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Interview: Unhealthy food habits, sedentary lifestyle driving diabetes surge in India
Increasingly sedentary lifestyles and high-carbohydrate diets are leading to not just diabetes but also obesity and hypertension, says RM Anjana.
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To prevent measles from spreading further, India needs to immunise 95% of the susceptible population
Epidemiologist K Srinath Reddy talks about the measures that ought to be taken to check the rising measles cases in the country.
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‘We still need to work hard’: An interview with the doctor who runs India’s last polio ward
Orthopaedic surgeon Mathew Varghese talks of similarities between Covid-19 and polio, vaccination and how global cooperation helped eradicate the affliction.
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Melinda Gates interview: Empowerment is jargon. Discourse must shift towards giving women full power
The co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on gender inequality.
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Interview: Economist Dharmakirti Joshi on what’s holding back India’s GDP growth
The impact of monetary policy actions and interest rate hikes, both across the world and in India, are going to hit India’s GDP growth in 2023.
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Mahesh Vyas interview: India is losing its demographic dividend because of the unemployment crisis
Apart from providing jobs, the government must create an enabling environment for the private sector, says the economist.
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Video
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Interview: ‘Schools should prioritise recovery from pandemic-driven learning loss over curriculum’
Pratham CEO Rukmini Banerji emphasises building foundational literacy and numeracy skills that can help children recoup the losses due to school closures.
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Interview: To curb inflation, India must cut taxes on fuel or reduce import duties on edible oils
Inflation has breached RBI’s danger mark of 6%. The government needs to act now, says Dharmakirti Joshi, chief economist at CRISIL.
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Interview: ‘Covid-19 has shown we need to redouble our efforts on women’s economic empowerment’
Christopher Elias of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation talks about workforce participation in the context of gender equity.
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The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Interview: India is making a mistake by increasing contract labour instead of quality jobs
The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy’s Mahesh Vyas talks about unemployment in the country.
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Interview: Laws alone are not sufficient to end child marriage – there’s a need for social change
Poonam Muttreja of the Population Foundation of India says the minimum age for marriage for women should be raised through access to education, not laws.
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Interview: ‘No nation has achieved equitable healthcare without spending on public health’
President of the Public Health Foundation of India K Srinath Reddy and president of the Centre for Policy Research Yamini Aiyar discuss the health budget.
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The Field
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Laxita, Ekta clinch silver as India finish second in tournament
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Men’s recurve team win gold; Deepika Kumari clinches silver
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Badminton, Uber Cup 2024: Indian women’s team beat Singapore to inch closer to quarter-finals
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India tour of Bangladesh: Focus on T20 World Cup preparation after moving on from last year’s drama
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IPL 2024: Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel earn Rajasthan Royals easy win over Lucknow Super Giants