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Runway Recap: Carolina Herrera, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Polo in the Park and more from Day 5 of NYFW

GoPros on the runway at Rag & Bone, a 4-D fashion show at Ralph Lauren and more from the tech-heavy fifth day of New York Fashion Week.




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Trinamool agent allegedly bashed up by CPI-M cadre

Rana Moitra, a Trinamool Congress polling agent, in Kasba, which falls under the Jadavpur constituency in Kolkata was allegedly beaten up by the Communist Party of India-Marxist cadres during the final phase of polling in West Bengal on Wednesday.




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Cash Is Back. Here’s Why

Cash is often viewed as a safe, but boring investment. But lately, it’s looking shinier than it has in a while. WSJ explains why investors are piling trillions into money market accounts, even as stocks reach new highs.




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Shashi Tharoor creates history

'Shashi Tharoor and the Congress party coming together was a recipe for success. If Shashi had chosen to contest on his own on the basis of his personal accomplishments, he could have presented an agenda for change and made a splash, but like some of the other Independent stars, he would have made a point, but not gone any further.'




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Keshubhai's party dented BJP prospects in Saurashtra

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's march towards a two-third majority was halted by the presence of Keshubhai Patel's party in Saurashtra and the saffron outfit suffered reverses in Chief Minister Narendra Modi's own backyard of north Gujarat.




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Ash everywhere; in your food and water, too?


Fly ash, the residue from coal used in thermal power plants, is not only a headache for plant operators; its use in agriculture and other sectors violates environmental sanctity and poses a serious risk to human health. Shripad Dharmadhikary studies a new CEA report to bring us more.




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Pradhans under the eyes of Asha Ashram


Several newly elected panchayat presidents and and council members attended a unique ceremony in Lalpur, U.P., in late September. Watched by the District Magistrate, they took an oath of 'office and transparency' as opposed to the customary oath of 'office and secrecy'. Sandeep Pandey writes about a new beginning.




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The Nagaland model for Kashmir


Pakistan, under pressure in the Global War on Terror (GWOT), has restrained its hand in the proxy war. By most accounts, Kashmir appears headed towards peace. This is the right juncture to approach the issue politically, both in its external and internal plane, says Firdaus Ahmed.




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Hot ash burns child to death


Illegal dumping of industrial waste around Raigarh takes the life of 7-year-old Twinkle Thakur, raising familiar troubling questions about the trajectory of 'development' in India. Kanchi Kohli reports.




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Unleashing Political Renaissance By Rejecting Patriarchy


Boregaon is a small village in Solapur district of Maharashtra where men have shunned the patriarchal mindset to support women’s political empowerment and gender equality, writes Suchismita Pai.




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A sudden cloud over Maharashtra’s nutritional progress


Data from the recently released DLHF Survey shows disheartening figures for nutritional indicators, when compared to the last national level survey. Shambhu Ghatak delves deeper into the state’s nutrition records and also tracks where others stand.




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Will The NYT bat against Washington apples in India?


A recent editorial in The New York Times rightly recognises the flaws of a growth model driven by lower trade barriers. But Devinder Sharma wonders if the American daily will take a stand and extend its arguments to champion the cause of all nations, including India.




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Weddings on hold as prices crash


"It is time for my daughter to get married but where's the money? We ran a teashop for a long time. That folded as people had no more to spend." P Sainath finds that as the agrarian crisis has deepened in Wayanad, many people are now simply unable to afford weddings.




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Maharashtra: The graveyard of farmers


The state has witnessed 30,000 farm suicides in a decade. Vidarbha is the worst place in the nation to be a farmer, writes P Sainath.




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Kashmiri identity and the onslaught on women


Although dropped for now, a Bill that seeks to disqualify the permanent resident status of J&K women who marry outside the state is pitting their equal rights and dignity against ‘Kashmiri identity’, argues Rekha Chowdhary.




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Cash inside pens and gift cards: Challenges before the Election Commission


There is a lot that happens in the background to make sure that every Indian election - like the just concluded Bihar assembly election - is conducted fairly, freely and peacefully. Smarak Swain, who was on election duty in Bihar reports on the challenges faced by the Election Commission of India and how it is overcoming them effectively.




