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I consider Lenin to be one of the biggest revolutionaries of the world. But if I might say—I hope, I would be excused—I consider Stalin not to be a revolutionary at all. Whether one agrees with it or not is a different matter, but Stalin used the government machine for continuing his reign over the Soviet land until he lived: Lal Bahadur Shastri

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As per the sacred laws of texting—revised weekly by hot new listicles—true love is measured in good morning messages. Bonus points if you’re the first notification they wake up to.

Ratan Priya writes

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Bats are known to be blind and travel using echolocation, a technique to determine the location of different objects using sound waves

Akanksha Mishra brings you the top science stories of the week

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'Manoj Kumar let me interview him four years ago even though he wasn't well enough to meet people. At the time, his 'so-called buddies' in the film industry had stopped visiting him.'

Rana Siddiqui Zaman, film and art journalist, writes

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The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has partially restored two Peshwa-era murals on the gatehouse walls of Pune’s landmark Shaniwar Wada that were fading fast, damaged in a massive fire about two centuries ago and corroded over the years due to pollution and neglect.

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'Removing Section 40 of the 1995 Act and changing the long-standing 'once a waqf, always a waqf' rule could deepen the gap between Indian and Islamic Waqf systems.'

Heena Fatima writes

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In June 2024, a human space mission caught global attention and led to a media frenzy in India. The Boeing Starliner spacecraft was launched on 5 June for a ten-day rendezvous with the ISS.

Read this excerpt from Dinesh C Sharma’s ‘Space', a Bloomsbury publication

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'This isn’t an obituary of Manoj Kumar. It is about the influence he had in defining patriotism for two generations of Indians across our most perilous decade, say from 1962 (the war with China) until the run-up to the Emergency. He did so by playing diverse, all-sacrificing, heroic and, ultimately, victorious characters as Bharat.'

ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta writes

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Opinion: 'To me, the removal of Section 40 doesn’t feel like an attack on Waqf—it feels like a necessary course correction. Stripping away undue power isn’t the same as weakening an institution; sometimes, it’s the only way to bring it back to purpose.'

Amana Begam, columnist, writes

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While Udaipur’s 5-star palaces and Goa’s beachfront resorts are still shaadi central for the rich, a tier-2 of destination weddings is on the rise. Places like Rishikesh, Jim Corbett, Khajuraho, Mussoorie and Solan are emerging as the affordable Plan B.

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Loan growth is likely to stay sluggish this year. With policy uncertainty, private investment is unlikely to see a significant pick-up, and hence, credit to large industries is not likely to see a major turnaround this year.

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Veteran actor and filmmaker Manoj Kumar – whose patriotic movies earned him the moniker ‘Bharat Kumar’ – has died at the age of 87. His death, attributed to heart-related complications, has caused an outpouring of tributes on social media.

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