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From the Explained editor: Election in Nepal, crisis in Pak, and a bad idea on pensions in India Subscriber Only
November 20, 2022 17:55 IST
We published a detailed article this week on the Old Pension Scheme to which the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party want to return in the states that they rule.
Sun, Nov 20, 2022
From the Explained editor: China, the lingering monsoon, and a new Hindi-imposition rowSubscriber Only
October 16, 2022 16:49 IST
The controversy around the imposition of Hindi on non-Hindi-speaking states was resurrected after two Chief Ministers and several other leaders protested against the reported contents of the latest volume of the Report of the Official Language Committee. Liz Mathew unpacked the history and mandate of the Committee.
Sun, Oct 16, 2022
From the Explained editor: A week of Nobels, eye on China, and a tragedy in AfricaSubscriber Only
October 09, 2022 15:58 IST
From the Nobel Prizes awarded this week to the India-made cough syrup that led to the death of 66 in Gambia, check out our best explainers through the week
Sun, Oct 09, 2022
From The Explained editor: The ban on PFI, forests at night, and free grains for the poorSubscriber Only
October 02, 2022 20:57 IST
We unpacked a very significant judgment passed by the Supreme Court this week, which, in sum, laid down the right to safe and legal termination of pregnancy for all women, irrespective of marital status.
Sun, Oct 02, 2022
From the Explained editor: Short histories of the CBI and ED, live streaming of court proceedings, and carbon dating in VaranasiSubscriber Only
September 25, 2022 20:55 IST
We published two explainers accompanying the investigation, on the uneasy — and not so glorious — history of the CBI that has been repeatedly pulled up by Supreme Court judges, and on the ways in which the ED became the sword arm of the government, especially under the agency’s current Director and his predecessor.
Sun, Sep 25, 2022
Explained Highlights: Why monkeypox is spreading, the nationalisation of banks, and why Myanmar executed 4 dissidentsSubscriber Only
July 25, 2022 14:21 IST
Explained News Highlights: What is heteropessimism? In India, a recent example of heteropessimism is men trending #MarriageStrike on Twitter when the Delhi HC was hearing a plea to criminalise marital rape. Follow this space to know about more such stuff
Tue, Aug 16, 2022
Explained Highlights: After global outbreak, monkeypox has now reached Delhi, this is what you need to know about the disease; and moreSubscriber Only
July 18, 2022 10:49 IST
A 31-year-old man from West Delhi, who was admitted to Lok Nayak Hospital two days ago with a history of two weeks of fever and rashes, was found to be infected with the monkeypox virus.
Tue, Aug 16, 2022
Explained Highlights: The 1989 Rubaiya Sayeed abduction case, MBS and the significance of his meeting with Biden
July 10, 2022 18:04 IST
Latest News Highlights: Critics have accused Biden of making a U-turn on his earlier stated position of making Saudi Arabia a “pariah” for its alleged role the assassination of The Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
Mon, Jul 18, 2022
Explained Highlights: Who is Tetsuya Yamagami, the man who shot Shinzo Abe; why Boris Johnson finally resigned; and more
July 03, 2022 14:03 IST
From Shinzo Abe's efforts in strengthening India-Japan ties to BJP's focus on Pasmanda Muslims in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, a look at the best explainers through the week.
Mon, Jul 11, 2022
Bangladesh awaits its bridge of dreams across the mighty PadmaSubscriber Only
June 25, 2022 00:53 IST
By joining the southwest — home to 30 million people — with the capital across the river that cleaves through the country, the bridge is expected to give an unprecedented boost to communications, trade, and the economy of Bangladesh as a whole.
Sat, Jun 25, 2022
Bangladesh’s Rohingya problemSubscriber Only
June 19, 2022 04:00 IST
The Rohingya have suffered systematic discrimination, disenfranchisement, and targeted persecution for decades — and small and large groups have been coming to Bangladesh from at least the 1970s following violence in Rakhine.
Sun, Jun 19, 2022
Prophet remarks India’s matter… why should we instigate: BangladeshSubscriber Only
June 12, 2022 18:36 IST
“First of all, this is an external issue (for Bangladesh). This is the issue of India, not of Bangladesh. We don’t have to say anything,” Mahmud said at an informal interaction with a group of visiting Indian journalists in Dhaka late on Saturday evening.
