COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 30 November 2020
China Objects To Sitharaman's Visit To 'Disputed' Arunachal Pradesh, Says 'Visit Not Conducive To Peace In The Region'
"As to Indian Defence Minister visit to Arunachal Pradesh, you must be very clear about China's position"
When Termites Entered India’s Political Discourse
Psychologists say political leaders regularly use offensive languages in public to show that they are “expressing their true feelings” and are different from peers.
Want To See Chinese Youth Clicking Selfies With 'Made In Himachal/India' Cellphones, Says Rahul Gandhi
He was addressing a rally in poll bound Himachal Pradesh
China Objects To Sitharaman's Visit To 'Disputed' Arunachal Pradesh, Says 'Visit Not Conducive To Peace In The Region'
"As to Indian Defence Minister visit to Arunachal Pradesh, you must be very clear about China's position"
When Termites Entered India’s Political Discourse
Psychologists say political leaders regularly use offensive languages in public to show that they are “expressing their true feelings” and are different from peers.
Want To See Chinese Youth Clicking Selfies With 'Made In Himachal/India' Cellphones, Says Rahul Gandhi
He was addressing a rally in poll bound Himachal Pradesh
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"The freedom to write and to decide what is to be written does not include the freedom to be less than accurate or factually incorrect."
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Later responding to a question from the media about guns control in the wake of the shooting, Trump said the gunman had a "mental health problem" and that this "is not a guns situation".
J&K Interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma In Kashmir, To Hold Talks With Stakeholders
Sharma has said he would like to counter false sloganeering and propaganda available online and ensure that youths and students become part of the peace process.
SC Issues Notice After Air India Denies Job To Transgender Who Cleared Cabin Crew Test
The aviation ministry allegedly said that "there was no category to include her."
For Increasing Train Speed By A Negligible 5Km/hr, Railways Will Now Charge Passengers Rs 75 Extra As 'Superfast' Fee
The railways which is currently running at losses will be able to make 70 crore from these levies.
German National Who Alleged Being Thrashed In UP Arrested For Travelling On Forged Visa
The German, according to police officials, may have "anger management issues, depression or some aberration as he was aggressive with a railway employee and also with the police."
Ratan Tata Testified In Corruption Case Involving Netanyahu, Reports Isreali Media, Tata Says Allegations 'Baseless'
The investigation into allegations against Netanyahu related to the expensive gifts has been dubbed as Case 1000, and also involves Israeli businessman and Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan.
Paradise Papers: Transactions Legal, Not Done For 'Personal Purpose', Says Union Minister Jayant Sinha
"It is crucial to note that these transactions were done for D.Light as an Omidyar representative, and not for any personal purpose," he said .
Even A 100 Dogs Can't Compete With A Lion, Says Haryana Minister Anil Vij, Attacking Congress And Patidar Leaders
"The 'Modi wave' continues in the country and the saffron party will form government again in that state,"
Green to Evergreen Revolution The Battleground Of Agriculture
Three key farm laws have dramatically unleashed new battle-lines across the country. But the problems afflicting Indian agriculture remain basic: lack of water, credit, declining soil fertility, the tiny size of farm holdings and market. All of them need a new solution.
From Prosperity To Protest
Punjab was the pioneer, poster state of the Green Revolution…those days are long gone. Is it really only terrorism and drugs that displaced it? Or was it excess farming?
Only The Tall Get Gaud
On paper, AIMIM can grab seats and hurt TMC in Bengal’s Muslim-heavy districts in the 2021 assembly polls. But weak groundwork, leadership may keep its disruptive effect to a minimum.
Make Space For Three
AIMIM is ‘communal’ for those who peddle a distorted brand of secularism
‘There Is Yearning And Churning Among Muslims’
Organising iftaar parties, felicitating maulanas and attending Muslim functions do not make political parties secular, says Asaduddin Owaisi
Middle Name Confidence
Muslims see in Asaduddin Owaisi a leader who can fight the BJP on their own terms. Some of that goes back to a historical fact that shadows the AIMIM faintly: its old umbilical links with the Razakars
Look Back In Denial
Why does AIMIM stay silent on its early history—from 1927 to the late ’50s? Because of its pro-Nizam, anti-accession stand, because of the Razakars…memories it’s trying to outgrow.
Capped Crusader
A vote-cutter or a voice of the Muslims? A messiah or a mole? A secularist or a mirror image of the Hindu Right? Questions swirl as the mysterious Mr Owaisi rises nationally….
IPL Diary
The Emirates wrapped cricketers in a monkish ‘bio-bubble’. Friendships happened, sure…. But how to go from a downbeat, pandemic mood all the way to the finals? Call Ricky Ponting.
An Actor As A Trilogy
Poet, artist, playwright, editor...there was a manyness to Soumitra as a creative mind. And a depth of feeling. Both flowed into his roles on screen.
Candle Before The Wind
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‘There Will Be Nuanced Content From Film-Makers Who Are Individualistic And Quirky’
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From Food-Grain Basket To Labour Reserve
It’s our largest producer of wheat, sugarcane, potato, milk. It has 76 per cent irrigation. Farm fertility is among our highest. Yet, Uttar Pradesh’s farmers suffer….
New Farm Laws Will Not Benefit Marginal Farmers: Kuruganti
Kavitha Kuruganti, an activist working on improving farm livelihoods, explains why the new farm laws are anti-farmer.
Just A Second
Do deputy chief ministers count in the leader-takes-all play?
Yawn...Same Old Story
There will be talks of introspection after Bihar. But things will likely remain the same in the grand old party.
Officers In The Dock
In a first of its kind in Odisha, a district magistrate has been booked for his involvement in the murder of his former personal assistant
Art Meets Cold Heart
What’s common between Pt Birju Maharaj, Jatin Das, Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar, Bhajan Sopori, Bharati Shivaji….? The government wants to evict them from their allotted bungalows.
Excess Baggage Syndrome
A pathetic outing in Bihar rubs off on TN ahead of the 2021 assembly polls: the DMK mulls drastically trimming the Congress seat share. Hence, weak murmurs of a third front….
A Crown Of Thorns
Nitish Kumar is no longer the man of the house. A resurgent opposition, a dominant ally, two new deputy CMs who may not be pliable, a tainted minister he had once suspended….
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