Jains in Old Delhi dressed up as Muslims to buy 124 goats. ‘Saved them from Bakrid sacrifice’
Delhi’s Jain community raised Rs 15 lakh and then went to Old Delhi markets posing as Muslims. They bargained hard, bought 124 goats, and have kept them at the now-famous temple in Chandni Chowk. Read this report by Sagrika Kissu.
Asking Oppn not to politicise paper leaks, Pradhan says UGC-NET was cancelled after questions appeared on ‘dark net’. Asked about NEET, says issues limited to ‘specific regions’, reports Debdutta Chakraborty.
One Agra lawyer, 5 cases, a fight for Hindu pride—Taj Mahal to Jama Masjid, Salim Chisti dargah
The lawyer devotes long hours to history and archaeology books to strengthen his cases—from Baburnama to Cunnigham and old annual reports of ASI. Read this ground report by Krishan Murari.
IITian built an AI bot that scored 175 in UPSC prelims. Can change how aspirants study
PadhAI attempted 94 questions out of 100. It scored between 170 and 185 marks. OpenAI’s ChatGPT scored only 75 marks in the same exam and didn’t clear the cutoff, reports Nootan Sharma.
Haryana results can be a template for Rahul Gandhi to build New Congress
Deepender, Manish, Gaurav, Geniben, and Varsha and Vishal—the emergence of doughty fighters in the 2024 polls has created an opportunity for Rahul Gandhi to start afresh and rebuild the Congress by putting in the front the leaders who have shown how to fight the BJP. Read ThePrint Politically Correct by D.K. Singh.
Chandrababu Naidu is important in both Centre and state. He is his own double-engine now
A kingmaker in the 1990s, N Chandrababu Naidu is playing that role yet again. His TDP is not only the BJP’s biggest alliance partner in NDA but also holds the fate of Narendra Modi 3.0. He is expected to bring Andhra Pradesh back from the brink of going bankrupt, writes Prasad Nichenametla.
People who use food to show off imagined moral superiority aren’t just wrong but also idiots
The notion of food purity is essentially an offshoot of the even more offensive idea of caste purity. And it really has no place in today’s India, writes Vir Sanghvi in Sharp Edge.
isn’t it a crime to interfere into other religion and its religious practices? aren’t they disrupting other religion’s religious obligations? what would happen if the same is done by muslims to hindus? how come the police is quite, the courts are quite? its good that the muslim community didn’t protest or take law into their hands by killing them… why instigate on religion basis? which law says not to sacrifice goats? until cow was fine, but will the jains decide on what muslims will sacrifice and what not? jains should thank that muslims didn’t sacrifice them instead!!!