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Agra's first municipal bondoversubscribed 3.5 times, raises Rs.50 cr for key projects

LUCKNOW, April 12 -- Agra has marked a major milestone in urban infrastructure financing by successfully raising Rs 50 crore through its debut municipal bond, which was oversubscribed by an impressive... Read More


DMK sacks Ponmudy over vulgar remarks

Chennai, April 12 -- Tamil Nadu minister K Ponmudy was on Friday removed as the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)'s deputy general secretary following an uproar over his vulgar comments about wom... Read More


No mixed feelings: Compound archers hail LA 2028 inclusion

Mumbai, April 12 -- From the heartland of Satara's archery talent hub that has produced reigning world champions Aditi Swami and Ojas Deotale, to Central Florida where World Cup participant Jyothi Sur... Read More


Tracking how T20 batting is shifting into express lane

Kolkata, April 12 -- In the context of T20 batting strike rates, 200 isn't just another number, it's a milestone. Once or twice could have been an aberration, but when it happens so frequently that bo... Read More


Supreme Court deadline for packaged food warning labels

New Delhi, April 12 -- The Supreme Court directed an expert committee to submit its recommendations within three months on the proposed move to introduce mandatory warning labels on the front of packa... Read More


A record of thinking

India, April 12 -- Amitava Kumar's The Green Book: An Observer's Notebook is the third in the series, after The Blue Book: A Writer's Journal and The Yellow Book: A Traveller's Diary. In spirit, it is... Read More


Of identity, nationality and belonging

India, April 12 -- Born in England to an Irish mother and an Indian father, Aubrey Menen navigated the contradictions of identity, nationality and belonging with irony and insight in his two classic a... Read More


a look back at the Readymoney century

India, April 12 -- Ala Ardeshir Readymoney is facing the toughest challenge of her long life as she nears her 100th birthday. The Moment of the Banyan is the story of her family and her life, beginnin... Read More


'I never think of genre when I'm writing'

India, April 12 -- 1Folklore is woven into your prose. Did that happen organically? I grew up in Nigeria for the first eight years of my life, soaking up oral storytelling: these fantastical, strange... Read More


A primer on caste's past

India, April 12 -- The antecedents of caste are generally mired in speculation and popular mythography. Among modern scholars of the subject, the question of the past, and therefore that of religion, ... Read More