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Postal Ballots Rise In Lok Sabha Polls

The proportion of postal votes polled in the general elections has gradually risen since 2009. IMAGE: An elderly woman voter shows her ink-marked finger after casting her vote through a postal......

JD-U downplays absence of MLAs ahead of trust vote

Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United on Sunday exuded confidence that its national president, who was sworn in as Bihar CM for a record ninth time after forming a new government with the Bharatiya......

Why V K Pandian Is So Valuable To Naveen Patnaik

Naveen Patnaik is known as an "absentee landlord" who needs bureaucrats like Pandian to run his government, reports Archis Mohan. IMAGE: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and V K Pandian meet......

Odisha CM's private secretary gets Cabinet rank post day after VRS

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's close aide V K Pandian was on Tuesday appointed chairman of 5T with the status of cabinet minister, a day after his voluntary retirement from government......

NRIs: Pop Nationalism To Identity Supremacy

Brand India's societal divisions and distortions have remained as much relevant in 'liberal' America and Europe as it still is in the structurally stratified Indian society of the 21st century,......

Vistara rejects reports its pilot woes disrupted flight operations

The flight cancellations and delays of Vistara in the last few days were due to unfavourable weather, air traffic congestion and unforeseen aircraft maintenance, and cannot be solely attributed to......

COVID-19: How India Inc plans to keep employees safe

Encouraged by the arrival of vaccines, companies are taking a technology-backed calibrated approach to speed up employees’ return to the workplace while maintaining social distancing.......

Coronavirus fears send aerospace industry into tailspin

Several hundred Indian firms that manufacture or assemble Rs 10,000 crore worth of aerospace components annually for manufacturers like Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed Martin and Bell Helicopters now face......

RBI asks banks, FIs to gauge impact of coronavirus

The Reserve Bank on Monday asked all banks and financial institutions to assess the impact on their balance sheet, asset quality, liquidity, among others, in the wake of the potential threat......

How govt employees can be made accountable

Privatisation is still regarded as beyond the pale but public-private partnerships have gained in popularity, says Vijay Joshi. How should public goods be provided to citizens? The traditional......

McGrath urges 'ageing' Shami to take cue from Anderson

IMAGE: While Glenn McGrath said the current Indian pace attack still has some time left, he added that Mohammed Shami should take a cue from James Anderson. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters The......

T20 World Cup: Australia left with happy selection headache after NZ whitewash

IMAGE: Matthew Wade believes the selectors will have a task picking Australia’s squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup. Photograph: Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters Stand-in skipper Matthew Wade has......

French Open PIX: Medvedev loses in first round; Swiatek advances

Images from Day 3 of the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Tuesday. Medvedev blown away in first round IMAGE: Thiago Seyboth Wild of Brazil reacts during his first round match against......

PICS: Canada stun US to win men's 4x100 relay gold

Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday, Day 9. IMAGE: Andre De Grass, Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake and Brendon Rodney celebrate winning gold for Canada in the......

Hardik unlikely to be retained by MI; Shreyas may leave DC

IMAGE: 'At this point in time, there is less than 10 percent chance that Hardik will be retained by Mumbai Indians.' Photograph: BCCI Colourful all-rounder Hardik Pandya is likely to be sent back......

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