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Safety is not a priority The statistic that India is arguably the country with the highest number of stampedes is nothing to be proud about (Front page, June 30). Whether it be the stampede on Sunday during the Rath Yatra in Puri or the promotional event for the film, Pushpa 2, or the Kumbh Mela … Read more
In a snippet, “Ahead of Amarnath Yatra, J&K L-G reviews arrangements” (‘News’ page – “In Brief”, June 29, 2025), the sitting Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was wrongly referred to as former Chief Minister. Published – July 01, 2025 12:32 am IST
As India marks eight years since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on July 1, 2017, it is worth reflecting on this landmark reform. GST replaced a multiplicity of indirect taxes such as Value Added Tax (VAT), excise duties, and service tax, establishing a unified national market under the “One Nation, One … Read more
There have been nine stampedes in India in the past 12 months, with six of them at religious gatherings. This includes the most recent one, at the storied Jagannath temple’s annual chariot procession in Puri, Odisha, early on June 29. Three people were killed and more than 50 injured. Acknowledging “negligence “and “security lapses”, the … Read more
Published – June 30, 2025 03:37 pm IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit
Sharing river waters across political geographies, be it within a sovereign country or between two or more nations, is always contentious. Matters become more complicated when rivers run across countries weighed down by discord. The Indus, which nested a historic civilisation; from which the world’s largest democracy; a subcontinent; and, indeed, the third largest ocean; … Read more
Published – June 30, 2025 02:12 am IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit
New Delhi, June 29: A revolution in education is in the offing with the development of an indigenous technology for the large-scale preparation of teaching aids by the Indian Registry of Pathology (IRP) in New Delhi. Originally developed for teaching pathology in medical colleges, the development can be adapted for the teaching of any subject … Read more
As India marks the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, one of the most horrific and least acknowledged chapters of Indian democracy is of state-sponsored, forced sterilisation practices, popularly known as nasbandi in public memory. The sterilisation campaign, masquerading as population control, was a spuriously neo-Malthusian, eugenic exercise of state violence. It is an atrocity almost … Read more
The price of the Mercedes-Benz, GT 63 PRO 4MATIC+ is ₹3.65 crore (ex-showroom) and not ₹3.65 lakh, as mentioned in the text of a report, “Mercedes-Benz unveils AMG GT 63 variants at ₹3 crore” (‘Business page’ – ‘In Brief’, June 28, 2025). Published – June 30, 2025 12:32 am IST