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Indo-Pak talks: Getting past the eyewash


The calling off of talks between India and Pakistan is being attributed to the latter’s interactions with separatists, with an extended reference to incursions along the LoC. Firdaus Ahmed digs beyond the obvious to highlight the more likely cause behind the move.




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Kashmir after Nadimarg


Firdaus Ahmed on what India can do to avoid a repeat of Nadimarg.




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To make Kashmir smile


Mehbooba Mufti speaks of her interest in bringing gender parity to Jammu and Kashmir.




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Kashmir 'disappearances have come down'


A senior advocate at the Srinagar High Court, Parvez Imroz helped bring together hundreds of Kashmiri families whose members have disappeared in the conflict. The media have not been forthright when reporting about Kashmir, he tells Joe Athialy in this interview, but acknowledges that the support of other people's movements is vital.




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Kashmir: Another view


Women's groups around the country may have held back in the sex scandal in Kashmir because it is embedded in the divided politics of that state. Meanwhile, within Kashmir itself voices that were not heard before are now audible through a women's magazine that was recently launched, writes Kalpana Sharma.




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Chronicling the tears of Kashmiri women


The atrocities inflicted upon women in the strife-ridden Valley and the fear and oppression under which they live continuously are poignantly depicted in Ocean of Tears, a documentary reviewed by Shoma A. Chatterji




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Protests get creative in Kashmir


Forced, politicised moves to spread the message of peace and love through high profile cultural events may fall flat on the ground in Kashmir, but the Valley is certainly witnessing newer, creative and artistic modes of resistance against issues of concern. Freny Maneksha reports.




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The many battles that Kashmiri female cops fight


A female police inspector from J&K, deployed in a peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan, has recently won a prestigious international award. Yet, her story holds little meaning for fellow women officers back home who fight social stigma, poor pay and gender bias at work every day. Shazia Yousuf reports.




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There’s nothing to be ashamed about disability


An inspiring account of Malini Chib, disability rights activist and author, who talks about how she got around to developing a strong disability identity that she wants to “celebrate” rather than reject.




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Dispensing clothes, not cash


Xavier's Foundation in Guwahati has come up with the idea of establishing a Clothes Bank for the poor. It estimates that up to 3 million people may have need for its clothes. Ratna Bharali Talukdar reports.




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Cash transfers and food insecurity


With the proposed switch from food rations to direct cash payments to the poor, the government may be trying to free itself from its commitment to supply each BPL family with a certain quantity of food. Kannan Kasturi reports.




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Ration to cash, a harsh transition


In September 2015, the central government announced a pilot programme of providing direct cash transfers in place of food grains in an attempt to reform the Public Distribution System. Centre for Equity Studies (CES) recently conducted a survey of this pilot programme in Chandigarh. Shikha Nehra of CES reports the key findings from the survey.




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The “disappeared” Kashmiris


Pushpa Achanta writes about the challenges and aspirations of people in Kashmir on Kashmiri Women’s Day of Resistance which is observed today.




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Wash your spinach, twice


Research finds evidence of heavy metal contamination of vegetables in Delhi.




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Maharashtra: The last lap


It needed the final week of an election campaign to force the most minimal attention, if that, towards the real issues people worry about. P Sainath looks at the balance of interests in pre-election Maharashtra.




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Maharashtra's coming water wars


A new law could put irrigation beyond the reach of most farmers in Vidharbha. Huge hikes in water charges, penalties against farmers with more than two children, and prison terms and large fines for non-payment, all signal the transfer of agriculture to a few rich farmers, observes P Sainath.




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In Maharashtra, the government loves calamities


A audit of the Maharashtra government's post-flood disaster relief expenditure of the last two years has thrown up plenty of instances of misuse of funds. The audit has also gone into the causes of floods turning out to be disasters. Himanshu Upadhyaya has more.




