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Censorship by noise

The act of delegitimising professional journalism undermines news media’s status as the fourth estate

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Cricket’s practices are held together by a set of tacit agreements

The badminton great Prakash Padukone once pulled up a youngster for literally toying with an opponent, playing trick shots, pretending to smash and

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The question of nuance

A.S. Panneerselvan

While reporters inform the public, editorials help readers make sense of myriad developments

PIO gives Board exam

As a special measure applicable only this year, candidates can pass the Board exam just by clearing this specially crafted question paper

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Left-arm quick, right-arm quicker — it’s up to the coaches

For long it was assumed that in cricket there were just a few gaps to be filled

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The binding law

A.S. Panneerselvan

The newspaper cannot follow the norms set by social media in reporting child sexual abuse

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People get vaccinated during a vaccination drive at Palavakkam, Chennai on May 18, 2021.

29K | India confirms first death following COVID-19 vaccination

Sulabh Srivastava

27K | Uttar Pradesh scribe who expressed threat to life by ‘liquor mafia’, dies in ‘road accident’

Relatives offer flowers and perform rituals at the grave of a person who died of COVID-19 at a crematorium on the outskirts of Hyderabad on May 23, 2021.

20K | Excess deaths in Hyderabad are 10 times the official COVID-19 toll for Telangana

Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. File photo.

19K | Chinese scientist at center of coronavirus controvery breaks her silence

A file photo of shops on S.P. Road closed, during the lockdown, in Bengaluru.

14K | Highlights of COVID-19 restrictions in Bengaluru effective for a week from June 14

Tanks pull back from the banks of Pangong Lake on February 10, 2021.

13K | A year after Galwan clash, China beefing up positions along LAC

Anand took on Aamir, Arijit and Anany Birla, among others, in an online challenge organised by chess.com

11K | Chess fundraiser | Nikhil Kamath admits using computer in his win against Viswanathan Anand

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10K | Government report flags ‘lapses’ in Nagaland bat study

9K | Cartoonscape — June 14, 2021