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Abanti Sankaranarayanan: In the right spirit

The chief strategy and corporate affairs officer of Diageo India talks to Mint about breaking stereotypes, multitasking, and being a member of an international society that recognises individuals for outstanding service to the Scotch whisky industry




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The Lara Croft effect: Girls, games and glory

From a Greek demigoddess to a fearless tomb raider, women characters are leading the line in video games




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Hindi film’s funny girls

Comic parts for women actors in Hindi films are limited, but this doesn’t mean there haven’t been brilliant turns. Here are 7 recent triumphs




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Holi shaken, stirred and served in a cocktail glass

Mixologists are creating special Holi cocktails—‘bhang’ or no ‘bhang’




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Women-led estates chart new terroir

Women make up half the workforce in the Indian tea industry at the bottom of the pack, but it’s only in the last decade that they have entered the top ranks




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Covid-19 in my city: How Indians in small towns are fighting the virus

As the janata curfew draws to a close, Lounge speaks to proactive homestay owners in Himachal Pradesh, a cautious mother in Assam, a photojournalist in Jabalpur among others to see how people are dealing with the pandemic




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Kashmir’s organic farms: 32,000 hectares and growing




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Inspired by Tripura,Assam looks at rubber




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To check irregularities,spoilage,MP registering its wheat growers




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Coming up in Gurgaon: Haryana’s first hi-tech greenhouse




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Rs 3,250-cr special irrigation scheme for Vidarbha




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Kashmir apples run into rough weather




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Punjab stares at deficient paddy,PAU suggests direct seeding




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Organic dairy farming picks up in villages




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Dripping with irrigation success




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Kashmir youth drawn in with courses,subsidies




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They can’t have their cake and eat it too




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Drip irrigation powered by the sun




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Punjab’s solution: direct seeding can save both fields and water





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New seed varieties tailored to suit Kashmir’s needs






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Fake pesticides a threat to Kashmir apples




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No rains in sight, Punjab pushes direct sowing




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DU admissions 2018: Top colleges say third list unlikely for popular courses




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Airports authority scraps T M Krishna concert after trolls call him anti-India





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Book review of The Idol Thief: Spirited Away




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On The Shelf: Dies irae and Caste in Stone









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KS Komireddi’s book on brief history of India raises important questions even if it doesn’t address them




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‘Bottle of Lies’ review: ‘Pharma Cos often make their worst drugs … for least regulated markets, including India’




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A clutch of despair and hope




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On The Shelf: A Family Affair





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Montek Singh Ahluwalia’s memoir of the reform years presents a complicated picture




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A collection of essays re-locates historical rupture of 1989 that affected Kashmir’s political trajectory



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8 die, 12 hurt as fire sweeps through Spanish nursing home



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Runaway protest forces flight cancellation at UK’s Heathrow Airport



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Prince William says air ambulance job will keep him ‘a good guy’



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Stereotype or fact? Here is what Europeans think of their neighbours



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Video: German chancellor Angela Merkel makes a little girl cry, faces backlash online



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Turkish jets hit Islamic State targets in Syria, Kurds in Iraq



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Paris police open fire on car at Tour de France barricades



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Iran a ‘formidable’ danger to Europe: Benjamin Netanyahu



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