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Congress fumes as ex-CJI Gogoi calls ‘Basic Structure’ doctrine 'debatable': ‘Is this BJP's trick to…?’

The Congress party on Monday hit out at former Chief Justice of India and member of Parliament Ranjan Gogoi for terming the basic structure doctrine of the Indian Constitution ‘debatable’. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal wondered whether it was a ruling BJP's trick to begin the “full-fledged dismantling” of the Constitution. Read more

'He is like Rohit Sharma. Any selector would've...': Ashwin's 'stupendous' WC suggestion for India's middle-order woes

While the apparent view might be that India are still experimenting amid the concern over the return of KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja had recently revealed that head coach Rahul Dravid has the team chalked out for the World Cup. Read more

The Hunt for Veerappan makers on their new Netflix docuseries: ‘He was a politician who lived in the jungles’

The Hunt for Veerappan, a new four-part docuseries on the dreaded bandit of the 1990s and early 2000s, has been receiving a lot of acclaim. In an exclusive interview, director Selvamani Selvaraj and producers Apoorva Bakshi and Monisha Thyagarajan, also a force behind the International Emmy Award-winning fiction series Delhi Crime, talk about their attempt to investigate into Veerappan's past, politics and philosophies. Read more

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Simple learning techniques to help children overcome inhibitions and apprehensions

Walt Disney once said, “I have long felt that the way to keep children out of trouble is to keep them interested in things. Lecturing children is no answer to delinquency. Preaching won't keep youngsters out of trouble but keeping their minds occupied will,” but how wonderful it would be, if we could see how a child's brain functioned. Read more