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Decoding India's Dress Code

...Is a cultural swaraj under way, wonders Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The man looked at me with a puzzled face when I greeted him. He and I have known each......

NCERT suggests Ramayana, Mahabharata in school textbooks

Epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata should be taught in schools as part of the history curriculum under India's 'classical period', a high-level National Council of Educational Research and......

'India is only a 150-year-old name'

'Bharat is a name that is 7,000 years old.''We are not saying the name of the country should be changed from India to Bharat; we only recommended that the stress should be on Bharat.' Photograph:......

NCERT panel for replacing 'India' with 'Bharat' in textbooks

The committee has also recommended highlighting 'Hindu victories' in various battles in the textbooks. IMAGE: A girl reads a book at a roadside book stall in Nagpur. Image used only for......

Is Ajit Doval Failing India On Security?

It is when one looks away from the immediate song and dance and at the granular detail of what has been going on since 2014 that one realises what the quality and competence of thinking and......

Nasscom portal to bridge job scout-seeker gap

The National Association of Software Services Companies (Nasscom) on Tuesday launched the Talent Connect portal to bridge the gap between recruiters and digitally skilled and certified candidates.......

Banks want time for card tokenisation

Tokenisation is the process of replacing debit and credit card numbers with a set of characters or tokens. Kindly note the image has only been published for representational purposes. Photograph:......

All hail Modi's 1st BJP Budget

The Modi government is notoriously honest about one fact: It does not listen to economists, observes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Welcome sign rolled out for Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi in......

How FM plans to tackle air pollution and save environment

The Centre on Monday earmarked a separate Rs 2,217 crore for 42 urban centres to tackle air pollution and announced the much-awaited voluntary vehicle scrapping policy to phase out old and......

3 eminent economists in RBI's monetary committee

The government on Monday appointed three eminent economists -- Ashima Goyal, Jayanth R Varma and Shashanka Bhide -- as members of the rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee of the RBI, sources......

The Vaccine War Review: Absorbing Drama

The Vaccine War leans towards stoking nationalistic fervour but that shouldn't stop you from watching a film that is solemn about the Indian scientific community's achievement, notes Mayur Sanap.......

'No proposal from ACC to postpone Asia Cup'

IMAGE: Image for Representation. Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images Contradicting media reports that Asia Cup could be postponed and a parallel tournament, excluding Pakistan, could be played......

Asian Cricket Council slams PCB chief Sethi over Jay Shah tweet

IMAGE: Pakistan Cricket Board chief Najam Sethi had reacted sharply to BCCI secretary Jay Shah's announcement of ACC itinerary on twitter. Photograph: Francois Nel/Getty Images The Asian Cricket......

China asked Russia to delay Ukraine war until after Winter Olympics?

IMAGE: The national flag of China and the flag of the International Olympic Comittee are pictured during the Winter Olympics closing ceremony. Photograph: Aleksandra Szmigiel/Reuters Senior......

Noted Mumbai coach Vasu Paranjape passes away

IMAGE: Vasu Paranjape with his son Jatin. Photograph: Kind courtesy Jatin Paranjape/Instagram Vasu Paranjape, a man synonymous with everything that is pristine about Mumbai cricket breathed his......

Maradona sedated to help ease withdrawal symptoms

Maradona 'confused', to spend more time in hospital IMAGE: Fans of Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona, Walter Rotundo and his twin daughters Mara and Dona, who are named after Maradona, pose......

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