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Severe drought in Maharashtra leads to nearly six-fold rise in migration from villages

In an indicator of the severe drought situation due to 67% deficient rainfall in the state, nearly 3.6 lakh people from Maharashtra’s villages have sought daily wage wor...

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Where the Girls Went, Where the Boys Came From

In the huge furor that followed the Badaun gang rapes and murders a month ago, cops were suspended and upper caste Yadav suspects arrested, some of whom confessed to the crime...

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Over one lakh suicides in India every year, report says

Over 1, 00,000 people commit suicides in India every year on an average. The number of suicides in the past decade has recorded an increase of 21.6 per cent, said a government...

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Funded gastroenteritis vaccine is here

As of today, babies born in Hawke’s Bay will be eligible for funded vaccination against rotavirus gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus infection. PHARMAC has funded ROTAT...

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Centre warns of possible drought in western India

Delayed monsoon to impact Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan, the biggest producers of sugar cane, cotton, pulses and soybean In what could become first major ...

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These nine laws make Indian women less equal than men

A recent UN report studying India’s legal code lists all the ways laws officially support men over women. In Goa, a Hindu man can remarry if his previous wife does not g...

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HIV patients with social protection stay in jobs longer: ILO

New report calls for wider social protection net to include HIV patients HIV patients with access to social protection are more likely to have jobs or be involved in some prod...

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Free vaccinations to protect babies against deadly bug

New Zealand babies will be entitled to free vaccinations against a highly infectious and potentially deadly gastric bug from tomorrow. The new oral rotavirus vaccine is one of...

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NASA to again launch global warming satellite

In 2009, NASA had launched a satellite to track carbon dioxide but it plunged into the ocean after liftoff. The space agency has now decided to launch a carbon copy of the sat...

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Bengaluru's trash talk

City administration makes fresh promises to get an extension to dump its waste at Mandur village. But will the five-month breather be enough for Bengaluru to overcome its garb...

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TWO POWERFUL THEATRE REFLECTIONS

Sohaila Kapur reflects on two compelling theatre experiences — the experimental st...

May 13 2026

THE STING BEHIND BOLLYWOOD PAPARAZZI

Khalid Mohamed, without being judgmental, reports on the love-hate relationship of the c...

May 12 2026

MAHOGATHA REVIVES MAHASHWETA DEVI’S LEGACY

Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe reviews Mahogatha, a powerful Marathi theatrical adaptation of thr...

May 11 2026