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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go
Gukesh is in a three-way tie for the lead with two-time champion Ian Nepomniachtchi and world No 3 Hikaru Nakamura.
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
‘It’s not Prasar Bharati any more – it’s Prachar [propaganda] Bharti,’ the public broadcaster’s former CEO Jawhar Sircar remarked.
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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How Nitish Kumar’s Mahadalit experiment failed – both politically and for development
Voters from the special Scheduled Castes category do not have access to basic amenities like clean drinking water, irrigation, toilets and roads.
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Lok Sabha elections: First phase of polling begins for 102 constituencies
At 9 am, Uttar Pradesh registered a turnout of 12.66% while Maharashtra recorded 7.28% voting.
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A Bharat Jodo participant recalls what went into organising the mammoth journey on foot
An excerpt from ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra: Reclaiming India’s Soul’, by Pushparaj Deshpande and Ruchira Chaturvedi.
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Hockey: Salima Tete 2.0 – a speedster who is adding confidence and creativity to her improving game
The 22-year-old midfielder has transformed from a player who could just run fast to a well-rounded attacker.
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
Dibakar Banerjee’s sequel to ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha’ (2019) stars Paritosh Tiwari, Swastika Mukherjee, Bonita Rajpurohit and Abhinav Santosh Singh.
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
Alex Garland’s apocalyptic drama stars Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny and Stephen McKinley Henderson.
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
Could a third term under Narendra Modi see the formalising of second-class status for minorities and the destruction of the country’s ancient composite culture?
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar, bowlers help Mumbai Indians seal thriller against Punjab Kings
Mumbai posted 192/7 on the back of Suryakumar Yadav’s half-century before Punjab were bowled out for 183 in a close finish.
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The Dutch are drawing a line – to keep populists out of power. Can other countries do so as well?
Coalitions against extremism are not new but it has become more difficult in the face of far-right mobilisation.