Your Weekly Fix
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Interview: Vinesh, Sakshi, Bajrang have disrupted culture of subservience entrenched in Indian sport
The onus is on the probe committee not to be impacted by the structures of power, says athlete rights activist Payoshni Mitra.
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Interview: The flawed collegium system is still some kind of check on a majoritarian government
But the collegium failed in insulating judges appointments too as in case of Justice Kureshi who had ruled against Amit Shah, says Senior Advocate Sanjoy Ghose.
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Interview: It’s irresponsible to place the burden of resistance to a terrorist group on Afghan women
The Taliban have tortured, imprisoned women protesting peacefully. The international community needs to do more, says policy researcher Mariam Safi.
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Trending
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Evolution doesn’t need millions of years. Tiger snakes on an island have evolved over just a century
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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What can we learn about Bengali women’s complex relationship with food from bratas?
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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Bharat Jodo Yatra is ending. What do voters think about it?
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Interview: ‘Child marriage law has been weaponised by parents of girls who marry men they choose’
Case law analysis shows very few parentally-arranged child marriages attract prosecution, says Madhu Mehra, founder of PLD, a legal resource group.
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Interview: ‘There is no data that shows large-scale religious conversions in India’
Claim of forcible conversions is fictitious, says senior lawyer Colin Gonsalves. The Supreme Court recently described conversions as ‘a serious issue’.
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Interview: How China’s propaganda machine kept criticism of harsh Covid measures at bay – until now
The carefully built narrative has now hit a wall, says Manoj Kewalramani, author of ‘Smokeless War’, a book that documented China’s Covid-19 response.
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Video
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Eco India, Ep 212: More than a third of all carbon emissions are caused by construction. How to fix?
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‘Be like a man’: Journalist Anuradha Sharma on how women journalists in India are expected to work
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Watch: Model Kristen McMenamy falls, takes off heels to walk barefoot on Paris Fashion Week runway
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Watch: 2023 Jimmy Kimmel chats with 2003 Jimmy Kimmel for talk show anniversary
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Watch: How colleges across the country screened the controversial BBC documentary
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Interview: ‘Police officers who dithered over Shraddha Walkar letter about Aftab must be prosecuted’
Intimate partner violence is dealt with casually by the police, says Supreme Court lawyer Shobha Gupta. In most cases, women are persuaded to settle the matter.
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Video: Will Imran Khan’s showdown with the army change civil-military relations in Pakistan?
The army’s hold over Pakistan’s polity will remain, but can’t underestimate the import of questioning the army, says Sharat Sabharwal, former envoy to Pakistan.
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Video: Mallikarjun Kharge is the new Congress president. What role will Rahul Gandhi play?
He is the first non-Gandhi Congress president in 24 years, but Kharge, a loyalist, will maintain status quo, says political commentator Radhika Ramaseshan.
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The Reel
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ review: Sincere, plodding effort to debunk WhatsApp myths about the Mahatma
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‘Pathaan’ review: Shah Rukh Khan lights up an entertaining spy thriller
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Oscar-nominated film ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ is cuteness unlimited
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Three Oscar nominations for India: ‘All That Breathes’, ‘RRR’ and ‘The Elephant Whisperers’
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Interview: Why Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians should be included among the Scheduled Castes
Their lived reality, enduring violence, daily humiliations, is well documented, says Khalid Anis Ansari, Associate Professor, Sociology, Azim Premji University.
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Interview: ‘Despite SC judgement, access to abortion will not be at the will of the pregnant woman’
Discretion of doctors, who operate under the fear of criminal law, will continue to impede abortion access, says Gauri Pillai, reproductive rights expert.
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Interview: Indian doctors are driving drug resistance with tendency to prescribe antibiotics
A growing number of infections are becoming harder to treat as antibiotics become less effective, says ICMR scientist Kamini Walia
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The Field
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U19 Women’s T20 World Cup: Shafali Verma’s India vs Grace Scrivens’ England in inaugural title clash
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Women’s Premier League: Mithali Raj named mentor for Ahmedabad’s franchise Gujarat Giants
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Hockey World Cup, IND vs RSA as it happened: Harmanpreet and Co finish 9th after 5-2 win vs RSA
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Aryna Sabalenka wins the Australian Open title for her first Major: ‘Incredible resilience’
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Sophie Devine column: NZ have had plenty of cricket before the T20 World Cup, we feel prepared