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The moon belongs to everyone, but the brilliance of Indian space scientists has given us a special sense of ownership. My mind too goes back to a personal memory. The moon was the subject of a high school project I had laboured over with much love. N

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The suicide of a woman BJP leader in Assam has snowballed into a major “cash-for-jobs scam”, which resulted in the arrest of five individuals, all linked to the saffron party. The controversy has sent shockwaves across the state as the Himanta Biswa

It all started last September after Janata Dal (United) president Lalan Singh said in an interview that the people of Uttar Pradesh wanted Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar to champion their cause in the Lok Sabha. About two months ago, that spark ca

In poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, godmen and politicians are natural allies. Several prominent leaders from both the BJP and Congress are deploying babas of various hues to rally the faithful to their electoral cause. Never before has the intertwining of

Caste and politics make for inseparable bedfellows, and it never gets more conspicuous than when elections are around the corner. In Rajasthan, where not one but two electoral battles await the ruling Congress—the assembly polls later this year and t

The BJP may soon announce candidates for the 160 Lok Sabha seats where the party lost/won marginally in 2019. A Lok Sabha Pravas Yojana, under which Union ministers and veteran leaders will be deputed to these constituencies, is being organised to bo

Gujarat Congress president Shaktisinh Gohil is alleging that the state government paid an excess Rs 3,802 crore to Adani Power Mundra Ltd—in lieu of the company importing coal from Indonesia at higher prices—without requisite documentation by the lat

When the AIADMK cadre decided to call party supremo and former chief minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) ‘Puratchi Thamizhan (Revolutionary Tamil)’ at the party’s golden jubilee celebrations on August 20, it seemed like he was being raised to the

The frosty ties between Telangana governor Tamilisai Soun dararajan and CM K. Chandrashekar Rao appeared to be thawing when he invited her to visit the new state secretariat on August 25 for the inauguration of a temple, mosque and church (built ther

Q. India’s presidency of the G20 comes at a time when international agencies are bullish about the growth potential of the Indian economy. How will the G20 summit help bolster India’s image as an emerging economic power and as a credible voice at glo

MOX or Mission Operations Complex-2 in the heart of Peenya, a teeming hub of small-scale industries in Bengaluru, has an unimpressive PWD-type façade. The road leading up to it does have a fresh coat of tar. It was in preparation for Prime Minister N

Big changes between Chandrayaan-2 and 3 Multiple sensors and instruments to check altitude, velocity and descent to log accurate, real-time data on the descent path. These included: ✦ Altimeters: To measure altitude variations, upgraded laser and rad

Q. What do you see as the main achievements of Chandrayaan-3? There are many. With a mission strategy to reach the moon at a comparatively slow pace and accomplish a soft landing while ensuring minimal cost is a very unique management plan that is in

Having conquered the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is now trying to find its place under the sun. Even as the Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover were busy carrying out their scientific tasks on the lunar surface, other ISRO scientis

Q. What would you say is the importance of Chandrayaan to India’s space programme and to the world? Firstly, scientifically speaking, Chandrayaan-3 is going to get us inferences, conclusions and pictures, which would be possibly the first of their ki

⯌ Demonstrate India’s human spaceflight capability ⯌ Launch a crew of three members to an orbit of 400 km for a three-day mission ⯌ Bring them back safely to Earth, by landing in Indian sea waters ⯌ Planned launch: 2025-26 ISRO’s heavy lift launch ve

MALVIKAA SOLANKI, 54 IN A FORMER LIFE: Wilderness researcher, IISc Where: Near Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Karnataka Motivation: “I was already leading a sustainable life, meticulously managing my consumption and composting at home. However, over time I

UTSOW PRADHAN, 42 IN A FORMER LIFE: Product manager at an edtech firm Where: 1-acre food forest in Darjeeling, West Bengal Motivation: “I grew up in the hills, close to nature, but I studied and worked in several cities for the next 18 years of my li

MANISHA LATH GUPTA, 51 IN A FORMER LIFE: Ex-CMO, Uber/Axis Bank Where: 12-acre food forest in Boonga, Haryana Motivation: “We used to live in Mumbai and read about the deteriorating quality of food and the looming water crisis. Every summer, there wo

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For now, a medical row has been put to rest. The National Medical Commission (NMC), the regulatory body guiding medical professionals, has put on hold its order requiring doctors to exclusively prescribe non-branded generic medicines to patients. The

“My whole career is like a movie,” says rapper and singer AP Dhillon when asked to pick the biggest highlight of his journey so far. The Canada-based Indian musician, who’s currently one of the world’s biggest Punjabi pop stars, told INDIA TODAY duri

Sometime in 2014, sitar maestro Purbayan Chatterjee set out to remind us that Indian classical music was actually pretty damn cool. After all, it’s got all the necessary ingredients: there’s the improvisational virtuosity that rivals the best of jazz

Running from September 7 to 17, the 48th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival features a wide-ranging array of seven Indian films—documentaries, features in three different languages, mainstream Hindi productions, and even an animated s

Filmi Stories was writer Kunal Basu’s pandemic project. After all, what better way for a writer to allay the effects of F cabin fever than to take up the pen. “In the fleeting spring of 2021, as the world was reeling from the pandemic, I thought to w

Artists interact with the world around them through their art. On occasion, they themselves serve as subject and inspiration. Gallery Threshold, in a landmark exhibition to mark its 25th anniversary, puts the spotlight on ‘self-representation’ by bri

Nestled within Old Delhi’s Sitaram Bazaar, a hop, skip and jump away from Gali Khatikan’s serene-looking Hanuman Mandir, lies the Kathika Cultural Centre, a new non-profit ‘haveli-museum’ that seeks to become the city’s latest cultural hub. As the na

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Q. Is this the right time to venture into the film industry of the South? I think it was destined. I have always wanted to work in the Telugu film industry. Bollywood films and those made in the South have always had this mutually nurturing relations

The autonomy debate has returned to the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) after almost six years. In the past decade, the premier business schools frequently made headlines due to their struggle for autonomy, often overshadowing their internatio