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To SIR, without love: Mumbaikars share hurdles amid fear of losing voter rights

The deadline extension for form submission in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls brings brief respite to citizens, even as many face extreme anxiety over possibly losing their right to vote unless they can prove their parents’ voting status two decades ago.

Ian Chappell (extreme left), Sir Garry Sobers (leaning on plaque), Asif Iqbal (centre back), Ravi Shastri, and Tony Greig (extreme right) at a cricket memorabilia auction in Mumbai on May 16, 1997. Pic/AFP

Sobey, you beauty!

An appreciation of the recently departed Sir Garfield Sobers by his South Australia teammate of the early 1960s and opposition captain in 1971-72, Ian Chappell

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Lately, something odd is happening with the Earth. It has started spinning faster. On July 5, 2024, the Earth finished its daily spin quicker than on any day ever measured. Pics/iStock

Hurry up, planet Earth is running early and here's all you need to know about it

Earth is spinning faster than ever — and the world’s timekeepers may soon have to steal a second from your life

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Urban planners often treat parks as amenities, but they are in fact public health infrastructure. Pics/iStock

Tree-conomics

In his new book, Ghosts on Peepal Trees, environmentalist and spiritual thinker Swami Prem Parivartan, aka Peepal Baba, blends religion, policy reform, and activism in a call to conserve and plant trees to save the planet and humanity

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