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Smoking is a ‘choice’ for men, but a ‘character flaw’ for women?

A boy smokes. A girl smokes. Why do we judge them differently?

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Adityanath says UP has 7 months of sugar. Here’s what that calculation misses

On August 25, at an event in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath told an audience that there was no sugar crisis in the state. UP consumes about four lakh tonnes of sugar a month. It had about 28 lakh tonnes in stock. Divide the second by the first…

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From Okhla to Badarpur: 5 Delhi seats that lost over 40% of their 2025 electorate

All comparisons between deleted names and votes cast in 2025 are size comparisons only, not indications of overlap between the two groups.

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South Central 90: India’s new anti-reservation drama, CM Vijay’s Parandur decision

Was scrapping the Parandur airport project the right call for Chennai, or could the Vijay government’s decision hurt Tamil Nadu’s industrial ambitions?

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What does a 13% rainfall deficit mean for India’s kharif crop?

The threat of a strong El Niño still looming, rainfall in this year’s monsoon season varied by the month. June was one of the driest in India’s history, closing at a 35% deficit whereas July was 1% above normal. This ‘normal’ rainfall in July was largely driven by Central India…

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The captain cricket won’t let go

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What exactly is PM CARES hiding?

Noah saved for the Great Flood. Manu prepared for the deluge. Joseph stored grain for seven years of famine.

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एनएल चर्चा 438: नेपाल में विनाशकारी बाढ़, 'आरक्षण हटाओ' आंदोलन और यूट्यूबर अजीत भारती पर एफआईआर

एनएल चर्चा के इस अंक में नेपाल में आई विनाशकारी बाढ़ और हिमस्खलन से हुई तबाही, 'आरक्षण हटाओ आंदोलन' के बीच उठते सवालों और यूट्यूबर अजीत भारती के खिलाफ दर्ज एफआईआर और न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री के रिपोर्टर अवधेश कुमार की रिपोर्ट ‘नाबालिग़ अंडरवर्ल्ड’ पर विस्तार से बात हुई.

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Subhash Chandra takes on Mukesh Ambani, accuses TV18 of ‘misinformation’

Two days after the National Company Law Tribunal approved a repayment plan under which creditors will receive around Rs 6.5 crore against admitted claims of Rs 22,006.57 crore in his insolvency proceedings, Zee founder Subhash Chandra has directly accused Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and his media network TV18 of…

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Hafta letters: CJP protest, trans representation, Instagram and anti-incumbency

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‘Restlessness, and a kind of helplessness’: Families search for Indians missing after Nepal flood

In Mumbai, Sonal keeps opening WhatsApp to look at her sister’s last-seen status. Chetna Gupta, 64, had left the city on August 23 for the Mansarovar Yatra with Richa Travels, part of a tour group of more than 50 people. On the morning of August 25, when their mother spoke…

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आरक्षण विरोधी नक्सलियों का नाच और वंदे मातरम पर इट्स काइंडा चिक

15 अगस्त को लाल किले से मोदी जी ने अपने समर्थकों को एक नया झुनझुना पकड़ा दिया- 'दिमागी नक्सल'. उनकी पार्टी के हुनरबाज़ों ने लगे हाथ दिमागी नक्सल पर रैप सॉन्ग ठेल दिया. लेकिन सवाल ये है कि क्या देश के युवाओं की असली परेशानियां ‘दिमागी नक्सल’ और ऐसे नारों…

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Uttarakhand SIR: The unsolved mystery of BJP agents’ ‘forged’ objections against Muslim voters

In Uttarakhand’s Jhabrera constituency, 35 people listed as applicants in 1,657 objections to the draft electoral roll say they never filed them and that their identities were misused. Most of the voters targeted were Muslim.

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‘Environment of FIRs harmful for India’: ABP journalist booked after report on Pune college

“Such an environment of FIRs against journalists is wrong for them and not just them but for the country. It is harmful,” says ABP Majha journalist Mandar Gonjari.

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Penguin India backs out of publishing Sonia Gandhi’s memoir

Penguin Random House India (PRHI) will reportedly not publish Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s much-anticipated memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love in India after a disagreement over proposed editorial changes to the manuscript.

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‘Harder Modi tries, the more distant he looks’: Neha on Jantar Mantar, govt response, and solidarity

A little over a week after former Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned, independent journalist Nikita Saxena caught up with Neha, a doctoral student and president of the All India Students' Association (AISA), for a freewheeling conversation. Along with fellow AISA activists Aameen, Amitoj and Manish, the AISA president went on…

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The stories the media sees only in a crisis are now being told by schoolchildren

The fallout of the student protests at Jantar Mantar last month, culminating in the police crackdown on July 20, and the ripples created throughout the country have yet to settle.

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Jharkhand’s exam trap: A generation lost waiting for jobs in the land of minerals

Jharkhand is rich in natural resources, but thousands of its young people are spending years preparing for government jobs. In Ranchi, many cram into small rooms to study, sometimes five to a room. Some have been waiting a decade for an exam, while others remain unemployed despite earning gold medals.

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नौकरी की तैयारी में बीत गई जवानी: झारखंड के बेरोजगार युवाओं की कहानी

झारखंड देश के बड़े प्राकृतिक संसाधनों का केंद्र है, लेकिन इसी राज्य के हजारों युवा सरकारी नौकरी की तैयारी करते हुए अपनी जवानी के कई साल गुजार रहे हैं. रांची के छोटे-छोटे कमरों में पांच-पांच लोग रहकर पढ़ाई कर रहे हैं. कोई 10 साल से परीक्षा का इंतजार कर रहा…

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Why India’s Millennium City has a recurring monsoon crisis

Gurugram’s waterlogging is no longer an annual surprise. Every year, heavy rain leaves roads, lanes and residential areas submerged, triggering a familiar cycle of complaints.

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‘School Thik Karo’: Lakhs of schools, crores in public money, but do they meet the basic tests?

You may not agree with the Cockroach Janta Party’s politics; you may not like their leaders. But their focus on education has struck a chord across the nation. In just the past two weeks, we have seen several videos, made by young students, demanding basic facilities for their schools.

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Photos show aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Flash floods in Nepal have killed many people and left hundreds missing, including tourists and workers. The floods swept through communities and halted travel in parts of the Himalayan country.

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More than 1,300 are missing in Nepal and Tibet after catastrophic floods caused by glacial collapse

Rescue teams were searching for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border after a catastrophic and deadly torrent of floods and mud swept through several communities a day earlier following a glacial collapse.

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किताबों की उम्र में चाकू-कट्टे: दिल्ली के 'नाबालिग गैंग्स' की कहानी

नॉर्थ-ईस्ट दिल्ली यानि राजधानी का वो हिस्सा, जहां तंग गलियों और भीड़भाड़ के पीछे एक और दुनिया पल रही है. नाबालिगों का अंडरवर्ल्ड. यहां उम्र छोटी है, लेकिन हाथों में हथियार बड़े. यहां चाकू और कट्टों के साथ ये बच्चे सिर्फ डर नहीं बल्कि मौत भी बांट रहे हैं. कई…

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Knives, pistols and ‘aura farming’: Inside Delhi’s teen ‘gangs’

In the cramped, winding lanes of North-East Delhi, boys are picking up knives and country-made pistols before they ever pick up a schoolbook.

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