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Coal mining threatens tigers in Maharashtra reserve


Proposals for mining in the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve are pending at New Delhi for environmental clearance. Conservationists have warned against proceeding, while the state's politicians are for the mining. Jaideep Hardikar digs deeper.




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Maharashtra polls, Act II Scene I


There are more fronts in the fray across the State this time. And with multi-cornered contests in almost all seats, there could be some major upsets, writes P Sainath.




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The "era of Ashok" - a new era for 'news'?


The huge mismatch between the Chief Minister's stated accounts and the dozens of full pages of 'news' will surely re-stoke the debate over what has now come to be called 'paid news,' writes P Sainath.




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Maharashtra secretly amends RTI Rules


The State has quietly pushed through a set of changes to the way it treats RTI applications. Activists discovered it quite accidentally, and are shocked. Krishnaraj Rao writes.




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White Paper, or whitewash?


Maharashtra's politics is in uproar, as the dubious record of the irrigation department provides fodder for a proxy NCP-Congress war. The issues, however, demand real attention, writes Shripad Dharmadhikary.




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Drought in Maharashtra: The real story


The fact that the state's most drought-prone regions have continued to devote precious resources for highly water-intensive sugarcane cultivation and sugar production indicates that there is more to the region's water crisis than climatic conditions alone. Parineeta Dandekar analyses.




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लेना है डिजाइनर लहंगा तो दिल्ली की इस Fashion Street मार्केट में आएं

अगर आप भी इस सर्दियों में शादी करने वाली हैं तो जानें दिल्ली के इस मार्केट के बारे में जहां मिलते हैं डिजाइनर लहंगे मिलते हैं...




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Lakme Fashion Week 2020: लैक्मे फैशन वीक में इन स्टार्स ने बिखेरा जलवा, देखें

लैक्मे फैशन वीक (Lakme Fashion Week 2020): बॉलीवुड एक्टर विकी कौशल और श्रीदेवी की बेटी एक्ट्रेस जाह्नवी कपूर ने बतौर शो स्टॉपर लैक्मे फैशन वीक के रैंप पर कैटवाक किया. आइए देखते हैं लैक्मे फैशन वीक (Lakme Fashion Week 2020) में बॉलीवुड सितारों का लुक....




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Facewash नहीं इन नैचुरल चीजों से धोएं अपना चेहरा, नजर आएगा ग्लो

नियमित रूप से फेशवॉश का इस्तेमाल करने से आपकी स्किन को नुकसान पहुंच सकता है. इससे स्किन ड्राई हो जाती है और त्वचा पर रैशेज आ जाते हैं.




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Lockdown में लड़कियों ने छोड़ा शेम्पू-कंडीशनर, ले रही हैं #nohairwash चैलेंज

लॉकडाउन के बीच सोशल मीडिया पर कई तरह के चैलेंज ट्रेंड कर रहे हैं. लोग कई तरह के चैलेंज अपने दोस्तों को दे रहे हैं. ऐसे में लड़कियों ने #nohairwash लिया है.




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Face Wash के बाद तौलिए से कभी न पोछे चेहरा, कम उम्र में होगी ऐसी हालत

एक गंदा तौलिया आपके चेहरे पर पिम्पल्स की समस्या पैदा कर सकता है, चेहरे को ड्राई बना सकता है, स्किन इंफेक्शन कर सकता है और चेहरे का ग्लो भी कम कर सकता है.




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ECB brings back memories of Rashid foxing Kohli & Rahul

With the sporting world coming to a standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic, sportspersons and international sporting bodies have taken to social media to interact with fans and bring back classic moments from the past. The English and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has posted two videos of leg-spinner Adil Rashid dismissing Virat Kohli and KL Rahul.




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Maharashtra: Train runs over migrant workers in Aurangabad, 16 dead




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Maharashtra may extend lockdown to end of May, hints CM Uddhav Thackeray




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Basheerinte Premalekhanam: Official trailer

Basheerinte Premalekhanam: Official trailer





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Golfers will be okay with slashed prize money: Shubhankar Sharma

Golfers will be okay with slashed prize money: Shubhankar Sharma





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Asha Roka

Asha Roka