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The next cricket bat: Designed by algorithm

Sadegh Mazloomi with Algobat

Two academics at the University of British Columbia have designed the bat

By The Telegraph

Opinion

England's Jos Buttler runs out New Zealand's Martin Guptill during the Super Over in the Cricket World Cup final match between England and New Zealand at Lord's cricket ground in London, England, Sunday, July 14, 2019.

Breaking a tie is tricky, in sport as in life

By Arghya Sengupta

India

Jadhav judgment: The not-so-fine print

By Anita Joshua

India

The letter that rocked Nitish-BJP ties

By Dev Raj

Business

The return of 'waterfall mechanism' in payouts

By Sambit Saha

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The finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, who made the shock announcement in her budget on July 5, insists that there have been extensive discussions before the government decided to push ahead with an idea that previous regimes had flirted with but never worked up the courage to take

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Sovereign bonds: another demonetization moment?

By The Editorial Board
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Parliament on Wednesday

India

BJD backs Modi, snubs Congress

By J.P. Yadav
A villager holds a rat in Katihar district

India

Bihar flood victims turn to rats

By Dev Raj
Donald Trump

World

House condemns Trump’s racist language

By New York Times News Service
A Will To Kill by R.V. Raman; Harper Black, 332 pages; Rs 399

Books

Books: From crime fiction to Bollywood to music

By Shrestha Saha
Features
When Super 30 moves into a classroom environment with prolonged scenes between teacher and students, things must be made viewer-friendly through relatable problems
On the Nokia 9 PureView, each of the five cameras on the back has a 12MP sensor. The phone is priced Rs 49,999
The Durham University Charity Fashion Show 2019 turned the spotlight on sustainable fashion
Comment
Students in masks of the West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee at an election rally in Calcutta in April 2019. Banerjee's government must govern responsibly, handle law and order firmly, and crack down on corruption and nepotism.
Residents line up for checking the final draft of NRC in Tengabasti, Assam. On July 30, 2018, the complete draft of the NRC was released, with the names of nearly 40 lakh people missing. On June 30 this year, an additional draft list was published with names of another 1.02 lakh excluded names.
It used to be easier to speak truth to power. But the powerful have become terribly thin-skinned, taking umbrage at the most inconsequential insults and unleashing their might on those coming up with more damning questions against authority
Indian supporters celebrate after New Zealand's Martin Guptill (foreground) was dismissed by Jasprit Bumrah during the cricket World Cup semi-final match at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, on Tuesday, July 9, 2019
We’ve ventured where we needn’t have. We’ve regularly made misadventures of ill-thought ventures
Police outside the Legislative Council building in Hong Kong a day after it was stormed by protesters. The territory’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, has been under enormous pressure because of her mishandling of the situation and for championing the extradition bill earlier
An electronic voting machine (EVM). ‘Name-order effects’— the relationship between the position of a candidate’s name on the ballot and his/her electoral success — has been well-established in political science literature
The Economic Survey has claimed that data are a public commodity and, hence, people should benefit from large data sets.
The recent arrest of Rana Sanaullah, a senior leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), sent shivers down the spine of many. He was arrested in an alleged drug bust, and could face a death sentence. Even his political rivals admit that he may be many things but he is no drug lord.
CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury (extreme right) campaigning for Lok Sabha Election 2019 in West Bengal. Today there is little to distinguish the Left from others.
Tuberculosis, which claims more lives than any other infectious disease in India and around the world, has a strong correlation with poverty. Some patients have even sold off their land or incurred debts to continue their treatment
Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to Jawaharlal Nehru on his 55th death anniversary, at Shanti Vana in New Delhi on May 27, 2019. The Congress gained its ground from the national movement, with the majority of its supporters rooting for the charismatic leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi

Lessons from Mughal history

By Prakhar Singh

Subramanian Swamy does not enjoy the prime minister’s trust
Lee Road was renamed Satyajit Ray Dharani by Mamata Banerjee
The gaokao is seen as the only fair chance for students of rural or poor backgrounds to better their lives
Karl Marx and Mahatma Gandhi. Just as industrial capitalism produced its critique in Karl Marx’s utopian ideas, violence aggravated by modernity found its critique in Gandhi’s utopian idealism

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