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A.G. Perarivalan’s family shared sweet with his son after the verdict, at his house at Jolarpet, Tirupattur district on May 18.

Everything you need to know about the Perarivalan mercy plea

Everything you need to know about the Perarivalan mercy plea

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The Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict has spent 31 years in jail

Albert Sabin is known for developing the oral polio vaccine, which played a key role in nearly eradicating the disease.

Daily Quiz | On vaccines

Daily Quiz | On vaccines

Edward Jenner born on May 17, 1749, was a British physician and scientist who pioneered the concept of vaccines including developing the smallpox vacc

Nehru likened democracy to religion, although organised religion, its priesthoods and dogmas were all anathema to him.

Understanding Nehru, the visionary

Understanding Nehru, the visionary

In this essay series on independent India’s first Prime Minister and foremost statesman, Madhavan K. Palat, historian and political commentator, she

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Caviar to the general

Small initial deviances for instance, through over-reaction especially by media coverage, leads to unnecessary attention given to the deviant behaviour giving the impression that the initial exaggeration was a true representation of the deviancy.

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While persistently high excise duties has helped rake in the money for the Centre, this has made fuel prices unaffordable for most Indians. File image.

Data | An accrued price: What determines the high costs of retail fuel in India?

An aircraft approaches to land over the wreckage of an Air India Express jet at Calicut International Airport in Karipur, Kerala, on August 8, 2020. File

Daily Quiz | Aviation industry: Crashes, heroes and lessons learnt

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A view of the Ponte Vecchio from the banks of the River Arno in Florence, Italy. It was built in the first half of the 14th century

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Daily Quiz | Bridges

This picture, which went viral on social media and made it to the front page of ‘The New York Times’, was clicked in 2019. A recent Netflix documentary was made on Nirmal Purja, who captured this photo. He is regarded as a hero of the climbing community, because he climbed all 14 of the world’s 8000m-high mountains in record time (189 days).

Daily Quiz | Tallest mountains

Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Chandi Prasad Bhatt is identified with the Chipko Andolan movement.

Daily Quiz | Forests

Daily Quiz | Famous people in Ukraine

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Unlike Sanskritisation, anti-caste/casteless discourse emphasises the destruction of the caste system and inegalitarian values. A poster from the film Karnan

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Explained | The surge in oil and natural gas prices

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The Hindu-CSDS-Lokniti Goa post-poll survey 2022

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The Hindu-CSDS-Lokniti Goa post-poll survey 2022

U.S. troops fire Stinger missile from their Stryker armored fighting vehicle during Saber Strike military drill in Rutja, Estonia on March 10, 2022.

Explained | What are MANPADS that the West is sending Ukraine?

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“Larrikin” — Australian for maverick

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117 | China failed to change Tibetan people’s minds, says Dalai Lama

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53 | Cannes 2022 | ‘India to shortly become leading quality content producing nation in media, entertainment’

123 | Telecom Minister successfully tests India’s first 5G audio and video call

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