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Snakes in Hyderabad: A battle for survival amidst urban sprawl
As the world observes Reptile Awareness Week every year from 21st October, it is prudent to look at members of the reptile, the Snakes, with a larger lens. Many cities are home…
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Hyderabad Cricket: HCA replaces coach, support staff; gains nullified
The strange decision of the Hyderabad Cricket Association to replace a successful combination of support staff including the team coach with a group from outside the State has created ripples of discontent…
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Who will be the next President of BJP?
Who will be the next President of the BJP? The suspense is building up as the current President, J.P. Nadda, is on an extension, and the party is looking for a new…
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Babu and Stalin should read this: Bearing more children means moving backwards
Two chief ministers, N Chandrababu Naidu and M K Stalin, respectively of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Naidu must reconsider their advocacy of growing their populations. Naidu has asked that couples should have…
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Politics of Lok Sabha seat allocation set to resurge
The number of Lok Sabha seats in the country was fixed at 489 in 1951, before the first elections were held in free India. Taking account of the change in population in…
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Cycling star Maxwell Trevor pushes for stronger sports infrastructure, incentives for young talent
Why is it that India always performs badly at the Olympic Games? At every Olympics, our severe shortcomings in Olympic sports are laid bare before the entire world. Ahead of every Games,…
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Opinion: United response is real answer to terrorists in Kashmir
The Sunday evening terror attack in Gagangeer in Central Kashmir which left seven civilians, including a local doctor, dead, was not yet another terror attack in the genre of such attacks to…
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Karnataka High Court judgement is flawed; it is neither farsighted nor foresighted
I recently had the satisfaction of coming across a news item which stated that the Karnataka High Court had quashed the criminal case lodged by the police against two persons in connection…
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Inclusive institutions are pathways to economic growth
By Rashad Ullah Khan The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences[DP1] was awarded to Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, who both belong to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and to James Robinson…
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Maharashtra polls: 4 major parties vie for prestigious Shivaji Park for meeting on Nov 17
Mumbai: Shivaji Park, a large ground in South Central Mumbai – Dadar to those who know the metropolis – is a much-coveted public ground now. As many as four political parties have…
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Misunderstood history: Jews, Christians, and the Muslim connection
History cannot be rolled back, but it can certainly be understood from a proper perspective. It is extremely difficult to restore the status quo ante. Thus, notwithstanding the speeches made by Benjamin…
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Bogey of blasphemy must not be allowed to unleash mindless violence, says Sir Syed
Sir Syed (1817-1898) was rarely recognized beyond being the founder of the Aligarh Muslim University. It is hardly known that his narrative of reason, set about more than 150 years ago, can…
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Maharashtra polls: Raj Thackeray punctures promises being made by major political outfits.
In competitive politics which is at its sharpest, politicians seldom tell the people that what is expected is not possible. They promise the moon when on the stump but seldom deliver. It…
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Firoze Shakir: The saffron clad ‘Sufi’ photographer of Bombay
Hyderabad: Street photography today is a lot more accessible thanks to smart phones and also due to social media and the easy access to technology. But back when the internet was still…
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Judging judges: Judiciary should be seen as above reproach or else it would cause dismay
How ought judges to be judged? How ought they to be selected? Why these questions now? Well, on occasion we have learnt of judges who immediately after their retirement became members of…
