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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 $
Reliance Industries has announced an investment of up to Rs. One lakh crore in setting up 500 new compressed biogas (CBG) plants in Andhra Pradesh. In April 2025, the company broke ground on the first CBG plant at Kanigiri in Prakasam district, involving a capital investment of Rs 139 crore. RIL said the plants would use Napier grass grown on…
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// Policy & Governance //
The State government is partially relaxing building rules by introducing third-party inspections in place of scrutiny by regulatory authorities for issuing building permissions and occupancy certificates. Officials said the move is part of the Centre’s deregulation policy, which seeks to remove government control, wherever feasible, across various sectors. A government order has been issued amending building rules to allow third-party…
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~ Creators | Critics ~
Queer theme wrapped in inventive film-making Tamil director Karthik Subbaraj’s new film ‘Dorothy‘ is apparently receiving some very passionate engagement on social media. It’s equally a rage among film critics. At least two of them are reading the film like a text rich in experience, meaning, and politics. Mint’s Uday Bhatia writes: There are decisions taken that suggest that writer-director…
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?olitical Fi!e
October 2nd turned out to be much more than a ritualistic Gandhi Jayanti marked by some grand figures. It was different because of two electric events in two of our biggest cities — Mumbai and Delhi. In Mumbai, protesters numbering between 4,000 and 5,000 demonstrated outside Mumbai’s Shivaji Park against alleged irregularities on electoral rolls and the Election Commission’s special…
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** Media Buzz **
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has reportedly entered into content partnerships with two major news publishers, while deals with two more are said to be in the pipeline. According to a report on Exchange4Media, OpenAI has publicly announced partnerships with Bennett Coleman & Co, publisher of The Times of India and the Economic Times, and with the Indian Express group.…