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Outlook Magazine - 28 December 2020
Kerala CM Vijayan Tables Solar Scam Report In Assembly, Says Chandy, His Staff Helped Accused Saritha In Cheating
The solar scam took place in 2013 when the United Democratic Front (UDF) government led by Chandy was in power.
Amid Harassment Allegations, Kevin Spacey Dropped From Ridley Scott's <em>All The Money In The World</em> Weeks Before Release
The move comes weeks before the release of the film on December 22. The movie, which was scheduled to close the AFI Fest, was pulled off from the event after Scott pressed for it.
Ahead Of Ivanka Trump's Hyderabad Visit, Police Prohibits Begging On City Roads
As per the notification, begging alms has been prohibited in public places and on the the city's main road junctions for two months--from this morning till January 7, 2018.
Delhi Smog: Government To Implement Odd-Even Formula From November 13-17
Reports say Air quality likely to get worse today
Pradyuman Murder Case: Family, Lawyer Want Class 11 Student To Be Treated As An Adult
The family accused the local police of botching up the investigation and said the Central Bureau of Investigation meticulously collected circumstantial evidences and facts.
Kerala CM Vijayan Tables Solar Scam Report In Assembly, Says Chandy, His Staff Helped Accused Saritha In Cheating
The solar scam took place in 2013 when the United Democratic Front (UDF) government led by Chandy was in power.
Amid Harassment Allegations, Kevin Spacey Dropped From Ridley Scott's <em>All The Money In The World</em> Weeks Before Release
The move comes weeks before the release of the film on December 22. The movie, which was scheduled to close the AFI Fest, was pulled off from the event after Scott pressed for it.
Ahead Of Ivanka Trump's Hyderabad Visit, Police Prohibits Begging On City Roads
As per the notification, begging alms has been prohibited in public places and on the the city's main road junctions for two months--from this morning till January 7, 2018.
Delhi Smog: Government To Implement Odd-Even Formula From November 13-17
Reports say Air quality likely to get worse today
Pradyuman Murder Case: Family, Lawyer Want Class 11 Student To Be Treated As An Adult
The family accused the local police of botching up the investigation and said the Central Bureau of Investigation meticulously collected circumstantial evidences and facts.
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
At 74%, Himachal Pradesh Records Its Highest Voter Turnout
As many as 7,525 polling booths have been set up in the state and 37,605 polling personnel have been deputed for poll duty.
After Air India And Jet Airways Logos Trolling Indigo Go Viral, Clarifications Follow
Air India's one ad reads: “Unbeatable service”, while the Jet Airways logo that went viral said: "We beat our competition, not you ".
IndiGo Airlines' Parent Stock Plunges After Passenger Manhandling Video Goes Viral
“The stock decline can be seen as nothing more than a knee-jerk reaction to the video,” Vishal Rampuria, an analyst at HDFC Securities, told news agency Reuters.
Civic Bodies In Delhi Failed To Clean Even One Area Of The City: High Court
"Can you stay in a place like this (which lacks cleanliness)? You expect the public to live in such areas," the court asked the officials.
You Smoked 50 Cigarettes Yesterday, Thanks To Smog!
The air quality worsened so much that the Air Quality Index (AQI) maxed out
AAP Approaches Former RBI Guv Raghuram Rajan For RS Seat
An AAP leader, who did not wish to be identified, said the party will not field any of its leaders for the three Rajya Sabha seats from Delhi that will fall vacant early next year.
BJP Veteran L.K. Advani Turns 90, PM Modi Wishes Him 'Good Health, Long Life'
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and former prime minister Manmohan Singh also personally greeted Advani.
Every One Of My Medals Is A Story Of Struggle, Says Mary Kom
Mary Kom, a five-time world champion and Olympic bronze- medallist, scripted history on Wednesday by becoming the first boxer to claim five gold medals at the continental meet in the Vietnamese city of Ho Chi Minh.
