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The lights are staying on in UP
The lights are staying on in UP

Energy is the backbone of the modern economy, driving industrial productivity, transport, connectivity, trade and basic necessities.

Brexit Dividend

Ten years after Britain voted to leave the European Union, the most revealing aspect of Brexit is not what happened, but what did not.

Brexit Dividend
Memory and History

The withdrawal of an artwork from Britain’s National Portrait Gallery over its portrayal of Winston Churchill's role in the Bengal Famine of 1943 is not merely another episode in the culture wars.

Memory and History
Statesman Talk
India
Latest from Bengal
Statesman Special
‘Illegal buildings will go’
‘Illegal buildings will go’

Pravesh Wahi is the Mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and is recognised as an experienced public representative and administrator in Delhi's local governance system.

Postcard from Budapest

There are few rivers in the world that define a city as completely as the Danube defines Budapest.

Postcard from Budapest
World
India women’s team books Olympic return as ICC reveals Road to LA28
India women’s team books Olympic return as ICC reveals Road to LA28

India’s women’s cricket team has officially secured its place at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games after the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday confirmed the qualification pathway for cricket’s return to the Olympics.

Business
Adani to invest Rs 20,000 crore to develop airport cities across 5 States in India

Adani Airport City Limited (AACL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL), has officially announced that it will develop integrated airport cities across its airport network, bringing together hospitality, retail, entertainment, convention and commercial infrastructure within seamlessly connected, walkable urban districts.

Adani to invest Rs 20,000 crore to develop airport cities across 5 States in India
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Education
School textbook blunder row: Odisha govt cracks whips on 10 SCERT officials

The Odisha government on Friday suspended four senior officials of the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), including its former Director, and initiated disciplinary proceedings against six others after a high-level inquiry held them accountable for glaring errors in school textbooks prescribed for the current academic session.

School textbook blunder row: Odisha govt cracks whips on 10 SCERT officials
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Stolen handsets provide vital clue in Odisha dacoity case
Stolen handsets provide vital clue in Odisha dacoity case

Tracing two stolen mobile phones led police to crack a dacoity case in Odisha's Kendrapara district, resulting in the arrest of seven members of an alleged robbery gang and the recovery of gold and silver ornaments worth around Rs 10 lakh, police said on Monday.