How PM Modi pulled up IAS officers 3 times in 3 weeks for slow pace of work, lacking ‘courage’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s very public dressing down of the Indian civil service during his motion of thanks address in the Lok Sabha on 10 February wasn’t the only instance of him rebuking civil servants. The past month saw at least three other instances, Shanker Arnimesh reports.
Found in the Sahara, a meteorite older than Earth itself
A meteorite named Erg Chech 002 (EC 002), after the Algerian site where it was discovered, is a rare artefact from a body of matter that was likely formed when the solar system was a young 2 million years old, reports Sandhya Ramesh.
Why a Bangladesh plane that made emergency landing in 2015 is still stuck in Raipur
A McDonnell Douglas MD 83 continues to occupy one of the eight parking bays at the Raipur airport and has notched up parking dues to the tune of Rs 1.25 crore, yet no one from the company has arrived to fly it back, reports Taran Deol.
Robert Vadra is now an ‘aam aadmi’ Khan Market protester. With a Land Cruiser on standby
After becoming the genial WhatsApp uncle, Robert Vadra seems to be priming for a new role, one that involves politics. Yet his social media avatar is too vanilla. He is everywhere, but commands no real influence, writes Shubhangi Misra.
Gurugram Inc won’t expand in Haryana anymore, eyeing hubs like Noida now
Haryana will lose out with its plan to reserve 75 per cent jobs in the private sector for the local people. Companies fear the state, from being a competitive, attractive one, will become an uncompetitive, unattractive state to do business in, writes Gurcharan Das.
Congress is the new ‘vote-cutter’ in Indian politics
The Congress has ironically become the party that is causing maximum advantage to the BJP to cut the Trinamool Congress (TMC)’s legs in West Bengal, and contradicts Rahul Gandhi’s claim of ‘saving the idea of India’, writes Zainab Sinkander.
Modi’s India loves global praise, but turns angry Vishwaguru at slightest criticism
The world acknowledges India and its current leadership for its popularity and energy, but it also has expectations from a democratic India. When it complains, it deserves a hearing, writes Shekhar Gupta in this week’s National Interest.