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Success of humanity lies not on battlefield: Modi at UN

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the "success of humanity lies in our collective strength, not on the battlefield" as he addressed the United Nation's Summit of the Future held......

ALARMING! Student suicide rate rising in India, surpasses population growth rate

Incidents of student suicides in India have grown at an alarming annual rate, surpassing the population growth rate and overall suicide trends, according to a new report. Illustration: Dominic......

'This Isn't About Rejecting Our Heritage'

'...but subjecting our heritage to rigorous evidence-based understanding.' Kindly note that this image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: Parth Sanyal/Reuters ......

'Wayanad Is A Man-Made Tragedy'

'It was specifically mentioned in the Gadgil Committee report that this particular area where the colossal landside happened now should be in the Environmentally Sensitive Area under Zone 1.' 'Zone......

India's New Trilemma

...Kids, jobs, emigration, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "Aren't you kids going to have children?" I asked one of my nieces who had come for a one-week......

Maiden critical minerals auction: A modest showing

In June last year, India unveiled its first list of 29 critical minerals open for private sector exploration and mining. Photograph: Polina Devitt/Reuters Since then, 38 critical mineral blocks......

Income Rise To Boost Household Asset Rebuilding

Households are likely to remain the primary net lenders to the economy in the coming decades. Photograph: Kind courtesy Satheesh Sankaran/Pixabay With rising incomes, households are......

Meet Nirmalaji's Core Budget Team

The finance minister continues to be backed by the same policy team in charting out the broad strategy as in the few earlier Budgets. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman distributes halwa......

Survey lauds the importance of capital markets in India's growth story

Capital markets are becoming more prominent in India's growth story, with an expanding share in capital formation and investment landscape on the back of technology, innovation and digitisation,......

Wipro's Q1 net profit rises 4.6% to Rs 3,003.2 cr; revenue falls 3.8%

IT major Wipro on Friday posted a 4.6 per cent year-on-year rise in its consolidated net profit for the June quarter at Rs 3,003.2 crore. Photograph: Abhishek N Chinnappa/Reuters The Q1 FY25......

Big Girls Don't Cry Review: Watchable

Big Girls Don't Cry is too solemn to be fun and too timid to be truly bold, feels Deepa Gahlot. For the new generation, it is probably the Harry Potter books set in a boarding school that......

'Dilip Kumar turning 100!'

'What an incredible opportunity to bring back one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema on the big screen.' Over a decade ago Shivendra Singh Dungarpur connected with Martin Scorsese's World......

How Do We Prepare For LA 2028? We Don't.

You don't prep for 2028 but for 2040, or even 2044.Sustained sporting excellence is based on mass support, grassroots development, and funding -- and it is this trifecta India needs to work on,......

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