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What’s in the origin of a word? A lot actually

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Payal Malik

What Indians eat, and how being unhealthy is easier and cheaper

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Soumya Swaminathan

State should reclaim its role, shape digital markets

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Payal Malik

Shortcut to cricket’s big league is a warning

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Payal Malik

Kerala case has a silver lining, breaks a silence

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Payal Malik

From Goa, a message: On fire safety, break silence and complicity

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Arindam Banerjee

Delhi-Moscow ties have a logic of their own

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Asoke Mukerji

In a Goa nightclub & beyond, migrants are invisible

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Arindam Banerjee

Hold IndiGo to account, DGCA shouldn’t buckle

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Arindam Banerjee

Magnitude 7.5 earthquake in Japan injures 23 people, triggers a 2-foot tsunami

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Arindam Banerjee

Food inflation dips but that isn’t enough

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Arindam Banerjee

Giving land rights to tea plantation workers in Assam will not solve their problem. The devil is in the details

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Arindam Banerjee

Pantone’s colour of the year and the promise of a fresh start

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Arindam Banerjee

From Goa, a message: On fire safety, break silence and complicity

From Goa, a message: On fire safety, break silence and complicity

Looking into the specific lapses that led to this avoidable tragedy is certainly important. But there also needs to be a larger reckoning with the...

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Editorial

Pantone’s colour of the year and the promise of a fresh start

Pantone’s colour of the year and the promise of a fresh start

In an anxious world, Cloud Dancer dredges up a desire for mental whitespace

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Editorial

Food inflation dips but that isn’t enough

Food inflation dips but that isn’t enough

With the World Meteorological Organisation predicting a 55 per cent chance of a “weak” La Niña, which could result in a colder and longer winter,...

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Editorial

Hold IndiGo to account, DGCA shouldn’t buckle

Hold IndiGo to account, DGCA shouldn’t buckle

The country’s largest airline, IndiGo, cannot get away by simply saying that disruptions “have arisen primarily from misjudgement and planning gaps...

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Editorial

Not inviting LoP makes government look small

Not inviting LoP makes government look small

The presence of a diverse political spectrum at the high table is not a courtesy to rivals but a statement of India’s democratic strength.

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Editorial

What Election Commission doesn't seem to get: Democracy cannot be 'revised' in haste

What Election Commission doesn't seem to get: Democracy cannot be 'revised' in haste

The EC must pause, reflect and reform. It must immediately halt this exercise that bears no similarity to a proper and legitimate 'SIR'.

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Randeep Singh Surjewala

Opposition has forgotten that only citizens can be voters

Opposition has forgotten that only citizens can be voters

The SIR must be carried out to remove the names of all those who are dead, have moved house or have illegally entered the voters’ list.

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A Surya Prakash

For a good viewing experience, skip the ‘skip intro’ button

For a good viewing experience, skip the ‘skip intro’ button

Think of ‘Game of Thrones’. The mechanical map unfurling, Ramin Djawadi’s score climbing note by note, dread and awe rising in equal measure. It...

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Samina Motlekar

Tavleen Singh writes: Did Putin deserve a hero’s welcome?

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Tavleen Singh

Why ED’s conviction of 2 MLAs under PMLA is relevant now

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Chakshu Roy

For women to access justice, we need more than laws

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Chakshu Roy

At Formula 1, it’s best car versus best driver

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Chakshu Roy

Low inflation gives RBI space to support growth

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Chakshu Roy

Putin’s Delhi visit: Economy is the new lynchpin of Indo-Russian ties

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Chakshu Roy

For Putin, a political win; for India, a stable partner

For Putin, a political win; for India, a stable partner

Europe is the most unhappy about the red-carpet welcome given to Putin by India at a time when he is escalating the war in Ukraine. But Europe has...

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Shyam Saran

Maharashtra is betting on a football future India forgot

Maharashtra is betting on a football future India forgot

Project Mahadeva deserves attention beyond its headlines. It is sending a quiet but powerful message: The next chapter of Indian football will be...

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Shyam Saran

Low inflation gives RBI space to support growth

Low inflation gives RBI space to support growth

With limited fiscal space, after the recent tax cuts, and headwinds on the external front, the heavy lifting has to happen through monetary policy.

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Editorial

At Formula 1, it’s best car versus best driver

At Formula 1, it’s best car versus best driver

Verstappen’s ability to win races despite being in average machinery, to complete overtakes in the tiniest of margins, and shave crucial...

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Editorial

New labour codes are a win-win for workers and employers

New labour codes are a win-win for workers and employers

India’s labour market has long been shaped by protective laws that turned into a stranglehold, pulling back its economic potential. The new labour...

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Shamika Ravi

Putin’s Delhi visit: Economy is the new lynchpin of Indo-Russian ties

Putin’s Delhi visit: Economy is the new lynchpin of Indo-Russian ties

The Russian President has said Moscow is ready to ensure “uninterrupted shipments of fuel” to India. The strengthening of India-Russia ties,...

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