10-Year-Old Rape Victim Who Was Denied Abortion Delivers Baby, Told She Was Being Operated To Remove A Stone
The girl was unaware that she had delivered a child. Her parents had told her that she has a stone in her stomach and she had to be operated for that.
'Harappans United Regions Across 2 Million Sq KM’
Prof V.S. Shinde, senior archaeologist and vice-chancellor of Deccan College, explains how Rakhigarhi extends our understanding of the Harappan civilisation.
We Are All Harappans
The Rakhigarhi project shines light on an old enigma: the Harappans were genetically ‘Ancestral South Indian’ stock. Which is to say, all of us in South Asia are their children.
Rafale Deal: This Secrecy May Be A Fig Leaf
Deviations from universal practices in bilateral deals, even regarding defence procurement, cannot be beyond the scrutiny of Parliament and the public
Rafale Deal: Political Slugfest Over Critical Defence Equipment Should Be Avoided
Generic, unsubstantiated allegations over critical equipment vitiate the defence procurement process and put decision-makers on the defensive
Protection For Unruly Data
Europe’s shown the data protection way with the GDRP, India intends to follow, but the road is tricky
Why Indian Markets Soar Despite Crude Oil Price Rise
The reasons why the Indian market soars despite the crude oil price rise
Cut Ice With The ‘K’
Kashmir is a bellwether for Pakistan vis-a-vis India. It must be tackled for a way forward.
Modicare Doesn't Address Glaring Concerns Of Past Healthcare Plans
Modicare ambitiously plans healthcare for the poor, but doesn’t address the glaring concerns of past efforts
NRC And After: The Curtains Rise On A Political Potboiler
Curtains rise on a potboiler as the final NRC draft spins a political punch-up in Assam and beyond
Demand For A New State Arises In North Karnataka
Demand for a new state arises in north Karnataka—sunk in underdevelopment and neglect for generations
The Subcontinental Menu
A godos wagon train arrived at its destination after 4 your years and Manohari Gold Tea was sold for a record Rs 39,001 at an auction. Read all this and much more in The Subcontinental Menu this week.
Naveen Patnaik: Novice To Novelty
This excerpt from a political biography of Naveen Patnaik details Odisha’s discredited political class after the super cyclone, retelling how rapturous Odias accepted Biju Babu’s heir as a messiah.
Don’t Look Past A Green Day
Hemp is as good as linen, and there can be loads of it here, but the cannabis bias still contains its growth
Admit Not Jeeves’s Game Sense
The BCCI detests the RTI’s bind. Yet its very structure—the men who officiate in matches—stands on government patronage.
‘I Have Faith In The PM, The Law Won’t Be Changed’
In an interview to <em>Outlook</em>, Lok Janshakti Party leader Chirag Paswan says Dalit and Muslim communities are natural allies and they are both sufferers in the so-called hierarchy of the caste system.
The Unquiet Dalit Street
Growing disquiet in the community is pushing Dalit leaders in the NDA to a tight corner
Odisha Finally Bridges A Remote Corner
Stuck in a swamp of Maoist threat and red tape for 36 years, Odisha finally bridges a remote corner
In J&K, Pellet Victims Get Together To Share Tales Of Pain And Suffering
After a hail of 1.3 million pellets by security forces, some victims get together to rehabilitate in Kashmir