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The Normalcy Of Extrajudicial Killings In India

An unofficial and brutal justice system exists parallel to the official one, and it executes many times more of the accused than the official one executes convicts, points out Aakar Patel. IMAGE:......

Why Theaterisation Of Armed Forces Is Important

As India progresses towards formulating its own model of theaterisation, the public must get involved in the debate because in the end, it affects the well-being of the entire nation, asserts Vice......

British Indian ex-minister Alok Sharma knighted; 30 more PIOs to be honoured

Alok Sharma, an Indian-origin former UK minister, has been knighted for his contribution to combatting climate change through his leadership at the COP26 summit by King Charles III in his first New......

Why RSS-BJP Have Abandoned West Bengal

'The RSS-BJP fight against TMC excesses seem to have been limited to fighting the assembly poll, not coming to the defence of ordinary Bengalis who are being crushed daily by Trinamool goons,'......

India's naval might in full display at President's Fleet Review

India's maritime defence might was on full display as President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday conducted the Fleet Review off the Visakhapatnam coast in Bay of Bengal. Sailing on the indigenously......

'The agenda is 'insurance for all by 2047''

'If you want it to grow well and serve the true needs of the economy, it needs a lot of freedom and flexibility, which comes in terms of the reform objective set by the regulator.' IMAGE: Shoppers......

Suicides Highlight HR Ailment At Public Sector Banks

It may sound bizarre, but incidents of public sector bankers dying by suicide could probably equal the number of such bankers quitting their jobs, reveals Tamal Bandyopadhyay. IMAGE: Kindly note......

Regulatory changes may usher new dawn for insurers

The regulatory changes brought in by the insurance regulator and the amendments proposed to the Insurance Act by the Centre may herald a new dawn for the sector in India. Photograph: Uttam......

'Insurance paid Rs 25,000-30,000 cr in Covid claims'

'Last year (FY21), we had about 1 million intimated claims for Covid.''This year (FY22), in six months, we got about 1.6 million claims.' IMAGE: Children who lost their parents to COVID-19 engagE......

Sitharaman delivers 2.17 hr-long Budget speech, earns praises

Nirmala Sitharaman, the country's first full-time woman finance minister, on Friday delivered one of the longest Budget speeches which was peppered with Urdu, Hindi and Tamil couplets. IMAGE:......

Darlings Alia, Vijay Win Filmfare OTT Awards

The fourth Filmfare OTT awards saw some interesting wins. The big winners of the night were the well-reviewed Web series: Scoop, Jubilee and Dahaad. Meet the winners of the Filmfare OTT Awards......

Yaariyan 2 Review: Collection Of Music Videos

Yaariyan 2 evokes a tinge of nostalgia for the time when music (and lip sync songs) used to be the mainstay of a commercial film, recalls Deepa Gahlot. A simplified version of Anjali Menon's......

Get Your Sex Education On OTT

Thank You For Coming recently discussed female desire and a 32-year-old woman's lack of an orgasm despite a vigorous sex life. Quite a few Hindi films have taken up issues related with sex, and......

COMING UP In October: Ganapath, Dono, Tejas

Tiger Shroff returns to the big screen after 18 months... Kangana plays a fighter pilot...Vidhu Vinod Chopra directs 12th Fail and much more... There's so much to watch on OTT this October. And so......

Is Ananya Praying For Aditya?

On Anant Chaturdashi, the 10-day long Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations come to a end. But not without one last party! Production house T-Series invited film folk over for Ganpati darshan, and they......

How IPL's 'Impact Player' rule will help senior players...

Senior players like Mishra, Chawla, Mohit could become 'effective' in IPL Photograph: Kind Courtesy BCCI/IPL The new rule of having an 'Impact Player' during the upcoming IPL could just be the......

Ex-Indian Air force man Saurabh ready for 'India Test'

IMAGE: Uttar Pradesh left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar is the only new face in the 18-member Indian squad for the three-Test series against Sri Lanka. Photograph: Saurabh Kumar/Instagram Seven years......

Saliva ban raises more questions than solutions

‘Make pitches that will be conducive to seam bowling. Keep a bit of moisture to make it 60/40 in favour of bowlers. If there's moisture, the ball would grip the surface and then both sweat......

I step up when everyone is tired in second innings: Shami

IMAGE: Mohammed Shami proudly said that the depth in India's pace attack is unprecedented. Photograph: BCCI Mohammed Shami has an uncanny ability to up the ante late in the game when everyone......

Think you know a lot about Sport? Take this challenge!

Norma Godinho challenges sporting know-it-alls. IMAGE: August 25, 2019. P V Sindhu wins the World Championship final against Japan's Nozomi Okuhara. Photograph: Vincent Kessler/Reuters Just......

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