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The ghost of Rafale: Controversy surrounding the jets deal refuses to go away

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BJP under pressure with Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on the horizon

Challenges posed by the farmers’ year-long agitation against the controversial farm laws, the impact of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, the judiciary’s

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After Durga Puja, COVID cases rise in West Bengal

The number of COVID cases has risen sharply in West Bengal after the Durga puja celebrations when people threw COVID-safety norms to the winds and the

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Mishandling COVID-19: Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro’s ‘crime against humanity’

Despite a parliamentary report indicting him for nine crimes relating to his handling of the COVID-19 situation in Brazil, including “crime against hu

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COVID-19 vaccination drive

COVID-19 vaccination in India: Uneven drive

The government’s obsession with mega events has resulted in a haphazard policy, leading to a record number of doses on certain days, such as Prime Min

Interview: Satyajit Rath, Immunologist

Satyajit Rath: ‘The idea of herd immunity is not useful as a policy goal’

Interview with Satyajit Rath, immunologist and visiting faculty, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune.

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India's COVID vaccination drive infused with doses of propaganda

The reality on the ground shows that the government’s promise to vaccinate all Indians by the end of 2021 is mere rhetoric. But the propaganda machine

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People wearing face masks featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi to celebrate the completion of 1 billion vaccine doses, in Ahmedabad on October 24.

Grand cover-up: The Narendra Modi government's celebration of one billion COVID vaccine doses

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‘I was like a daughter to him’

Interview with Kathak exponent Saswati Sen.

AmJad Khan, who played Wajid Ali Shah, performing Kathak/raas leela in ‘Shatranj ke Khilari’. Wajid Ali Shah was possibly one Nawab who was overthrown because he was queer and a writer, singer and dancer, and Ray’s portrayal gives more than a hint of this.

The making of a queer figure: Satyajit Ray's interpretation of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah in 'Shatranj ke Khilari'

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Satyajit Ray: Master adapter

A delightful collection of Satyajit Ray’s translation of poems and stories of his father, Sukumar Ray, the folk tales put into writing by his grandfat