Not Even 0.1% Of Black Cash Got Nullified In Demonetisation, Says Economist Arun Kumar
Veteran crusader against black money, Prof Arun Kumar says in his new book "Demonetisation and the Black Economy" that DeMo had zero effect on the parallel economy
Suhasini Koratkar: Classical Vocalist Who Enriched The Special Flavour Of Bhendibazaar
Hindustani music lost last night a senior exponent of one of the distinct streams of khayal. Eclecticism defined the Pune-based artiste’s pursuit of various aspects about her Mumbai-origin school.
PM Modi Damaged India By Converting Anger Into Communal Hatred: Rahul Gandhi On Demonetisation
The Congress vice-president alleged that demonetisation destroyed the informal labour sector and has wiped out many small and medium businesses.
Going Mega For Growth
A rural, riverine idyll pockmarked by ugly politics? No, spanking-new airports, under-river tunnels and high-speed rail unveil a new Bangladesh, South Asia’s own tiger economy.
Taka Talks In A Tailored Suit
Exports, robust domestic economy and macroeconomic stability fuel Bangladesh’s growth since 2004
50 Years Of Unlearning
East Pakistan was our most democratic region. But bad policies eventually cracked open the fissures.
Pakistan Wants To Be Switzerland ...Bangladesh!
Lt Col Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir, who defected from the Pakistani Army to join the Liberation War, talks about the impact of the 1971 war on India and Bangladesh.
All Boots Lead To The Sugar Bowl
India's multi-sectoral battle plans for East Pakistan converged on Dacca—this utimate prize was fiercely defended. Fighting against time and a determined enemy, this is how it was won.
Bayonets Fixed: Fight Of Their Lives
Naya Chor, Fazilka, Basantar, Chhamb…. Battles that have vanished into the fog: on cold winter sands, a site vulnerable on three flanks, a strategic highway, a vital bridge.
To The East We Went and Won It For Them
The Dhaka victory was spectacular but much more could have been done to secure India’s strategic interests.
How The West Was Won
A border that runs from the Himalayas to the Thar. A company commander who fought the Battle of Chhamb recalls the epic in hindsight.
The Burning Issue
The menace of stubble burning can be solved only by taking the consent of farmers in plans and programmes of the government
Emmy Diary
What happens when a former top cop meets a pesky filmmaker who asks too many questions at a party? Years of research, and an award-winning crime series. The story of Delhi Crime.
Make, Remake, Role Play
Bhumi Pednekar speaks with Giridhar Jha about her new movie 'Durgamati: The Myth' and eventful five-year journey in Bollywood
A Pandemic, The Patron And Philanthropist
What models of giving can benefit the arts and culture sector?
Is Your Shot Real Or Plain Water?
India is yet to adopt protocols for securing potential coronavirus vaccines from counterfeiters
Spilt Ink On Merit Cards
Trinamool’s many welfare schemes are praiseworthy. But corruption and bias in implementation have bred anger amongst people.
Sunny Paaji’s Silence
On screen, he speaks his lines like he wrenches water pumps from the ground: with kiloton force. But Sunny Deol, the MP, runs away from speaking. Farm bills give him good reason to.
‘Feels Like We Are One Family Now’
Actor Sonu Sood speaks about his work for migrants and on ‘Ilaaj India’, a platform he launched to give free medical help to people in need
Farm Fire Singes JD(S)
What explains Kumaraswamy’s curious warmth towards BSY? Maybe tactics, but he risked even his party’s pro-ryot image for it, before making amends with the cow slaughter bill.
Crimes Rise In Nitish’s Home
A schoolteacher shot right through the eye, businessmen brothers disappeared, a jewellery shop looted of crores, even politicians murdered…Nitish is fast losing his USP.
The NEWS
In case you missed it: News and newsmakers from India over the past week
And Thus A Desh Was Born
Pakistan’s egregious folly in its eastern wing sparked a socio-political crisis of biblical magnitude. The resultant war with India birthed Bangladesh. At the dawn of the 1971 war’s golden jubilee, we remember the Indian military’s finest hour.
‘Farmers Aren’t Anti-National’
Farmers' Protest: Union minister Nitin Gadkari says the Narendra Modi government won’t do anything to hurt farmer interests and fears that the new farm laws would sabotage contract farming, land ownership, and the minimum support price (MSP) for farm produce are unfounded.
