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Member of Parliament and Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) chief Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, addresses a press conference ahead of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections in Srinagar on September 12, 2024.

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If I am a BJP man, then why did BJP put me in jail?: Engineer Rashid

Awami Ittehad Party chief and MP from Baramulla, Sheikh Abdul “Engineer” Rashid says the BJP and its proxies silence and suppress legitimate voices.

Irfan Amin Malik

Wounded Sudanese refugees, who fled conflict from West Darfur, receive medical support from MSF and health ministry staff at a hospital in Adre, Chad June 16, 2023 in this handout image.

Antimicrobial resistance is a huge threat—new deal offers hope

The decision by world leaders to boost efforts to fight AMR is a big step forward in the battle against this major health threat.

Wegovy weight loss: The science and the hype of supplements

Originally intended for obesity, Wegovy and Ozempic are now popular for weight loss. Here’s what you need to know about their use.

Alice Brauer: The nightingale of Ambur

Brauer, who passed away a few days ago, spent half a century dedicated to healthcare for those trapped in poverty in villages around Ambur.

Ilangovan Rajasekaran

Vinesh Phogat being blessed by some of women in Jualana during her campaign.

Assembly Election 2024

Vinesh Phogat and the Julana dangal

The Olympic wrestler has to tackle caste, cash and internal party challenges for votes, and victory, in Haryana’s most-watched constituency. Can she?

Death of a Daku: How Hanif Kureshi radically altered the Indian street

His work, which often played with time and language, challenged the elitism of art galleries and brought creativity to the masses.

Sanchita Khurana

ASSEMBLY ELECTION 2024

Haryana: Caste as the swing factor

Two new alliances are wooing the 20 per cent Dalit population, but it is the jawan, pehelwan, kisan resentment that might be the real deal-breaker.

T.K. Rajalakshmi

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Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut’s suburbs, on November 14, 2013.

The assassination of Hassan Nasrallah: What lies ahead for Hezbollah, Lebanon, and West Asia?

The death of Hezbollah’s enigmatic leader sends shockwaves across the region, leaving a power vacuum in Lebanon and raising fears of a wider war.

Iftikhar Gilani

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on July 25, 2014, during a rare public appearance in Beirut’s southern suburbs. A source close to Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said on September 28 that contact had been lost since the previous evening with Nasrallah, after Israel said it had “eliminated” him in a strike on the group’s southern Beirut bastion.

Israel claims it killed Hezbollah’s long-time leader Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike on Beirut

Nasrallah’s reported death, if confirmed, could significantly alter the balance of power in the region and potentially spark a wider, bigger war.

Frontline News Desk

National Students’ Union of India presidential candidate Ronak Khatri with supporters during the final day of campaigning for the DUSU election, at the university’s North Campus in New Delhi on September 25.

Delhi University student elections: A microcosm of Indian politics

Caste allegiances, gender imbalances, and lavish spending dominate elections to the world’s largest student body, compromising its true purpose.

Vedaant Lakhera,Vitasta Kaul

People raise slogans outside West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee‘s residence as they wait to know the conclusion of the meeting between Mamata and the protesting junior doctors, in Kolkata on September 16.

West Bengal’s doctors have won a battle, but can they cure a sick system?

Protests over the brutal crime, which forced even Mamata Banerjee to yield, revealed deep-rooted corruption in the State’s medical education system.

Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay

Women tie rakhi on Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s wrist after the launch of the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin scheme, at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai on June 29.

Maharashtra’s Ladki Bahin scheme: Great expectations?

A Rs.46,000 crore scheme promising Rs.1,500 monthly to 2.5 crore women launches just months before elections, but critics question its sustainability.

Climate activists, including migrants and displaced people, march to the global headquarters of Citigroup in New York City, US on August 16, 2024.

Cities in Global South must prepare for climate migrants

By 2050, millions of people will seek refuge from the effects of climate change in crowded cities. What can we do to prepare?

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi takes charge at the Delhi Secretariat, in New Delhi on September 23. By her words, Atishi has managed to suffuse the empty chair with meanings: it is no ordinary chair of an absent Chief Minister, but a chair-in-waiting that will remind the people of its occupier.

Atishi and the empty chair of sovereignty

Mythical symbolism meets modern politics as Delhi’s new Chief Minister invokes the Ramayana to address Arvind Kejriwal’s absence.

Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee

Arvind Kejriwal at a roadshow in support of the party’s candidate Kuldeep Gadran ahead of the Haryana Assembly election, in Sirsa on September 23.

Is Kejriwal’s exit as Delhi Chief Minister a masterstroke or blunder?

The AAP’s future hangs in the balance as its founder bets on pragmatism over power.

Ashutosh Sharma

Lying under oath is a criminal offence, but judges and juries have no reliable ways of knowing if a witness’ memories are true or false.

False memories: How they make us who we are

Memories shape our identity. The problem is that many of our memories are false. How can we know what is real or not?

A toilet built as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission in Virhamatpur village, Uttar Pradesh, on April 7, 2018.

Why the Nature paper on Swachh Bharat Mission, lauded by Modi, should be read with caveats

The study links a decrease in infant deaths to the number of toilets constructed, but the correlation appears weak.

Sri Lanka’s new president and leader of National People’s Power Anura Kumara Dissanayake during voting in Colombo on September 21, 2024.

The wizardry of Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s new President

From a 3.2 per cent vote share in 2019 to winning Presidential election 2024, his meteoric rise had observers marvelling at his electoral alchemy.

R.K. Radhakrishnan

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader and presidential candidate of National People’s Power, addresses supporters at the final campaign rally in Colombo on September 18, 2024.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake is Sri Lanka’s new President

JVP leader secures historic victory, overcoming second preference vote count and marking a seismic shift in Sri Lankan politics.

R.K. Radhakrishnan

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