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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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Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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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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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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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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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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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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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to open his 2024 season at Doha Diamond League in May