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  • Now, even the fingerprints of urban Indians are failing during Aadhaar authentication

    Now, even the fingerprints of urban Indians are failing during Aadhaar authentication

    Aroon Deep
    · Nov 15, 2017 · 09:00 am
  • Aadhaar has run into pockets of resistance in three states of the North East

    Aadhaar has run into pockets of resistance in three states of the North East

    Ipsita Chakravarty
    · Nov 15, 2017 · 06:30 am
  • Readers’ comments: With Aadhaar, we are losing the basic freedoms enshrined in our Constitution

    Readers’ comments: With Aadhaar, we are losing the basic freedoms enshrined in our Constitution

    Scroll
    · Nov 12, 2017 · 10:30 pm
  • What an earthquake in San Francisco has to do with the appearance of ‘Chinatowns’ across the West

    What an earthquake in San Francisco has to do with the appearance of ‘Chinatowns’ across the West

    Joe Upton, The Conversation
    · Nov 08, 2017 · 11:30 pm
  • Thar desert is an oasis of inter-religious harmony in Pakistan. It must not be destroyed

    Thar desert is an oasis of inter-religious harmony in Pakistan. It must not be destroyed

    IA Rehman
    · Nov 07, 2017 · 09:30 pm
  • Universities respond to Raya Sarkar’s list of alleged sexual predators: Mostly silence, some denials

    Universities respond to Raya Sarkar’s list of alleged sexual predators: Mostly silence, some denials

    Shreya Roy Chowdhury Aroon Deep
    · Nov 04, 2017 · 09:00 am
  • ‘Critical concerns on Aadhaar’: Six former civil servants write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

    ‘Critical concerns on Aadhaar’: Six former civil servants write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

    MK Bezboruah, et al
    · Nov 03, 2017 · 11:15 am
  • In Meghalaya, residents are joining a campaign to opt out of Aadhaar to protest its widening reach

    In Meghalaya, residents are joining a campaign to opt out of Aadhaar to protest its widening reach

    Arunabh Saikia
    · Nov 01, 2017 · 12:30 pm
  • This short picture book by a graphic artist sketches the long life of a 045 Reynolds pen

    This short picture book by a graphic artist sketches the long life of a 045 Reynolds pen

    Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
    · Oct 31, 2017 · 03:30 pm
  • Fifa Under-17 World Cup: In Kolkata, Foden and co top off summer of English domination

    Fifa Under-17 World Cup: In Kolkata, Foden and co top off summer of English domination

    Arka Bhattacharya
    · Oct 29, 2017 · 02:35 pm
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    The Rohingyas: Chronicle of a genocide foretold, one policy at a time

    Azeem Ibrahim
    · Oct 25, 2017 · 06:30 pm
  • Rajasthan’s ordinance on immunity for officials seems to violate Supreme Court rulings on corruption

    Rajasthan’s ordinance on immunity for officials seems to violate Supreme Court rulings on corruption

    Sruthisagar Yamunan
    · Oct 23, 2017 · 06:30 am
  • ‘Through A Glass Darkly’ is that rare crime novel where you never know what actually happened

    ‘Through A Glass Darkly’ is that rare crime novel where you never know what actually happened

    Jai Arjun Singh
    · Oct 22, 2017 · 03:30 pm
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    ‘As long as I’m here, I want to entertain’: An interview with Kannada star Sudeep

    Archana Nathan
    · Oct 21, 2017 · 08:15 am
  • No Aadhaar, no food rations: 11 stories that show the Jharkhand child death was no aberration

    No Aadhaar, no food rations: 11 stories that show the Jharkhand child death was no aberration

    Stuti Pachisia
    · Oct 20, 2017 · 09:00 am
  • Three brothers died in Karnataka after being denied food rations for lack of Aadhaar, say activists

    Three brothers died in Karnataka after being denied food rations for lack of Aadhaar, say activists

    Aarefa Johari
    · Oct 19, 2017 · 10:30 am
  • The Daily Fix: A child’s death in Jharkhand shows how Aadhaar has failed the most vulnerable

    The Daily Fix: A child’s death in Jharkhand shows how Aadhaar has failed the most vulnerable

    Ipsita Chakravarty
    · Oct 17, 2017 · 09:59 am
  • How to support farmers without buying their crops – Madhya Pradesh launches bold new experiment

    How to support farmers without buying their crops – Madhya Pradesh launches bold new experiment

    Mridula Chari
    · Oct 16, 2017 · 09:00 am
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    Is India’s social spending too high? The idea would be amusing if it were not so harmful

    Supriya Sharma
    · Oct 16, 2017 · 08:30 am
  • Denied food because she did not have Aadhaar-linked ration card, Jharkhand girl dies of starvation

    Denied food because she did not have Aadhaar-linked ration card, Jharkhand girl dies of starvation

    Aarefa Johari
    · Oct 16, 2017 · 06:30 am
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