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How The BJP Has Changed Under Modi-Shah

The BJP at 43 is a work in progress, with total ideological continuity and much substantive change in political method and style, observes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party Supremo......

Does Congress Matter Any Longer?

Every time we look at the Congress, its future, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, we find the situation more hopeless than even a few months earlier, observes Shekhar Gupta.......

Risk of Covid spread from dead bodies unlikely: AIIMS doc

Coronavirus doesn't remain active in nasal and oral cavities 12 to 24 hours after the death of an infected person as a result of which the risk of transmission from the deceased is highly unlikely,......

Covid and crematorium: Slum dwellers grapple with smoke, stench and fear of disease

The smoke hangs in an ash grey cloud over their homes and the acrid smell from more than 200 cremations a day doesn't leave, they say, permeating as it were their very pores. For the residents of......

He told India about the Himalayan Blunder

Very few today realise that without Brigadier John Dalvi's courage, we would never have known what really happened during those tragic days of October/November 1962, reveals Claude Arpi. IMAGE:......

Will they get their salaries on time?

Tea plantation workers.Jute workers.Salt pan workers.And other labourers like them who are paid their salaries in cash.As the first salary date after demonetisation arrives, will they be able to......

With petcoke, Essar takes train to Pakistan

After starting petcoke production earlier this year, Essar Oil is looking at export opportunities in Pakistan. The company has entered into an agreement with Maple Leaf, a cement major there, for......

Microsoft, Yahoo in search deal to fight Google

Software giant Microsoft and Internet major Yahoo! on Wednesday signed a 10-year search deal that will see the two firms jointly challenging the dominance of Google in the search business. "In......

Some golden stocks you could look at

The markets gave a thumbs down to the Interim Budget 2009-10 and investors lost close to Rs 1 trillion on Monday itself. As the market breath remains negative, the investors continue to remain a......

Cement firms unlikely to hike prices

Cement companies, which agreed in May to hold prices for three months to help the government contain inflation, could find it difficult to raise rates when the moratorium ends on August 14. Top......

Uunchai Review: Too Much Rona Dhona

Uunchai has a simple enough story that drags on for 169 minutes and 48 seconds on the sheer good will of its veteran cast, points out Sukanya Verma. Frail old folk overcoming physical limitations......

Goodbye Review: Heart In The Right Place

Goodbye makes ordinary places, ordinary people and ordinary events become interesting, observes Mayur Sanap. Film-makers love to see the excruciating beauty in human grief. Using the backdrop of a......

Ranbir to Raj: Bollywood's FIRE POWER

Fire dominates the frames of Brahmastra Part One: Shiva. 'Kuch rishta hai mera aag se,' explains Ranbir Kapoor only to learn he's an 'Agni Astra' spearheading Ayan Mukerji's superhero universe in......

365 days. 319 films

How many of the 319 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2018 have you seen? IMAGE: Deepika Padukone in Padmaavat. I watch many films in a year -- for work and pleasure, and I keep a record of them. In......

Holi Special: What GREEN means in the movies

Sukanya Verma tells us how Bollywood gives colours a whole new meaning. Holi wouldn't really be Holi without all its colours. And green is one of its star shades. Symbolising growth, nature, money......

Warne: Moments To Remember Him Forever

IMAGE: Shane Warne celebrates taking a wicket during the second Test against England at his beloved MCG, December 27, 1994. Photograph: Graham Chadwick/Allsport/Getty Images The cricketing......

Rohit's Return Won't Reverse Losing Streak

Why does Indian cricket find itself on a slippery slope?, Indrajit Gupta asks. IMAGE: India lost both the Test and ODI series to South Africa. Photograph: Sumaya Hisham/Reuters The ignominy......

Why Did BCCI Mess With Kohli?

Now we do not know if the Board bugs the dressing room or employs Pegasus in players' phones. But nothing stopped them from speaking with Kohli, points out Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Virat Kohli, who......

How India and New Zealand reached WTC Final

Rajneesh Gupta offers insights about the ICC World Test Championship Final. IMAGE: Captain Virat Kohli and his team-mates on day one of the Second Test against New Zealand at the Hagley Oval in......

Indian women's trap team settles for silver in ISSF World Cup

IMAGE: Kirti Gupta, Manisha Keer and Rajeshwari Kumari. Photograph: SAI Media/Twitter Indian women's trap team trio of Kirti Gupta, Manisha Keer and Rajeshwari Kumari lost 4-6 to Russia to settle......

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