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Shaji VikramanMay 27, 2015
Express Economic History Series: Step by step explained, how India unshackled Petroleum in the ’80s, ’90s Subscriber Only
The then Petroleum Secretary, G V Ramakrishna's pitch to the oil majors was: with drilling rigs idle and exploration costs low, it made sense to risk bucking the trend.
Utkarsh AnandMay 27, 2015
SC will hear Monday petitions challenging death warrants issued against Amroha couple Shabnam and Salim, who killed 7 of her family in 2008.
Amitabh SinhaMay 27, 2015
State of reservoirs better this year, thanks to unseasonal rains Subscriber Only
Latest data show more than normal storage, good sign in a dodgy monsoon year.
Sreenivas JanyalaMay 26, 2015
Explained: ‘People’s Capital’ by the Krishna Subscriber Only
The delivery of the Master Plan marks the second milestone in the three-stage plan of the MoU signed between International Enterprise, Singapore, and the Infrastructure Corporation of Andhra Pradesh.
Bashaarat MasoodMay 26, 2015
Explained: In J&K, not quite the ReT choice Subscriber Only
J&K HC has assailed the system that lets those who can’t even write an essay on ‘The Cow’ to teach schoolchildren.
Parth Phiroze MehrotraMay 26, 2015
Nobel Laureate John F. Nash Jr died in a car crash on Sunday.
Ruhi TewariMay 26, 2015
Details of the Choice Based Credit System that the higher education watchdog wants. Critics fear another FYUP-like disaster.
Express News ServiceMay 25, 2015
Neurons: How Flies Fly Subscriber Only
Explained how researchers determine the motion of fruit flies.
Samudra Gupta KashyapMay 25, 2015
Explained: Hero of ‘greatest battle ever fought on a river’ Subscriber Only
Indian Express tells the story of Lachit Barphukan, and why Assam is honouring him with a statue in the Brahmaputra.
Praveen SwamiMay 25, 2015
Delivering on his muscular campaign rhetoric may be unaffordable; India needs covert assets that deter terror, war machine that is clearly superior.
May 25, 2015
Explained: Islamic State’s war on History Subscriber Only
UNESCO World Heritage Site Palmyra will likely join the list of humanity’s collective heritage that has been destroyed by the Islamic State. What has the world lost already? Why are the militants doing it?
May 22, 2015
3.3-mn-year-old finds set clock back 700,000 yrs Subscriber Only
Researchers have now reported the discovery of Lomekwi 3, a 3.3-million-year-old archaeological site where in situ stone artefacts show a developing understanding of stone’s fracture properties.
May 22, 2015
Explained: Reading Bin Laden Subscriber Only
Among the documents found at Osama’s Abbottabad compound in Pakistan was a job application for people interested in joining al-Qaeda.
Japjeet DuggalMay 22, 2015
J&K sex scandal: Why trial stalled, why it re-starts Subscriber Only
The case, exposed by The Indian Express in 2006, has seen over 150 hearings and examinations of 25 witnesses. Five of the 18 high-profile accused have been acquitted.
Amrith LalMay 22, 2015
From films to life, Tamil Nadu’s cult of the mother Subscriber Only
The extraordinary devotion of fans that makes Amma the AIADMK has its roots in MGR and his cinema.
Sushant SinghMay 22, 2015
The IAF landed a Mirage 2000 on the Yamuna Expressway on Thursday. Some plane truths about warplanes on highways.
Amitabh SinhaMay 21, 2015
Why Panjab University, women score in research Subscriber Only
Panjab University has in fact been consistently ranked high in many international ratings of educational institutions.
Vijaita SinghMay 21, 2015
Terror-busters with chequered history of own Subscriber Only
Vijaita Singh profiles the elite Special Cell of the Delhi Police, currently in the eye of a storm after the killing of a man in a Delhi restaurant in an alleged fake encounter over the
Sushant SinghMay 21, 2015
25 yrs after Gates Mission, 3 stories and one mystery Subscriber Only
If not an India-Pakistan nuclear crisis, what then was the Gates mission about?
Maneesh ChhibberMay 20, 2015
The tussle in Delhi looks unlikely to be resolved soon. Apart from the hard positions taken by the two sides, Art 239AA and other provisions laying down the power relationship leave room for vagueness.
Shaji VikramanMay 20, 2015
Express Economic history series- 3: How ‘draconian’ FERA clause triggered flush of retail investors Subscriber Only
The Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, or FERA, of 1973 came in the backdrop of major inflationary pressures and an uncertain outlook on exports.
Divya AMay 20, 2015
Click & Fly to India Subscriber Only
E-tourist visa, or e-TV, is an electronically obtained travel permit that a tourist visiting India can apply for, without having to visit the concerned Indian Embassy or High Commission.
Monojit MajumdarMay 19, 2015
Arun Jaitley had said it is a serious question in a parliamentary democracy wherein the wisdom of a directly elected house is questioned repeatedly by the indirectly elected house.
Ashutosh BhardwajMay 19, 2015
Explained: How, Why and What Next of the Maoist Story Subscriber Only
According to Home Ministry figures, from 2008-14, 992 LWE cadres were killed, 13,657 were arrested, 2,608 surrendered.
Kavitha IyerMay 19, 2015
Legacy of Aruna Shanbaug explained: Debate on right to die, accountability for life lost Subscriber Only
Aruna’s story also has a legacy, by omission, to state accountability for rape victims.
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