COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 5 April 2021
Pakistan Not Weak To Allow India To Take PoK, Says Farooq Abdullah
He said 70 years have "passed but they (India) could not get it (PoK)".
Padma Bhushan Hindi Poet Kunwar Narayan Dies At 90
Born on September 9, 1927 in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad, Kunwar Narayan was known for his poetry, stories and critiques.
'I Am Hopeful,' Art Of Living's Ravishankar Meets Adityanath, Akhada Leaders Before Ayodhya Visit
"I am hopeful... I am not disheartened. No one is opposed to amity. This is just a beginning, we will talk to all," Ravi Shankar told the media.
Lower GST Rates Comes Into Effect From Today, Eating Out Gets Cheaper
The government has notified lower GST rates in over 200 items, including chocolates, waffles, furniture, wrist watch, cutlery items, suitcase, ceramic tiles and articles of cement.
Why Is There No Proper Infrastructural Facilities For Pilgrims?: NGT Raps Amarnath Board
The green panel also took exception to non-compliance of the directions issued by the Supreme Court in 2012 and asked the board what steps have it taken in all these years.
Bihar Jails To Have Video Conferencing From Next Year, Says Nitish Kumar
"Thereafter, trials will take place there itself without requiring prisoners to be taken out",
Delhi Air Pollution: Punjab CM Amarinder Singh Says Farmers Can't Give Up Stubble Burning Completely
Pakistan Not Weak To Allow India To Take PoK, Says Farooq Abdullah
He said 70 years have "passed but they (India) could not get it (PoK)".
Padma Bhushan Hindi Poet Kunwar Narayan Dies At 90
Born on September 9, 1927 in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad, Kunwar Narayan was known for his poetry, stories and critiques.
'I Am Hopeful,' Art Of Living's Ravishankar Meets Adityanath, Akhada Leaders Before Ayodhya Visit
"I am hopeful... I am not disheartened. No one is opposed to amity. This is just a beginning, we will talk to all," Ravi Shankar told the media.
Lower GST Rates Comes Into Effect From Today, Eating Out Gets Cheaper
The government has notified lower GST rates in over 200 items, including chocolates, waffles, furniture, wrist watch, cutlery items, suitcase, ceramic tiles and articles of cement.
Why Is There No Proper Infrastructural Facilities For Pilgrims?: NGT Raps Amarnath Board
The green panel also took exception to non-compliance of the directions issued by the Supreme Court in 2012 and asked the board what steps have it taken in all these years.
Bihar Jails To Have Video Conferencing From Next Year, Says Nitish Kumar
"Thereafter, trials will take place there itself without requiring prisoners to be taken out",
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
Modi Government’s Investment In Healthcare Lacks Ambition, Says <em>Lancet</em>
Lauding India's impressive economic growth in the recent decades, the journal said that the government has but "failed to provide affordable healthcare to its people."
Three New Ways To Link Mobile Numbers With Aadhaar Get UIDAI Nod
The plans were considered and approved from the point of view of security, compliance with the Aadhaar Act and protection of privacy, said UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey.
Alwar Killing: Victim Umar Khan Had History Of Cow-Smuggling, Tahir Habitual Offender, Say Police
There were five-six cases against Tahir in Bharatpur and Dausa districts of Rajasthan and one case of cow-smuggling against Umar, the police said.
Here's What Happened When Manohar Parrikar Was Caught Watching An Adult Film
Parrikar shared the story while interacting with school students at a Children’s Day function in Panaji, when he was asked to tell if he had ever watched an adult movie in his youth.
NGT Slams Uttarakhand Govt On New Assembly Building
During the proceedings, the tribunal was informed by the state government that it has applied for grant of mandatory clearances and sought adjournment of the case.
After Criticism Over Rs 700 Crore Unused Environmental Cess, Delhi Government Moves To Buy Electric Buses
An RTI query had, earlier in the day, revealed that the government had used mere Rs 93 lakh of a Rs 700 crore amount it had collected under the 'environment cess'.
An African Trump?
Not quite. Magufuli was autocratic, yes, and he also pooh-poohed Covid-19 as a satanic ploy. And yet, Tanzania looks back at this maverick with mixed emotions.
Sans Frontiers
Headlines from around the world last week
Bear With Us, For What They Tell You Is Bull
The story about this century’s wealth creators in the stock market busts a few myths, and reveals that the path to riches is random and unreal, almost fantastical
As Good As Its Leader
Undermining the police hierarchy for extraneous reasons promotes indiscipline and brings disastrous outcomes for everyone
Param Bir Chakra
An explosives-laden SUV, an even more explosive letter. The unfolding drama is threatening to blow away the multi-party government.
Bollywood Whodunnit
Life imitates art in Mumbai as the black sheep in law enforcement turn into trigger-happy hitmen, often with patronage of their political masters. Sachin Waze is just one case study.
Bill It To The L-G, Please
BJP ramps up battle for Delhi with contentious legislation, AAP caught on the wrong foot
No CAAn Do!
Will Congress’s attempt to rouse anti-CAA sentiments translate into votes in this highly polarised state?
The Covidland Nurses
Some of the portraits in Robert Fogarty’s latest project 'Dear Nurses' evoke hope and resilient spirits.
Pal, Do Pal Ka Shayar
Who was Sahir? Met with benign neglect by intellectuals, not quite a mass poet either. His poetry was touched by romance, but his romance was too touched by life to be frothy.
In The Guru’s Footsteps
Big plans for 400th birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur
Steady On Up The Irrawaddy
India is a liberal democracy and Quad member, and a friend too of the junta in Myanmar. The brutal coup catches New Delhi in a bind.
‘There’s A BJP-Congress Nexus Against CPI(M)’
O. Rajagopal, the only elected BJP representative in Kerala, has accepted that there is a secret pact among the Congress, the Muslim League and the BJP, says CM Pinarayi Vijayan
Where No One Returns To Office
If it wins, the LDF will accomplish what nobody has managed to since 1977
A Bonfire Of Defectors
TMC has weathered the desertion storm, while grassroots dissent rages against BJP’s candidate list
Mirage Of The Manifesto
Tamil Nadu parties are past masters at election promises
Mixed Shots
Passing through: A chuckle here, a teardrop there
The Family Boar
A woman in love with a wild boar? Unable to cope with forcible separation? This is not mythology, but a signifier of the Adivasi credo of life.
Tangled Mess Of Sex Tape
He may have lost his place in the Karnataka cabinet, and the woman who accused him may have wavered in her statements, but Ramesh Jarkiholi is not out of the woods yet.
The Daughter’s Turn
The YSR legacy rides high in Andhra, the post-split coastal state, via his son Jaganmohan. Why is daughter Sharmila making a sortie into Telangana with a new party?
The Barter Dividend Of LoC Respite
Will rice, turmeric and red chillis cross the Jhelum again, instead of guns? Cross-LoC trade still needs a few security loopholes to be plugged, but peace is stirring.
The NEWS
In case you missed it: News and newsmakers from India over the past week
