

44-year-old Ruja Ignatova is back in the news some seven years after she disappeared. Was she killed or die she deliberately go missing? No one knows for sure. But what made headlines is how she scripted the world's biggest crypto fraud worth billions of dollars

• Abhilash Gaur
• TIMESOFINDIA.COM

Interviewing Beatles to James Bond role, stories only Kabir Bedi can tell

Kabir Bedi reflects on his career and life lessons in a conversation at the Times Literature Festival 2021

• Times News Network
• TIMESOFINDIA.COM

'Post-poll harassment of voters is real, totaliser can curb it'

N Gopalaswami was India’s Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) from June 30, 2006 to April 20, 2009. A totaliser prototype was made and demonstrated to political parties in his tenure. While he believes that EVMs cannot be hacked, he told TOI+ that totalisers can reduce the post-result harassment of voters. Edited excerpts from the interview:

• Alka DhupkarSunil Baghel
• TIMESOFINDIA.COM

TOI+ video story: How a ‘crypto queen’ swindled $4 billion

TOI+ video story: How a ‘crypto queen’ swindled $ 4 billion

• TOI.in

80k question: Why’s market okay with macro problems?

Investors are cheering good news from the top 10% of the economy. Post-reforms, stock market booms have never waited for broad-based economic growth

• Somnath Mukherjee

It may seem like business as usual. But Brand Modi won’t be the same again

The 2024 general election has been a significant setback to the script that the Modi government was writing and executing to near perfection

• Santosh Desai
• TIMESOFINDIA.COM

Anupam Kher on losing Rishi Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, and hope amid Covid fear

Anupam Kher reflects on writing, acting, and life lessons in a conversation at the Times Literature Festival 2021

• Vinita Dawra Nangia
• Times Network

Sanjay Van, Lothian Cemetery, do you know all of Delhi’s spookiest places?

Explore Delhi's spooky side: haunted cemeteries, forests, and buildings with ghostly tales and urban legends.

• Rumu Banerjee
• Times Network

Biden’s lapses are said to be increasingly common and worrisome

People who have spent time with Biden over the past few months or so said the lapses appear to have grown more frequent, more pronounced and, after the June 27 debate, more worrisome

• Peter BakerDavid E Sanger
• New York Times

Will pivot from China result in more factory jobs for Indian women?

As multinational brands shift factory production from China, Indian women — long shut out of the workforce — could be prime beneficiaries

• Peter S Goodman
• New York Times

Why you can expect more desis in UK parliament this time

From Labour To Tories and newly formed outfits, all the key players have fielded Indian-origin candidates for the July 4 elections to UK's lower House

• Naomi Canton
• TNN

Should you stay invested in Quant MF after Sebi probe?

Distributors and advisers who thought Quant was a new fund with a small track record are now asking investors to wait and watch rather than simply exit

• Himadri Buch
• THE ECONOMIC TIMES

What matters is not the number, but the safety net

India’s growing economy is lifting families out of poverty but often onto a precarious perch. A single disaster can push them right back. Policy, obsessed with counting the poor, ignores the question of helping ‘newly poor’

• Sonalde Desai

Lord Jagannath Embarks on Rath Yatra to show love to his devotees

Experience the charm of Jagannath Yatra, a vibrant carnival of faith, music, and devotion in Puri.

• Mona Mehta
• The Speaking Tree

Power was once poison for Rahul. What’s changed?

The Congress leader always seemed averse to the idea of occupying any office. That’s why his decision to become the LoP marks a significant milestone in his political career

• Lakshmi Iyer
• TIMESOFINDIA.COM

What links Stranger Things, Thor, Bohemian Rhapsody, Pulp Fiction

Classic songs like Dear Mr Fantasy, Master of Puppets, and Running Up That Hill get a new lease on life through their feature in popular movies and TV shows.

• Sumit Bhattacharya
• Times Network