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Omkar Khandekar

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ARTICLES BY OMKAR KHANDEKAR

Crocodiles rest in their enclosure at the Madras Crocodile Bank, closed due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mahabalipuram, India, August 3, 2020. Picture taken August 3, 2020. REUTERS/P. Ravikumar (REUTERS)

Well-wishers help Madras Crocodile Bank avoid a financial crisis during pandemic

4 min read . 17 Oct 2021

Ganesh fights covid-19, environmental damage and for freedom in these avatars

3 min read . 17 Oct 2021

Can the Indian sex toy industry ride the atmanirbharta wave?

Atmanirbhar Bharat: Made-in-India sex toys coming soon

6 min read . 17 Oct 2021

Priyanka Chopra

‘It is my quest to influx Hollywood with Indian talent’

1 min read . 11 Dec 2020

Eva Repková. (Wikimedia Commons)

‘It’s more natural for men to pick chess’

4 min read . 03 Oct 2020

GM Koneru Humpy and Chinese GM Ju Wenjun at the 2019 Skolkovo Women Grand Prix. Photo: David Llada/Fide

Why women lose at chess

12 min read . 03 Oct 2020

ABVP activists at a protest against Amnesty International India in Delhi in 2016. PTI

Who killed Amnesty International India?

3 min read . 02 Oct 2020

Gir lions were radio collared to study movement patterns, territories and habitat preferences while preventing man-animal conflict. Photo: AFP

Are radio collars responsible for the deaths of lions in Gujarat?

2 min read . 23 Sep 2020

Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty leaves Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office after being summoned for questioning in connection with the death by suicide case of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput. (PTI)

Rhea Chakraborty in prison—no bed or ceiling fan and a fear of covid-19 outbreak

4 min read . 14 Sep 2020

Malé is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. (Getty Images)

Counting the environmental cost of India's investment in the Maldives

7 min read . 10 Sep 2020

Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty (C) arrives at the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office for inquiry regarding Sushant Singh Rajput case in Mumbai on Tuesday (ANI)

‘A sadhu’s chillam holds more drugs than Rhea Chakraborty’s consumption’

6 min read . 10 Sep 2020

Hand sanitizers being sold from a scooter in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. (Photo: Dheeraj Dhawan | Hindustan Times)

Why the Maharashtra FDA can’t control the sales of sub-standard hand sanitizers

4 min read . 04 Sep 2020

A Kashmiri student listening to a voice lecture during an online class via Zoom. (Getty Images)

Class of 2020: Meet the educationists making e-learning accessible

6 min read . 04 Sep 2020

Team captain Vidit Gujrathi says when 68,000 people are watching you in the finals, it gives you extra energy. (Photo: Vidit Gujrathi | Chess.com)

Chess Olympiad: Vidit Gujrathi on how he led India to its first-ever gold medal

4 min read . 01 Sep 2020

The Indian team won gold for the first time in a chess Olympiad (Photo: International Chess Federation)

India and Russia declared joint winners of the Chess Olympiad

4 min read . 31 Aug 2020

Unlock 4.0: what will open, what won't

1 min read . 28 Aug 2020

A medic takes blood samples for serological survey to analyse the spread of COVID-19, at Paharganj in New Delhi (PTI)

Should you get a covid-19 antibody test?

3 min read . 26 Aug 2020

Members of the Indian team at the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad. (Photo: twitter/Chesscom)

Chess Olympiad: R Praggananandhaa stars as India storm into quarter-finals

2 min read . 24 Aug 2020

Ayurvedic doctor Abhijit Sonawane.

Lounge Heroes | The Pune doctor helping beggars to be choosers

4 min read . 22 Aug 2020

Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi is the captain of the Indian team at the ongoing FIDE Online Olympiad 2020 (Photo: Vidit Gujrathi/Facebook)

Chess Olympiad: Players received no support while preparing, says India captain

3 min read . 21 Aug 2020

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