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What makes GLP-1 drugs transformative also make them susceptible to misuse

What makes GLP-1 drugs transformative also make them susceptible to misuse

Tighter prescription protocols, robust pharmacovigilance systems and clearer eligibility criteria are essential guardrails

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Editorial

In North Korea, the .07 per cent opposition

In North Korea, the .07 per cent opposition

In a recent election, the Workers’ Party of Korea won all 687 seats in the Supreme People’s Assembly, but only 99.93 per cent of the vote, down...

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Editorial

Ganga belongs to all, don’t discriminate

Ganga belongs to all, don’t discriminate

The attempt to divide the Ganga, to claim that only one community owns it, is jarring and out of place in Kashi

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Editorial

Can paternity leave change India’s gender norms? The Supreme Court thinks so

Can paternity leave change India’s gender norms? The Supreme Court thinks so

With data showing unequal caregiving, the court’s push could reshape family and workplace dynamics

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Sneha Banerjee

Our water challenge is stark. Here are four ways to reimagine the solution

Our water challenge is stark. Here are four ways to reimagine the solution

Water is both a problem to be managed and a resource to be optimised. If we strengthen its governance, it can become a catalyst for economic...

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Parameswaran Iyer

An iftar party does not violate Ganga's generous, all-embracing spirit

An iftar party does not violate Ganga's generous, all-embracing spirit

In Varanasi, while Ganga purifies all without discrimination, Shiva wanders on the ghats with his team of naked and semi-naked aghoris, ghosts, ojhas,...

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Mrinal Pande

Can paternity leave change India’s gender norms? The Supreme Court thinks so

Can paternity leave change India’s gender norms? The Supreme Court thinks so
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Sneha Banerjee

Our water challenge is stark. Here are four ways to reimagine the solution

Our water challenge is stark. Here are four ways to reimagine the solution
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Parameswaran Iyer

An iftar party does not violate Ganga's generous, all-embracing spirit

An iftar party does not violate Ganga's generous, all-embracing spirit
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Mrinal Pande

Motions against Speaker, CEC point to a wider trust deficit. That is the real worry

Motions against Speaker, CEC point to a wider trust deficit. That is the real worry
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Suhas Palshikar

We, the transgender people of India, reject the erasure of our identity

We, the transgender people of India, reject the erasure of our identity
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Aqsa Shaikh

Motions against Speaker, CEC point to a wider trust deficit. That is the real worry

Motions against Speaker, CEC point to a wider trust deficit. That is the real worry
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Suhas Palshikar

We, the transgender people of India, reject the erasure of our identity

We, the transgender people of India, reject the erasure of our identity
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Aqsa Shaikh

The lessons of past oil crises have not been fully learnt

The lessons of past oil crises have not been fully learnt
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Duttatreya das

Best of Both Sides: Politics has caught up with the Oscars -- and it goes deeper than just the speeches

Best of Both Sides: Politics has caught up with the Oscars -- and it goes deeper than just the speeches
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Pooja Pillai

Best of Both Sides: Oscars continue to prioritise celebration over confrontation

Best of Both Sides: Oscars continue to prioritise celebration over confrontation
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Abbas Momin

The lessons of past oil crises have not been fully learnt

The lessons of past oil crises have not been fully learnt
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Duttatreya das

Best of Both Sides: Politics has caught up with the Oscars -- and it goes deeper than just the speeches

Best of Both Sides: Politics has caught up with the Oscars -- and it goes deeper than just the speeches
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Pooja Pillai

Best of Both Sides: Oscars continue to prioritise celebration over confrontation

Best of Both Sides: Oscars continue to prioritise celebration over confrontation
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Abbas Momin

Killing Iran’s leaders is fraught and escalatory

Killing Iran’s leaders is fraught and escalatory

Israel’s leadership may well view a prolonged war and an unstable Iran as favourable outcomes, not least in an election year for Netanyahu

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Editorial

Proposed changes to Transgender Persons Act turn back the clock on rights and dignity

Proposed changes to Transgender Persons Act turn back the clock on rights and dignity

While the larger objective of the Bill — wider implementation of protections and welfare measures — is worthy, the solution cannot be a narrowing...

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Editorial

In Good Faith: Diluting the power of lies in a post-truth age

In Good Faith: Diluting the power of lies in a post-truth age

Truth-seeking is less a static possession than a disciplined habit: Gather evidence, listen to objections, revise when necessary, and still be willing...

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George John

Let's talk about menstrual leave and who bears the cost

Let's talk about menstrual leave and who bears the cost

Besides better data, a national menstrual hygiene policy and better sanitation infrastructure, we need more empathy and flexibility

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Mitali Nikore

Shashi Tharoor writes: India's silence on West Asia war is not moral surrender. It is responsible statecraft

Shashi Tharoor writes: India's silence on West Asia war is not moral surrender. It is responsible statecraft

We were reluctant to condemn the Soviet Union’s flagrant violations of international law in Hungary (1956), Czechoslovakia (1968), and Afghanistan...

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Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor writes: India's silence on West Asia war is not moral surrender. It is responsible statecraft

Shashi Tharoor writes: India's silence on West Asia war is not moral surrender. It is responsible statecraft
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Shashi Tharoor

In Good Faith: Diluting the power of lies in a post-truth age

In Good Faith: Diluting the power of lies in a post-truth age
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George John

Let's talk about menstrual leave and who bears the cost

Let's talk about menstrual leave and who bears the cost
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Mitali Nikore

Textbook row: NCERT needs to look within — judiciary, too

Textbook row: NCERT needs to look within — judiciary, too
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Rekha Sharma

C Raja Mohan writes: During Nowruz, Iran’s Persian culture collides with regime’s ideology

C Raja Mohan writes: During Nowruz, Iran’s Persian culture collides with regime’s ideology
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C. Raja Mohan

Parents and companies need to act against social media harms

Parents and companies need to act against social media harms
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Shireen Vakil

India’s GDP debate: Right questions, wrong numbers

India’s GDP debate: Right questions, wrong numbers
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V Anantha Nageswaran

C Raja Mohan writes: During Nowruz, Iran’s Persian culture collides with regime’s ideology

C Raja Mohan writes: During Nowruz, Iran’s Persian culture collides with regime’s ideology
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C. Raja Mohan

Parents and companies need to act against social media harms

Parents and companies need to act against social media harms
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Shireen Vakil

India’s GDP debate: Right questions, wrong numbers

India’s GDP debate: Right questions, wrong numbers
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V Anantha Nageswaran