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Making sense of the Hyderabad crime data 2025
Hyderabad: The year 2025 saw a rise in digital fraud cases in Hyderabad, with several citizens losing crores of rupees to the cyber scammers operating from far-off countries, according to the Hyderabad Commissionerate’s…
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Doping offences may derail India’s chance of hosting Olympics
Over the last three years, Indian sports have acquired a notorious reputation across the entire world. For three successive years, India has recorded the highest number of doping offences globally. The number…
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From Maha Kumbh to 150 years of ‘Vande Mataram’, India celebrates culture in 2025
New Delhi: From the Maha Kumbh in January-February to the launch of year-long celebrations of 150 years of “Vande Mataram” in November — it was a packed calendar for the Ministry of…
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Hyderabad’s GHMC expansion: Centralisation masquerading as growth
Recent headlines celebrated Hyderabad becoming India’s “largest city” after the Telangana government merged 27 municipalities into the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). This framing obscures a critical distinction: the city’s geographic area…
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The person who conceptualised work on demand for the rural poor is forgotten
There has been a din, and even justified, about the replacement of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA). It is being faulted on several reasons, including the structure of…
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India under-19 team’s huge loss to Pak was shocking, BCCI is taking it seriously
India has an excellent record in the Asia Cup under-19 cricket championship. On eight occasions, India lifted the coveted trophy – more than any other team. Several outstanding Indian players have emerged…
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Pay, policy and pressure – Why Indian doctors are quitting the UK
New Delhi: Among the shared history, food, and architecture, India and the United Kingdom are also connected through a deeply immersed force of healthcare professionals. But what was once considered a deliberate…
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Shock and awe will mark 2026, so watch out for the interplay of events
The year 2025 has ended, and 2026 is approaching. What does the crystal ball say about the year 2026? Emerging events and political shifts are likely to unfold as we head into…
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Tragedies in the snow: Bodies pile up on Mount Everest
Will the world’s highest mountain peak become the world’s highest pile of dead bodies soon? The rate at which the tragedies are unfolding, that day may not be far off. It is…
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Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Festival was a melange of cultures and artistes
Hyderabad: Picture actors from Norway and Malaysia mingling with performers from Assam, Maharashtra and Kerala. Add playwrights from France and Telangana, musicians from West Bengal and Karnataka, all converging on a single…
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Macaulay was a foot soldier in the massive Western civilisational onslaught
If we cannot erase the impact of Thomas Babington Macaulay’s Minute of 1835, 190 years after what he wrote, then 1,900 years later, too, we will continue to blame just one individual…
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Messi will be playing a record 6th World Cup, but can he win again?
Lionel Messi will be playing his sixth FIFA World Cup tournament next year. Nobody else has achieved this landmark. In the sport of football, goalkeepers, whose job is less tiring and therefore lasts…
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VB-G RAM G versus MGNREGA: Here are the major differences
New Delhi: The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025 — which was passed by the Lok Sabha on Thursday — repeals the MGNREGA and paves the way…
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Nashik Kumbh 2027 tree felling sparks environmental battle
The authorities – Nashik civic body to the chief minister of Maharashtra — have not given up hopes of felling substantial numbers of trees to accommodate the sadhus who would come for…
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The Lionel Messi tour was a futile exercise for Indian football
Never before has any international football star received the level of adulation throughout India as Lionel Messi did during his short trip to different cities in India. In 1977, Pele came to Kolkata with the Cosmos Club…
