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PIX: TV actress Aashka Goradia gets engaged

Congratulations to the couple!






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If not TV, what is young India watching?

According to industry experts, television has lost the young urban viewer for English or Hindi shows. Urvi Malvania finds out what is making more and more of them turn to digital platforms like Voot and Hotstar.




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'It's a dream come true to win Indian idol'

'When I started my journey in Indian Idol, a lot of people laughed at me for not knowing Hindi well. I did feel bad but I did not let anything negative affect me and took it as a challenge.' Meet Indian Idol 9 winner V Revanth.




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Taking Made-in-India TV shows to the world

Can you imagine a show made in India beating both The Voice and The X-Factor on ratings?Vanita Kohli-Khandekar profiles Greymatter, the Indian content firm that made it possible.







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'I don't know how I won Indian Idol!'

'Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be standing next to renowned personalities and singing songs in front of them!'






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Will India's Akshat Singh win Simon Cowell's heart?

'I want to tell everyone that whether you are fat, slim, tall, short, black or white, it does not matter. What you are doing from the bottom of your heart is what matters.'




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Niti, Nia Add DRAMA to Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10

A week before the launch of the 10th season of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, its makers threw a grand party for the contestants and star judges.




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Which Is India's Largest TV Channel?

DD Freedish is the 'largest TV platform in India', going to 58 million homes, featuring 70-odd private channels.DD Freedish reaches about 278 million people, and is easily among the top five TV platforms in the world.




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'No one wants to see a serial for 7 yrs'

'Now, they want to quickly wrap up a particular story and move on to the next.'




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Palliative care in demand

The sector is emerging as a viable option for students looking for careers in healthcare.




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Nurturing entrepreneurial instincts

How can institutions become eligible for receiving support from the Government of India for setting up technology business incubators?




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Bharat Biotech releases Covaxin Phase-3 trial data, claims 77.8% efficacy

Vaccine also offers 65% protection against Delta variant, according to firm




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The Scindias: Straddling royalty and politics with equal ease

Rasheed Kidwai’s book on the Gwalior royal family is as much a palace chronicle as it is a companion volume to modern Indian political history




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Pulping patriarchy with ‘Haseen Dillruba’

Kanika Dhillon, the creator of fiesty heroines — ‘Manmarziyan’, ‘Kedarnath’ and ‘Haseen Dillruba’




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Tokyo: India’s big bets

As the Olympic Games kick off this week, India’s hopes are pinned on its women athletes and the shooters




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Imperilled Immunity — India’s ailing Vaccine PSUs

At one time the primary producers of the country’s vaccine requirements, the units are in terminal decline. Can they be revived?




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Farmer’s Share: A celebration of self reliant minimalism

Ambrose Kooliyath’s permaculture farm on the banks of the Nila River thrives on local resources




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The gender leap: India sent its first woman athlete to the Olympics in 1924

While India began sending women athletes to the Olympics fairly early, a few countries started doing so as late as 2000




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The past and the present are in constant dialogue at the Ramappa Temple

World Heritage Site tag brings droves of tourists to sleepy Palampet, where the shrine is located




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Weaving Connections: British designer William Morris’s colonial inspirations

The handcrafted colourful textiles of South Asia appealed immensely to the celebrated 19th-century craftsperson and polymath. A new exhibition of his works highlights these influences




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Quiz on comedians

It’s Johnny Lever’s birthday — perfect time for a quiz on humorists




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Designs on the future — patterning a new India

On India’s 75th Independence Day, can cultivating a design-backed ecosystem put the country on a steep growth path?




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Turning the lens on the most iconic camera made in India

A nostalgic look at the vintage Vageeswari camera invented in Alappuzha — back in focus as it is spotlighted at the ongoing Lokame Tharavadu art event




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A Bengali lady’s stark account of colonial England

Nabanita Sengupta’s translation of Krishnabhabini Das’s travelogue, published in 1885, is a hat tip to the pioneers of modern-day feminism




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Seam and swagger: How India set the pace at Lord’s

There was method to the machismo displayed by Indian cricketers in the recent win over England




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Teaching children about the social construction of gender roles

The school is pivotal for identity evolution in young minds and given the space to explore it can shape inclusiveness among students




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Tamil poet Subramania Bharati’s English writings and songs find a voice

On his 100th death anniversary on September 11, a new book and a podcast throw light on unknown facets of the literary icon




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Auroville: An utopian search for a better world

Akash Kapur’s ‘Better to Have Gone’ traces what happens when we believe deeply in a quest and give up everything in its pursuit











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India shines at Oscars; takes home an award!

Period. End of Sentence, which won an Oscar in the Documentary Short Subject category, has been produced by Guneet Monga.





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India's Ricky Kej Wins 3rd Grammy!

While Harry Styles got emotional when he took home the Album Of The Year award for Harry's House, Adele could not hold back her tears even though her boyfriend Rich Paul had told her not to cry if she won.




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Yes, India Shone At The Oscars, But....

India is shining, although I will argue that it is a temporary acceptance until India once again makes a mega-successful film like RRR or another beautiful, moving, documentary like The Elephant Whisperers, notes Aseem Chhabra.




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Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr Win Golden Globes

Here's a quick look at the winners of the 81st Annual Golden Globe awards.




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Cillian Murphy Dedicates His Oscar To...

Accepting his Best Actor Oscar for the biopic Oppenheimer, Irish actor Cillian Murphy gave a shout-out to his homeland, saying, 'I'm a very proud Irishman standing here tonight.'




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Vir Das Will Be The First Indian To...

Vir Das will be the first Indian to host the 2024 International Emmys.




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Towards the rational design of N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-1,4-benzenediamine (6PPD) electrochemical sensor

Analyst, 2024, 149,5165-5173
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN00973H, Paper
Emily Dominique, Christophe Renault
The strong adsorption of 6PPD onto glassy carbon and its reversible two electron oxidation enables simple and sensitive electrochemical detection with an LOD of 10 nM.
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