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STORY OF THE DAY How the Indian Army is reviewing British-era practices By Pradip R. Sagar The review will cover wide-ranging areas such as honorary commissions, funerals and ceremonies like Beating Retreat. Retired officers share their views https://bit.ly/3UIb9Gi

FROM THE STATES: SETBACK FOR JAGAN REDDY Why YSRC did a U-turn after electing Jagan Reddy as lifetime president By Amarnath K. Menon The Election Commission of India directed the YSRC to make a public announcement contradicting reports that the Andhra Pradesh chief minister had been made the party’s lifetime president https://bit.ly/3DW7bnz

HEALTH: CANCER Why women should take the cervical cancer vaccine By Sonali Acharjee Dr Aparna Gawdi, obstetrician and gynecologist at Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai, speaks about cervical cancer, its spread, and the need for vaccination https://bit.ly/3RiwjYv

EDUCATION: MENTAL HEALTH How schools can make children mentally resilient By Shelly Anand The NCERT’s recommendation that every school set up a mental health advisory panel is a good start https://bit.ly/3RmgD6y

SPOTLIGHT: TRACKING CHEETAHS Why monitoring cheetahs, once released in the wild at Kuno, will be a big challenge By Rahul Noronha Former Panna National Park field director, R. Sreenivasa Murthy, who ran a succesful tiger monitoring project, talks about what will define the well-being of the translocated cheetahs at Kuno https://bit.ly/3UM71oU

FROM THE INDIA TODAY ARCHIVES (2010): ASHA PAREKH ‘It’s sad sari, salwar-kameez are considered outdated’ By Nishat Bari Asha Parekh and Kangana Ranaut talk about beauty and the role of women in Bollywood https://bit.ly/3fo8T6U