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Reimagine Brics for present times

India, May 21 -- The confirmation from Moscow that President Vladimir Putin will attend the Brics summit in New Delhi in September raises the profile of the event. Chinese President Xi Jinping is also... Read More


When State returns to the policy centrestage

India, May 21 -- There is an uncomfortable truth buried in the World Bank's latest intellectual pivot. For decades, the Bank preached the gospel of free markets, open trade, and minimal State interven... Read More


The distance between actor Vijay & CM Vijay

India, May 21 -- On May 4, actor-politician C Joseph Vijay stormed the political box office in Tamil Nadu. Vijay's win seemingly marked a rupture with the Dravidian politics that dominated the state f... Read More


Searching for Bengal's civilisational signature

India, May 21 -- On a tiny island in the Baltic Sea, with the cool winds of the peaceful sea brushing against my face, I found myself thinking of home. Of Bengal. Of India. Of history. And of the iron... Read More


What AI can do for the judiciary, what it can't

India, May 21 -- 'We have seen our morphed pics too,' said former Chief Justice of India BR Gavai last year. It was a humorous yet striking admission: Even judges are no longer insulated from the dist... Read More


Drug smuggling racket busted, banned capsules worth Rs.1cr seized

Meerut, May 21 -- Muzaffarnagar police on Wednesday busted a major inter-state drug trafficking racket and seized banned intoxicating capsules worth nearly Rs.1 crore during a crackdown against narcot... Read More


Father held for killing daughter in Aligarh

AGRA, May 21 -- A man was arrested in Aligarh for allegedly strangling his 19-year-old daughter to death and burying her body in a field after objecting to her friendship with a youth from the same vi... Read More


Two killed in car crash in Aligarh

AGRA, May 21 -- Two managers of Central Bank of India were found dead inside a car that met with an accident in Aligarh, police said on Wednesday. According to police, the car appeared to have gone ou... Read More


Governor bats for uniforms in universities, colleges

LUCKNOW, May 21 -- Governor Anandiben Patel on Wednesday suggested introducing uniforms for students in universities and colleges while reviewing the functioning of Jananayak Chandrashekhar University... Read More


Air India cuts flights amid rivals' capacity expansion

New Delhi, May 21 -- Air India is cutting domestic and international capacity this summer, flying up to 5% fewer flights on domestic routes and nearly 40% less on international corridors compared with... Read More