73 Prelims, 43 Mains, 8 interviews—this 47-year-old won’t stop until he is a civil servant
Aspirants have come and gone but Pushpendra Shrivastava remains confined in his one-room flat in Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar. His next test is the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission interview. Read Nootan Sharma’s ground report.
Nutrition advocates urge for stricter cut-offs for sugar in packaged foods. Demand transparency and accountability in food labelling, reports Sumi Sukanya Dutta.
‘125 seats more than enough’ — Telangana CM Revanth Reddy on how Congress can form govt at Centre
Telangana CM stands by his surgical strike remark, says there’s no evidence & that Pulwama attack happened because intelligence sources were deployed on Opposition instead, reports Neelam Pandey.
The Mughals are overdone in historical fiction. Time to focus on Delhi Sultans
According to Madhulika Liddle, real history is more diverse than WhatsApp versions. She gives the example of how Hemu, now portrayed as a propagator of Hindu Rashtra, had Afghan generals, reports Srijani Mukhopadhyay.
BJP is no longer as rattled as it was earlier in the 2024 election campaign
Narendra Modi is a loner in political terms. He decides what he wants to do and whom he wants to appoint to high office. And nobody can predict what he is going to say and when, writes Vir Sanghvi.
5 reasons behind Kejriwal’s googly at PM Modi, probable successors Amit Shah and Yogi
By raising the now-disputed age ceiling purportedly fixed by PM Modi in 2014 and wading into the succession debate, the AAP’s national convenor is seeking to kill five birds with one stone, writes D.K. Singh.
India must avoid confrontation with Five Eyes. It’s an important counterterrorism ally
India and Five Eyes diverge on a number of issues such as strategic autonomy and data privacy. But by focusing on areas of convergence, they can better address common challenges, writes Gen MM Naravane (Retd).
Fourth phase is high noon of 2024 Lok Sabha polls. It could end in a draw for INDIA & NDA
This phase belongs to the ‘non-aligned’ parties. They could play a critical role in the eventuality of a hung parliament, which looks much more likely than it did one month ago, writes Yogendra Yadav, Rahul Shastri and Shreyas Sardesai.