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Time for an upgrade? 5G to hit the markets next month

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

   
Representational image | ANI

Representational image | ANI

5G is coming to India next month. Should you upgrade?

Airtel and Vodafone networks will be using the existing 4G infrastructure in India to build their 5G network while Reliance will use a sophisticated standalone network, writes Sahil Mohan Gupta in ‘PrinTech’.

How universities are being renamed under Modi govt as focus shifts from ‘Gandhi, Nehru’

From ex-RSS head to 19th-century Marathi poetess, universities in 3 BJP-ruled states are named after lesser-known people. Experts say it’s aimed at establishing local connect, reports Kritika Sharma.

One company knew Shamshera and Laal Singh would fail. It’s why Bollywood swears by Ormax now

With leading filmmakers like Karan Johar and Zoya Akhtar swearing by its relevance, data consulting firm Ormax has become as significant as the editing process of a film, reports Nidhima Taneja.

I visited the land of Babur and Timur, Uzbekistan’s ‘national hero’

In Uzbekistan to cover the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, I saw the land of Timur whom Indian history books will always remember as the ‘plunderer’ of Delhi, writes Nayanima Basu.

The Nordic-5 is tired of China’s power-games, and Modi’s India has its eyes out

When China was a country that preferred to be loved, its most sustainable outreach in Europe was to the Nordics. Needless to say, its not the same anymore, writes Swasti Rao.

Here’s how rumours of Xi Jinping’s ‘arrest’ and ‘coup’ started

Far from a ‘coup’, Xi Jinping was stomping out opposition. Within three days, at least six top officials were arrested or sentenced to prison under corruption charges, writes Aadil Brar in ‘Chinascope’.

India’s hijab supporters will lose even if they win SC battle. Because the real war’s political

In a highly polarised time, cornered minorities tend to lean back and protect the roots and fundamentals of what is so dear to them. Politically, it can often be a bad trap, writes Shekhar Gupta in this week’s ‘National Interest’.