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Interview: Sadaf Jafar
‘This is Freedom Struggle II’
It is not easy being Sadaf Jafar. She was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police for participating in an anti-CAA demonstration in Lucknow. She was ...

Fish production
Fisheries sector: Growing catch
The fisheries sector has recorded healthy growth in production and exports in recent years, placing India among the top 10 worldwide in both fields.

Astronomy
Bizarre objects near Milky Way black hole
ASTRONOMERS from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and W.M. Keck Observatory have discovered a new class of bizarre objects at the ...

Climate change
Arctic warming linked to little-studied GHGs
A RECENT study by researchers at Columbia University has found that ozone depleting substances (ODSs)—long-lived artificial halogen compounds, such as ...

Development issues
Battle for Aarey
As more and more land is being carved out of Mumbai’s Aarey Forest to satisfy the city’s requirement for space, the forest’s Adivasi residents are facing a very real threat to their existence.

Malaysia
Troubled relations between India and Malaysia
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s views on Kashmir and the CAA upset the Indian government, which retaliates by stopping the import of palm oil from the country.

Qatar
Doha’s resilience
Qatar has suffered economically owing to the blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia, but it has responded to threats with diplomatic maturity. There are now signals that both countries are seeking a resolution.

Public Health
BCG revaccination against TB
REMEMBER the 1999 controversy about the efficacy of the BCG vaccine in preventing all forms of TB, including those during childhood, when the Indian ...

U.S.-Iran
Deceptive calm in West Asia
After the precise counterstrike by Iran on U.S. bases in Iraq, the two countries have avoided further drastic action although there is a scaling-up of rhetoric.

Karnataka: Furore over a Christ statue
In Karnataka’s Kanakapura taluk, the Hindu right wing stirs up a furore over a proposed statue of Jesus in a Christian-majority village that has always existed peaceably and in harmony with its Hindu-majority surroundings.

Essay
The Atlas and the Army chief
The signs are many and disturbing that the Modi government may be contemplating military action to wrest Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Controversy
Flawed script: Rajinikanth's comments on Periyar's 1971 rally
Actor Rajinikanth’s comments on an anti-superstition rally in 1971, organised by Periyar’s organisation, are criticised as part of a scripted move by the BJP which is desperately looking for a popular personality to help it secure a toehold in Tamil Nadu.

CAA protests: Kerala
CAA protests in Kerala: On collision course
The Kerala Governor spares no opportunity to hinder the State government’s efforts to register its opposition to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the moves to implement it.

Interview: Dr H. Vinod Bhat, Vice Chancellor, MAHE
Always a pioneer
Interview with Dr H. Vinod Bhat, Vice Chancellor, MAHE.

MAHE
Going international
When Luc E. Weber, Rector Emeritus of the University of Geneva and president of the Glion Colloquium (a think tank of 20 selected presidents of the ...

Mahe
Building entrepreneurs
The Manipal Universal Technology Business Incubator, in collaboration with the government of Karnataka, has established incubators for nurturing an ecosystem of entrepreneurship to encourage tech startups.

Essay
The Atlas and the Army chief
The signs are many and disturbing that the Modi government may be contemplating military action to wrest Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Controversy
Flawed script: Rajinikanth's comments on Periyar's 1971 rally
Actor Rajinikanth’s comments on an anti-superstition rally in 1971, organised by Periyar’s organisation, are criticised as part of a scripted move by the BJP which is desperately looking for a popular personality to help it secure a toehold in Tamil Nadu.

CAA Protests: West Bengal
West Bengal: Right-wing rants
West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh keeps up his barrage of aggressive comments, making sure that the party remains in the public eye as the main opposition in the State.

CAA protests: Kerala
CAA protests in Kerala: On collision course
The Kerala Governor spares no opportunity to hinder the State government’s efforts to register its opposition to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the moves to implement it.

Citizenship
Shaheen Bagh: A vigil for their rights
Since December 15, in the subzero winter chill of Delhi, the women of Shaheen Bagh have kept their protest against the CAA going round the clock in what has become a template for protests everywhere.

MAHE
Eminence & excellence
Manipal Academy of Higher Education is India’s first private, multidisciplinary, multi-college deemed university and offers 290 programmes in 22 disciplines under one umbrella.

MAHE
Student support centre
“Nothing is more precious than the well-being of our students”. That thought guides every step at MAHE. The Student Support Centre (SSC) at MAHE is a ...

Letters to the Editor
JNUTHE murderous attack on JNU students was part of an attempt to ruin the intellectual atmosphere that prevails on the university campus (Cover ...

MAHE
Student support centre
“Nothing is more precious than the well-being of our students”. That thought guides every step at MAHE. The Student Support Centre (SSC) at MAHE is a ...