Latest Stories
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Demand for resignation: What explains the different outcomes?
The Indian Express expose on 23rd September disclosing differences within the three-member Election Commission in recent months has consolidated the widespread but diffuse sense of unfairness and powerlessness around Special Intensive Revision (SIR) into a clear demand for the resignation of the CEC Gyanesh Kumar. Until then, reports on SIR-related issues were regular but disparate.…
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The world we travel to should still be there tomorrow
Travelling is not just about where we go. It’s also about what we leave behind. And that’s a conversation we don’t have enough.
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Six factors that shaped Vijay’s surprise victory
Actor Vijay’s victory in the Tamil Nadu Assembly election could be termed a surprise, an upset and a puzzle, all at once. It needs a thorough review and an adequate explanation.
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Copycat crimes: When the plot becomes the plan
What can be done to prevent crimes that imitate or draw inspiration from previously publicised real-life crimes, fictional portrayals, or notorious offenders?
Home Ground
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Three master plans, no clear choice
We saw three models being proposed for redevelopment of Osmania University campus. We ask which is the best model — for biodiversity, heritage, and sports.
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Students strategise around 75% rule
As the University tightens the attendance leash with regular tracking and rigid enforcement, a new subculture of “calculated compliance” is emerging on campus.
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AI integration can lead to a quiet crisis, say faculty
“There is a significant risk that over-reliance on machines may lead to erosion of original thinking and critical analysis,” say CSE faculty.
For the Record
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^ College Corridors ^
Several students union representatives of the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) were detained by the Osmania University police on Wednesday as they protested a talk by Telangana Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Lingam Sridhar on the university campus. The protest was organised ahead of Sridhar’s talk, which was held under the banner of the Bhagath Singh Youth Club. Student…
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$ Business & the State $
Yet another Reliance executive will be entering the Rajya Sabha soon, if things go as planned. Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party has fielded Dhanraj Nathwani, son of another Reliance executive and four-time Parliamentarian Parimal Nathwani, as one of its two Rajya Sabha candidates from Uttar Pradesh. Polling will be held on 9th October, and based on the party’s strength in the…
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// Policy & Governance //
Telangana government is spending ₹1,108. 27 crore for the development and expansion of a temple complex in Manchirevula village, close to the Musi river, as part of the Musi Riverfront Development project. This is over 57% higher than the initial estimate of ₹700 crore announced by Chief Minister A.Revanth Reddy in March this year, at the foundation laying ceremony for…
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~ Creators | Critics ~
Designers put up a fight at Paris fashion week At Paris Fashion Week, which runs from 28 September to 6 October, the challenge is to make people spend on luxury goods they no longer aspire to. So how did the designers respond? Some kept their clients fully front of mind, the way Daniel Roseberry put together a ready-to-wear show based…
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?olitical Fi!e
The protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will not stop until he resigns over alleged vote chori (theft), Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday, 7th October, after the Delhi Police detained him and other Opposition leaders for the second day in a row while they were on their way to Jantar Mantar…
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** Media Buzz **
The Indian Women’s Press Corps, Press Club of India, Delhi Union of Journalists, Press Association, and Kerala Union of Journalists on Wednesday demanded registration of a case against a Delhi police officer for alleged sexual assault on three women journalists at Jantar Mantar. They also sought an “impartial judicial inquiry” into the charges. “The Delhi police needs to recognise the growing…