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Express View: New Bills on ministers with criminal charges are bad faith, bad law

Express View: New Bills on ministers with criminal charges are bad faith, bad law
yesterday 30

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Express View on sedition case against The Wire editor: Heavy-handed state

Express View on sedition case against The Wire editor: Heavy-handed state
yesterday 30

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Mid-age professionals are driving AI adoption. It’s because they must

Mid-age professionals are driving AI adoption. It’s because they must
yesterday 20

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Express View: With Alaska and Washington summits, Trump has moved the needle towards peace

Express View: With Alaska and Washington summits, Trump has moved the needle towards peace
previous day 20

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Recent cloud bursts show — India needs early warning systems

Recent cloud bursts show — India needs early warning systems
previous day 10

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With a new format, in US Open Mixed Doubles, charges of gimmickry will be difficult to avoid

With a new format, in US Open Mixed Doubles, charges of gimmickry will be difficult to avoid
previous day 60

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The untold stories of Bengali women revolutionaries who got us freedom

The untold stories of Bengali women revolutionaries who got us freedom
previous day 10

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Dressing up for the bully: What Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s 'suit' says about appeasement in the age of Trump

Dressing up for the bully: What Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s 'suit' says about appeasement in the age of Trump
previous day 10

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National Awards to 'The Kerala Story': Are the Awards worth fighting for — or fighting over — anymore?

National Awards to 'The Kerala Story': Are the Awards worth fighting for — or fighting over — anymore?
07.08.2025 10

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National Awards to 'The Kerala Story': Are the Awards worth fighting for — or fighting over — anymore?

National Awards to 'The Kerala Story': Are the Awards worth fighting for — or fighting over — anymore?
06.08.2025 10

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Janaki is everywhere. But only CBFC sees a problem

11.07.2025 5

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MIT taught her well. That is why Megha Vemuri could speak for others

03.06.2025 10

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MIT taught her well. That is why Megha Vemuri could speak for others

03.06.2025 8

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'Naked' dresses and long trains? No Cannes do, except if you're a star

17.05.2025 50

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India should lower tariffs – for the right reason

17.05.2025 20

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An attempt at understanding dolphin language is being made — will people listen?

17.05.2025 10

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Express View: Talking to Taliban

17.05.2025 10

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'Naked' dresses and long trains? No Cannes do, except if you're a star

17.05.2025 40

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Not idli-sambar, but visitors' lack of interest in Goa beyond its beaches is the problem

03.03.2025 20

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Not idli-sambar, but visitors' lack of interest in Goa beyond its beaches is the problem

03.03.2025 20

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The Only Authentic History of Sambar

22.02.2025 10

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Elon Musk: Billionaire, tech savant — and a Family Man?

17.02.2025 10

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The spectre of Bangladeshi illegal immigrants has long haunted Delhi's elections

24.01.2025 9

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An Oscars that may finally not be cis-male, White and straight

24.01.2025 10

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Its not your BMI, stupid

19.01.2025 10

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Its not your BMI, stupid

18.01.2025 10

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Masculinity is a box that traps those that stay within it

As an 11-year-old who fought for women-eating-before-men at the wedding ceremony lunch of one of my aunts, I was raising men even before I was...

10.11.2024 2

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Thanks to Nehru, India remained part of Commonwealth & was granted permanent membership at 1950 ICC meeting

With the 27th meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Movement (CHOGM) just completed in Apia, the capital of Samoa, and with the Indian...

10.11.2024 10

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Glass ceiling in US politics has moved higher & woman is still the underdog

On September 10, 2016, mere weeks before he was to be elected president of the United States for the first time, Donald J Trump spoke at the...

10.11.2024 7

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Modi 3.0 and Trump 2.0: How the two will shape India-US relations

With Donald Trump returning to the White House, there are questions about how his second term will shape US foreign policy and, in particular,...

07.11.2024 20

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Republican or Democrat, women in American politics remain the underdog

On September 10, 2016, mere weeks before he was to be elected president of the United States for the first time, Donald J Trump spoke at the...

07.11.2024 20

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From Donald Trump and 'The Apprentice' to 'Joker: Folie à Deux', the allure of the villain origin story

Origin stories matter. Just ask Donald Trump, running for President of the United States for the third time in a row and hoping to be successful...

28.10.2024 3

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With outright lies and distortions, J D Vance proves why he is the only running mate Donald Trump could have chosen

Overzealous readers between the lines might look at the photo-shopped image of J D Vance, circulated by MAGA supporters a day before the vice-...

02.10.2024 7

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In their first and only debate, Kamala Harris successfully projected herself as the saner, more grown-up alternative to Trump

11.09.2024 4

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This is how an entire culture is hijacked by fear, by minds with the limitless capacity to be “offended”, “insulted” and “hurt”

The curse of the “formula” is not limited to Bollywood, as seen in the recent controversy — yet again, and yet more ridiculous — over an OTT...

04.09.2024 9

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