Mon, Jun 13, 2022
Explained: New row over Charak Shapath; what is it, and what does it say?Subscriber Only
May 01, 2022 19:46 IST
In a letter published in IMA News, the association’s national president Dr Sahajanand Prasad Singh said that at an “interactive meeting” with an IMA delegation on February 21, Mandaviya had “assured that Charak Shapath will be optional and will not be forced to replace the Hippocratic Oath”.
Wed, May 04, 2022
Explained: Hippocrates, Charaka, and the oath of medical ethicsSubscriber Only
February 13, 2022 14:09 IST
The National Medical Commission has suggested to medical colleges that the traditional Hippocratic Oath should be replaced by a "Charak Shapath". A look at the Hippocrates, Charaka, and the universal principles of medical ethics
Mon, Feb 14, 2022
Alexander and Chandragupta Maurya: A short history of war, empire, and greatnessSubscriber Only
November 17, 2021 08:16 IST
The use of the suffix ‘great’ has become less common in modern history-writing however, as historians have moved their focus away from the political triumphs of individual rulers to the society, economy, art and architecture of their times.
Wed, Feb 22, 2023
Explained: Chauri Chaura, freedom struggle signpost from 100 years agoSubscriber Only
February 04, 2021 04:00 IST
The town of Chauri Chaura was the scene of a violent incident with far-reaching consequences during the freedom struggle a century ago.
Thu, Feb 04, 2021
K Srinath Reddy: ‘We cannot live in permanent lockdown… we need to resume life, but with great caution’Subscriber Only
May 19, 2020 04:30 IST
In this first edition of E-Xplained last week, Prof K Srinath Reddy explained a range of issues related to India’s battle against Covid-19 to a large Zoom audience from across the country.
Tue, May 19, 2020
A to Z of Ayodhya verdictSubscriber Only
November 10, 2019 04:32 IST
Ayodhya verdict: The 1,045-page order — its context and contents — broken down.
Sun, Nov 10, 2019
Lok Sabha Election Results Explained: Key takeaways from verdict that returned Narendra Modi to powerSubscriber Only
May 24, 2019 01:43 IST
Lok Sabha elections 2019 results: How does the BJP triumph compare with the one in 2014, which it has bettered? Where does it leave the Congress and the Left, and what is its significance for the voter?
Fri, May 24, 2019
Royal PlaygroundSubscriber Only
July 28, 2018 00:24 IST
In his second book, Manu S Pillai explores the Deccan through the many rulers who engaged with it
Sat, Jul 28, 2018
How Satyajit Ray’s The Alien hovered above Hollywood before nosediving into oblivionSubscriber Only
May 26, 2018 06:24 IST
The Extra-Terrestrial opened to applause that is yet to subside, Satyajit Ray had submitted to Hollywood’s Columbia Pictures the screenplay of a film about the friendship between a small boy and a benevolent alien.
Sat, May 26, 2018
In appeal to Odia subnationalism, a politics of outreachSubscriber Only
April 18, 2017 01:58 IST
Commemoration of 200 years of the rebellion of the Paikas
Tue, Apr 18, 2017
Champaran Satyagraha: 100 years on, recalling the birth of the Gandhian political experimentSubscriber Only
April 11, 2017 01:50 IST
Champaran was the first of 3 movements during 1917-18 that marked the entry of Gandhi — and civil disobedience — in Indian politics.
Tue, Apr 11, 2017
The legend of Padmavati and how to read that immortal poem todaySubscriber Only
January 31, 2017 00:41 IST
There is no historical evidence that Padmavati existed. The poem was written over 200 years after the events it purports to describe occurred. The controversy over the film is a battle of competing narratives.
Tue, Jan 31, 2017
What the ‘revolutionary terrorism’ of Bhagat Singh really meansSubscriber Only
May 02, 2016 00:13 IST
There has been uproar in Parliament over the alleged reference to Bhagat Singh as a ‘terrorist’ in a well known book, the sale and distribution of whose Hindi version has been stopped by Delhi University.
Mon, May 02, 2016Journalism of Courage
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