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Volume LVIII, No. 30
EDITOR Ruben Banerjee
MANAGING EDITOR Sunil Menon
EXECUTIVE EDITOR Satish Padmanabhan
CHIEF OF BUREAU Pranay Sharma
POLITICAL EDITOR Bhavna Vij-Aurora
CHIEF ART DIRECTOR Deepak Sharma
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Ali, Rituparna Kakoty (Senior Associate
Editors), G.C. Shekhar, Anupam Bordoloi,
Pragya Singh (Associate Editors), Dola Mitra
(Senior Assistant Editor), Prachi Pinglay-
Plumber, Ushinor Majumdar (Assistant
Editors), Ajay Sukumaran, Naseer Ganai
(Senior Special Correspondents), Neel
Shah (Special Correspondent), Salik Ahmad
(Senior Correspondent), Siddhartha Mishra
(Correspondent)
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NEW CAPTAIN? PTI chief Imran Khan waves to supporters in Karachi
10 Red Tape Cruelty
In Maharashtra, a scheme to compensate rape and acid attack survivors fails to deliver
18 The Stat Job
Statistical methodology can be deceptive at times. Social security enrolments as proof
of a surge in job creation? Not the best measure of how things stand.
28 Another Dawn’s Overcast?
Pakistan goes to elections on July 25. And cricket star-turned politician Imran Khan, with
his PTI, hopes for victory. What does the future hold for the unstable neighbour?
52 A Refrain Blossoms Again
The poet Mahjoor’s songs echo in the Valley once again, this time, originating from PoK
54 All Those Unlocked Moves
A look at the ‘lesser-known’ sports India will be participating in at the Asian Games
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Published for the week of July 24-30, 2018
Released on July 21, 2018
Total no. of pages 68, Including Covers
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