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How football breeds tribalism
How football breeds tribalism

As the FIFA World Cup enters its closing stages and the arguments flow fast and thick as fevered as the football itself, one question intrigues me with increasing insistence.

Assam’s demographic reckoning
Assam’s demographic reckoning

When Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tells audiences that his state faces an “existential” demographic threat, he is not reaching for hyperbole in a vacuum.

Science Dividend

India's economic rise has produced a new class of billionaires whose philanthropy can shape the country’s future as much as their businesses.

Science Dividend
Fuel of Trust

India’s push towards ethanol-blended petrol is rooted in sound national objectives.

Fuel of Trust
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‘No anti-incumbency in Uttarakhand’
‘No anti-incumbency in Uttarakhand’

Uttarakhand Education Minister and the state's well-known organisational strategist, Dhan Singh Rawat, has consistently earned the confidence of the BJP's central leadership to manage parts of its election campaigns in poll-bound states across the country.

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Odisha: SOA ties up with Tech Mahindra to boost industry-ready skills

Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University here signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with global IT company Tech Mahindra Limited to establish a state-of-the-art Centre of Excellence (CoE) Laboratory at the Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER), the university's faculty of engineering and technology.

Odisha: SOA ties up with Tech Mahindra to boost industry-ready skills
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Task Based Learning as a Method

Sunday mornings at my home were a little different. When we reached middle school, my father started providing tuition in Mathematics.

Task Based Learning as a Method
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BCCI secy Devajit Saikia to head new ICC governance panel

BCCI Secretary and Advocate General of Assam, Devajit Saikia has been appointed as the chair of the International Cricket Council’s newly formed Governance Review Committee, one of two key panels created during the ICC Annual Conference in Edinburgh.

NC-Congress alliance on the brink? BJP joins NC to pass Kargil LAHDC budget

The political equations in Ladakh witnessed a dramatic twist as the National Conference (NC) and the BJP came together in the Kargil Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC-K) to ensure the passage of the Rs.255 crore annual budget for 2026-27, triggering speculation that the over two-and-a-half-year-old NC-Congress alliance in the Council may have effectively collapsed.