How CWC statement illustrates all things wrong with Sonia-Rahul’s leadership

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi with party leader Rahul Gandhi during the Congress Working Committee meeting, at the party headquarters, in New Delhi Sunday. | Photo: ANI

CWC statement shows what’s wrong with Sonia-Rahul’s leadership, in 7 sentences

Who’s responsible for the Congress’ plight today? Sonia Gandhi couldn’t have been more emphatic in conveying the message — not the Gandhis, writes D.K. Singh in ‘Politically Correct’.

Looking beyond ‘Kashmir Files’, catharsis & closure need justice, for all cases of mass injustice

It’s ridiculous that the ‘Kashmir Files’ debate is trapped in questions like how many Pandits were killed. We are still reducing great tragedy to argument over scorecard of killings, writes ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta in this week’s ‘National Interest’.

80% foreign medical graduates fail India’s licence exam. This is what they end up doing instead

In 2019, 25.79 per cent Indians cleared Foreign Medical Graduate Exam (FMGE), a test aspirants with degrees from certain countries need to clear for practise in India. The figure was 14.68 per cent in 2020 and 23.83 per cent in 2021, report Kritika Sharma and Abantika Ghosh.

‘Kashmir Files’ tries showing 1990 exodus ‘truth’ but Vivek Agnihotri deals it a death blow

The film could have been a stunning tribute to the Kashmiri Pandits’ cause, but director Vivek Agnihotri’s personal opinions tank the film’s credibility, writes Amogh Rohmetra in ‘Reel Take’.

IAF has a lot to answer on accidental BrahMos firing. It has dented India’s image of being responsible

Military memes, circulated within the armed forces community, have mocked the ‘technical malfunction led to the accidental firing’ claim with a brutality that is unrepeatable here, writes Manvendra Singh, a Congress leader and Editor-in-Chief of Defence & Security Alert.

IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS should have specific civil service entrance exams. There should at least be a discussion

Would it not make sense if the Prelims and compulsory Mains were common to all, but service-specific papers introduced for IAS, IPS, IFS and Revenue Services? Asks Sanjeev Chopra.

Accept 4 truths to counter BJP hegemony. They offer a formula to reclaim republic in 2024

The BJP may enjoy ideological dominance today, but counter-hegemonic politics has deeper cultural resources. If we are determined and intelligent, we shall win, writes Yogendra Yadav.