Now, 10-minute delivery of fresh air, escape. Delhi’s affair with hidden lakes, secret trails
Delhi-NCR residents are beating stress by hiking trails, climbing hills, spotting wildlife, and breathing better air. All it takes is a few hours on a Sunday.
NIMHANS set to bring India’s first digital repository of psychiatric disorders
For decades, Indian researchers working in the field of mental health have had to depend on studies primarily on the Caucasian populations due to a lack of in-depth analysis at home.
‘Calendar artist’ to Rs 167 cr sale—how Raja Ravi Varma still defines India’s imagination
Raja Ravi Varma's Yashoda and Krishna became the most expensive Indian artwork ever sold at auction. His mythic realism, once dismissed as ‘calendar art’, is the centrepiece of his resurgence.
Punjab farmer who climbed tower says, ‘Don’t want to get into politics, want to do Guru’s seva’
Over the last few months, Gurjeet Singh Khalsa has become a sort of a folk hero in his village. His protest has moved from social to the divine realm as stories and whispers get attached to him.
Where are the UPSC toppers of the last 20 years in their careers today?
Topping the UPSC civil services exam turns candidates into overnight celebrities. A look at the careers of 20 IAS officers who secured AIR-1.
Arctus Aerospace has one mission—End India’s reliance on foreign players in earth observation
I always wanted to build something from the ground up in India, for the world. And that is what I am here to do now, says Shreepoorna S Rao, founder of Arctus Aerospace.
Delhi’s Urdu-medium MCD schools are losing students. ‘Want better lives’
As enrolment falls, families point to crumbling infrastructure, weak learning outcomes and the possible growing stigma linked to the Urdu language.
Meet the 1st all-girl Arunachal band. Gilithigreams is singing for Northeast
Their journey is not simply about a viral girl group. It is about whether a young act singing in Nyishi can challenge the assumption that Indian pop must be in dominant languages.
‘Guru sahib told me to risk my life’—Punjab farmer ends 18-month protest over sacrilege law
Gurjeet Singh Khalsa’s prolonged protest became a rallying point in Punjab’s sacrilege debate, which has shaped state politics for more than a decade.
Tawang’s Museum of Valour joins two worlds— a tribe’s heritage and a nation’s border
Butter churns and baskets share space with guns and posters of Salman Khan’s Tubelight in Tawang's Bob Khathing Museum of Valour. It is part of national storytelling on a contested frontier.
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Vijay’s promises will now face politics. Defeating Tamil Nadu behemoths was easy
The unexpected nature and scale of Vijay’s victory has left not just political observers but even sections within the TVK in a daze.
India-linked supertanker laden with LPG attempting Hormuz exit
If successful, its exit would mark the first observed passage by an India-linked tanker since a weeks-old US blockade of ships tied to Iran began, pushing Hormuz transits to nearly zero.
76 yrs on, exhibition on Korean War brings to life independent India’s 1st overseas military deployment
'Guardians of Neutrality: India's Korean Mission', organised in Delhi, brought out unknown and forgotten aspects of the war.
Muslim vote, X factor & limitations of regional politics: Takeaways from Bengal, TN, Kerala elections
On counting day, this special edition of National Interest looks at key takeaways from verdicts in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Assam. You’d err if you credit or blame BJP’s success only on Hindutva. It’s more than that.
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