The UN World Water Development Report 2018 paints an alarming picture of India’s plight by 2050, a result both of climate change and population growth A new report released by Unesco makes grim reading. It shows that the water crisis will be intensifying across India by 2050. Central India is staring at deepening water scarcity […]

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In a fair election, his party the PMLN would be in a pole position. If it doesn’t manage to get a simple majority, it would at least be the single largest party Despite being badly wounded and pushed into a corner, the tiger (election symbol of Nawaz Sharif’s party and his own image among his […]

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Encounter killings will hardly be able to decriminalise UP if the chief minister continues to extricate the BJP’s own legislators accused of crimes as heinous as rape and murder The BJP-government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh seems to have been caught into its own web. Taking in turncoats having criminal antecedents […]

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The heat is around the corner ad so are the holidays. Don’t waste these precious weeks, especially as the capital bristles with opportunities Summer holidays should be spent in having fun while also learning something new. With schools piling up students with homework one might want to look at some activity that doesn’t make you […]

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That’s the essence of the unholy war being waged by the Congress and the BJP to woo voters of Karnataka as leaders of both parties go temple hopping If Gujarat was the test case, Karnataka has seen the temple run being patented as an electoral strategy. In the run-up to the assembly elections on 12 […]

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The Yamuna Expressway is a valuable addition to infrastructure but the number of accidents taking place on it raises question marks about enforcement of safety standards It was 8 am when our taxi crossed the Delhi border into Noida. This is not a highway like any other – it has eight lanes, clear signage and […]

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A walk with Rana Safvi in the Walled City brought to life the battles of Delhi’s first female Islamic ruler Sultan Raziya. And along the way emerged more treasures   No ornamentation, no decoration—it could have been a mound of carefully placed stones, anything except the tomb of a ruler. The only female Islamic ruler […]

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A woman reveals her a-sex drive over a conversation in the nude Asexuality. This word has complex meanings, open to interpretation. But to avoid that discussion, the asexuality described here is when a human is not attracted enough to anyone sexually — none of the three genders. Not necessarily because the person is immune to […]

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