The 15-Lakh Gambit

Chess prodigy’s family turns to crowdfunding for Europe circuit. It took Deekshitha Modipalli one month to jump 29,200 ranking spots in world chess. H...

Errors Cost Aspirants

NTA retest throws UGC-NET plans into chaos. The National Testing Agency’s decision to re-conduct the UGC-NET exam for English, Commerce and Sociology ...

After Jail, A New Start

Maharashtra doubles rehab grant for freed prisoners. The Maharashtra government has doubled its rehabilitation grant for prisoners acquitted after spe...

Blast At The Pump, 3 Dead

3 dead in Delhi CNG station explosion. Three employees died and three were injured after a truck’s CNG tank exploded during refuelling at a station in...

Bail vs Protest

Courts split over 222 workers jailed after Noida agitations. An analysis of 222 bail orders by sessions courts and the Allahabad High Court reveals ho...

Ban That Worked?

Data backs Bihar’s liquor prohibition. Bihar’s alcohol ban, imposed in 2016, has been called a failure. A new report says that narrative is wrong. Cri...

Machines Replace Hands

Sugarcane cutters lose work as mills mechanise. Lata Waghmar was 6 months pregnant when she cut her last bundle of sugarcane in Beed, Maharashtra. She...

Banks for Gen Z

At a two-day meeting with bankers, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said banks must focus on Gen Z and deposit mobilization to support “Viksit Bhar...

Ken-Betwa: Water for Some, Loss for Others

Adivasi resistance grows. In Dadhan village, Madhya Pradesh, Adivasis are protesting the Ken-Betwa river linking project.