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Rahat, managed by PETA, has over the last four years worked to ensure that over 7,000 bullocks--primarily employed in Maharashtra's sugar factories-- were replaced by mini-tractors.
An FIR was lodged against a two-year-old for dacoity in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh and the child was actually produced in court.
If the Bangalore-based Antrix Corporation--Isro's commercial arm was to pay the $632 million fine imposed, it could potentially blow a debilitating hole in the finances of the company and set it back by decades.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has a new mother in law
Riddhima Sud writes about how being in the same room as Nirbhaya's rapists changed her..
Main News
India is set to be the G20 Chair in 2018, and New Delhi could host the prestigious annual G20 summit.
BJP leaders justify the Dadri killing saying that if beef was indeed found in the man's house, then his murder was justified.
Hardik Patel who'd once claimed to be 'apolitical' unveiled his newly formed political outfit Akhil Bhartiya Patel Navnirman Sena in New Delhi on Wednesday.
The Indian Express finds documentary evidence that Indian Mujahideen, and not SIMI, may have been guilty of the 7/11 train bombings in Mumbai. A special court sentenced 5 to death and 7 to life term on Wednesday.
The once-warring Ambani brothers, Mukesh and Anil, have decided to come together to launch fourth-generation (4G) mobile phone services by the year-end, signalling a consolidation in the fragmented Indian telecom market.
Off The Front Page
The Archaeological Survey has decided not to extend an excavation project in Kerala determined to find evidence of the alleged arrival of Saint Thomas, a disciple of Jesus Christ, and harbinger of Christianity in India. Some suspect the decision to be under the influence of the Sangh Parivar.
Apparently, the reason there is no Apple Watchis because, according to an internal, company survey, "nobody cares about it here."
Kartik Chandran, an Indian-American associate professor of earth and environmental engineering at Columbia Engineering, has been named a 2015 MacArthur Fellow with a “genius grant” of $625,000 with no strings attached.
Matt Damon, in an exclusive interview to the Hindu, describes his experience of filming The Martian.
Opinion
Charmy Harikrishnan says that technology in India needs to cater more to diverse linguistic requirements. "English is no longer the language of translation. It is the language of transliteration."
Janaki Nair says that denying Rajnikanth a portrayal of Tipu Sultan shows the extent to which Indian history is sought to being remade.
Rahul Jacob says that the government must be more responsible with the use of Aadhar. "Surely it would be better for the government to urgently put in place a privacy law than argue illogically that there is no right to privacy in India."
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