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Oct 11, 2020 PTI ‘I bow to Loknayak JP on his Jayanti. He valiantly fought for India's freedom,’ Prime Minister Modi said. Social activist Jayaprakash Narayan popularly known as ‘JP’, was born on this day in 1902.
Aug 08, 2019 Outlook Web Bureau Pranab Mukherjee served as India's 13th President from 2012-2017.
Former President Pranab Mukherjee, Bharatiya Jana Sangh leader Nanaji Deshmukh and singer Bhupen Hazarika will be conferred the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna.
Jan 25, 2019 Outlook Web Bureau In an official statement, the government said Deshmukh and Hazarika were conferred the award posthumously.
For him, politics was not an end in itself, he made it meaningful. When he stepped into Chitrakoot, he was already 75 years old. In a brief period he demonstrated the viability of a self-reliant village community.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
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The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Jan 15, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Jan 08, 2022 Rakhi Bose 
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
Jan 01, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.
Dec 28, 2021 Tanvir Aeijaz