| Delhi is set to vote across 250 municipal wards in the national capital on Sunday, marking the end of a fierce poll battle where the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) attempted to wrest control of the city’s civic body from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after 15 years. |
THE DAILY QUIZ Gotta love the name. Tyre Extinguishers, a group of climate activists, deflated the tyres of some 900 vehicles in the UK, and across Europe last week. Which rugged 4x4 fuel guzzlers did they specifically target? a. Container lorries
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| THE BIG STORY The stage is set, over to Delhi voters now 100,000 polling officials, more than 100 companies of central armed police forces and 50,000 Delhi Police personnel will manage polling for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections across 13,638 stations where the mammoth exercise will be undertaken. Read more. |
| THE BIG QUESTION Will a delay in vaccinating the elderly against Covid hurt China as it opens up? Several major Chinese cities including Beijing, neighbouring Tianjin, southwest China’s Chongqing, the southern cities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen and Hangzhou in the east have eased or easing Covid-19 requirements. Read more. |
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| A LITTLE LIGHT READING Hitting the high notes, with the Berklee Indian Ensemble When Annette Philip dreams, she dreams out loud. Her genre-bending, border-blending music collective dropped its debut album this year. It’s up for a Grammy award. Milestones matter, she says; but so does doing right by artistes. Read more. |
| THE WEEKEND FIX The world is not enough: Unlocking mysteries of the multiverse Alternative timelines, secret portals, evil doppelgangers, infinite realities in infinite dimensions. Tales set in the multiverse have taken over our screens. See how far-flung fantasies are helping make sense of the only world we know. Read more. |
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| HT This Day: Dec 4, 1987 Nine IPKF men among 43 killed Nine IPKF personnel, including an Army Major and a Junior Commissioned Officer, were killed and 10 others injured in a grim battle with the LTTE at Ottamawadi, about 32 km north of Batticaloa in the eastern province, which began yesterday afternoon. Read more. |
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