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2-day holiday in Kozhikode following Nipah outbreak

In the wake of the Nipah outbreak in Kerala's Kozhikode district, a holiday has been declared for all educational institutions on Thursday and Friday. IMAGE: A central team of experts......

FULL TEXT: President's address to Parliament

Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session. Honourable Members, This joint sitting of......

READ: Kailash Satyarthi's full speech at RSS headquarters

'A nation becomes great only when its society chases a big dream and becomes resolute towards its pledge by making the most of its inherent power, energy and capabilities for achieving its goal'......

As govt eyes forest land, Mumbai's tribals faced with move to dingy flats

With the Maharashtra government doling out pieces of the lush green Aarey forest to various utilities, the tribals living in it for generations are feeling increasingly insecure. Hepzi Anthony......

When lawkeepers turn abductors

'How can the police, especially the Gujarat police, earn their laurels if they stick to the rule book?' asks lawyer Susan Abraham. Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya's arrest on the early morning of......

Digital ants to the rescue!

Swarms of digital ants may soon crawl all over the internet, scouting not for food, but computer worms and self-replicating programs designed to steal information or facilitate unauthorised use of......

Pranab Mukherjee's Budget Speech

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget for 2009-10 on July 6. Following is the BudgetSpeechof Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee: Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for......

The challenge of the chulha

About 24 years ago, I was in a house in a small village some distance from Udaipur in Rajasthan. A government functionary was explaining how an improved chulha (stove) worked -- they had installed......

Climate change may hit food output

Though agriculture's share in the total green house gas emissions of India is relatively small, it will be a big loser as a consequence of climate change. Various studies have indicated a......

Business books you must read

It has been a good year for business books. Spoilt for choice, readers have had a tough time making up their minds. Should they find out why Nassim Nicholas Taleb is urging everybody to imagine the......

19 Brilliant Movies You Need To Watch

Sukanya Verma gives us a lowdown on all those wonderful movies she saw and movies you need to see as and when they arrive to a screen or streaming space near you. A lot has changed since the 2019......

S P Balasubrahmanyam's TOP 75 Songs

Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part......

What I find compelling about masala movies...

'...that it takes fantasy seriously as a part of real life.'A fascinating excerpt from Jonathan Gil Harris's book, Masala Shakespeare: How A Firangi Writer Became Indian. IMAGE: Gracy Singh and......

Golfing great Arnold Palmer dies at 87

IMAGE: Arnold Palmer gestures after hitting a drive to begin the 2007 Masters golf tournament on the first tee at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, US on April 5, 2007.......

Tennis round-up: Kvitova, Anderson get in form before US Open with title wins

Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova kisses her trophy after defeating compatriot Lucie Safarova in the final of the Connecticut Open at Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale in New Haven on Saturday.......

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