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The maverick who changed India's legal education

Whenever the history of India's National Law Schools is written, N R Madhava Menon's name will be deeply inscribed in it, says Mohammad Zeeshan Ahmad. On the eve of Republic Day, the Government of......

Abhijit's Nobel and the challenges ahead

'The fruition of Nobel's hope lies in the response of a caring government that can rise above politics and propaganda, not in the frenetic raptures of a public that worships fame for fame's sake,'......

A race to save the Parsis

From dating apps to events, the shrinking community is innovating ways to encourage the young to marry within the faith, reports Ranjita Ganesan. IMAGE: The Zoroastrian population has seen a......

Why the Centre needs to help this CM

IMAGE: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. Kashmir's youth are being radicalised.The once-alienated separatists are ready to return to their old haunting ground.The ruling PDP-BJP......

Mystery over the DRESS that broke the Internet solved

MIT scientists have cracked the science behind the dress that went viral on the Internet after some saw it as black and blue while others perceived it to be gold and white. In a survey of......

With coronavirus still around, 'virus killers' hit the market

A gamechanger for offices and factories, Shycocan, claims to be able to clear an area of 1000 square feet from coronavirus. When Rajah Vijay Kumar had an appointment with his dentist recently, we......

'India is one of our most exciting operations'

‘As the world changes, we will be on a constant change programme too,’ advertising agency J Walter Thompson Global Chief Executive Officer Tamara Ingram and South Asia CEO Tarun Rai......

Google's Mobilegeddon to hit today, may pinch Indian enterprises

Websites that are not mobilefriendly will drop down in rankings Google’s changed mobile search algorithm that will affect website rankings from Tuesday will bring it close to higher......

Facebook facelift faces tough fight

Last week, 29-year-old K Dasaratha Rao, a website developer and software consultant from Bangalore, saw several new features being added to the social networking site Facebook (FB)."Honestly, I......

New media outsourcing to India picks up

Foreign companies have begun outsourcing new media work such as online reputation management, data mining, influencer identification and crisis management directly to small and mid-sized Indian......

Review: PK, a mixed bag of spunk and sentimentality

When PK works, it does with great merit. When it does not, it sermonises, says Sukanya Verma. Among showmen and whiz kids, game changers and auteurs resides a genial filmmaker, a fairy......

'Main requirement in soaps seems to be good looks'

He's among the most celebrated playwrights in the history of Tamil drama; a consummate actor with a genuine gift for humour and a knack for combining social issues into intriguing stories, which......

'I will never do commercial films'

Rahul Bose claims that he does not have a career strategy. And that explains his seven films in a nine-year career.But the last couple of months have been very favourable for the Bengali actor. Two......

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