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Calcutta HC asks why ‘tainted’ candidates in alleged recruitment scam are being allowed to reapply
The West Bengal government claimed that the fresh appointments were being carried out in line with the Supreme Court’s ...
US-India trade deal being finalised, will be announced soon, says White House
A trade deal between India and the United States is close to being finalised and will be announced soon, ANI quoted White ...
‘Has he been deported?’: A UP Muslim family searches for man ‘detained’ in post-Pahalgam crackdown
The 51-year-old man with mental health problems was allegedly picked up from his home in Ahmedabad on April 26 during a drive ...
Like listening at the entrance of a tunnel: Why you can’t trust online reviews
Yet this optimism overlooks a key institutional feature of online reviews: their voluntary nature. That means people choose ...
Justice is not a startup: AI and technology can’t be a quick-fix for meaningful reform
The obsession with digital solutions assumes seamless connectivity and know-how that is exclusionary and dangerous in spaces ...
Bhubaneswar municipal official dragged out of office and assaulted, told to apologise to BJP leader
It was not clear why the attackers wanted the officer to apologise to Bharatiya Janata Party’s Jagannath Pradhan.
67 held, 8 minors detained for violence after Chandrashekhar Azad stopped from visiting UP village
The Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested 67 persons and detained eight minors in Prayagraj for vandalism after Azad Samaj Party ...
A new book on sustainability shows how the chemicals industry can achieve zero carbon emissions
There are other emerging technologies for producing e-Fuels, such as direct electrolysis of carbon dioxide, microbial ...
Andhra deputy CM Pawan Kalyan, others booked for violating Madras HC terms at Murugan conference
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, former chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Tamil Nadu unit K Annamalai and organisers of the Lord Murugan Devotees Conference held in Madurai in ...
Telangana: Toll in chemical factory blast rises to 34
The toll in the chemical factory blast near Hyderabad in Telangana rose to 34 on Tuesday, a police official told PTI. The ...
This book by a university clinic therapist explores causes of ‘suicidality’ among young Indians
Excerpted with permission from Interruptions in Identity: Engaging with Suicidality among the Indian Youth, Ambika Singh, ...
Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate
While Ambedkar believed in institutional safeguards, Tamil leader Periyar waged a more direct war against what he saw as ...