Boss Bajwa got extension, I didn’t. But don’t worry Pakistani dears, I will be Gen Twitter
My detractors think they have the last laugh just because I have been replaced as DG ISPR. Let them think that. But what they won’t be able to explain is how come an irrelevant tweeter, with no significant reach, become a champion of fifth-generation warfare (5GW)? says General Twitter.
At the Special Centre for Disaster Research in JNU, the administration has allegedly appointed three faculty members who don’t have a background in disaster studies or research. This is despite the availability of candidates trained in the subject, reports Kritika Sharma.
As Modi govt doubles down on CAA, long-time friend Bangladesh moves closer to China
The Narendra Modi government’s efforts to grant citizenship to religiously oppressed minorities from the three neighbouring Muslim-majority countries should not undermine his ministry’s efforts in firming up the relationship between India and Bangladesh, writes Seshadri Chari.
Amit Shah’s unwitting attack on BJP-RSS hypocrisy was his biggest contribution as party chief
What is Amit Shah’s biggest contribution to the Bharatiya Janata Party? This question is going to be debated for days and weeks to come as he steps down as BJP president. His biggest contribution to BJP, and also to Indian politics, is his attack, though launched unwittingly or inadvertently, against political hypocrisy, says D.K. Singh.
RSS man holds ‘shakha’ on Everest, flies pro-CAA banner on highest peak outside Asia
Vipin Chaudhary, a RSS functionary and mountaineer, claims to have conducted a ‘shakha’ on Mount Everest, and raised a banner of support for the Citizenship Amendment Act on top of the highest mountain outside Asia, Mount Aconcagua in South America, writes Arun Anand.
Kannada made compulsory in school, anxious Karnataka parents want rules relaxed
While Karnataka passed a law in 2015 requiring schools to teach Kannada as either first or second language, the government issued another order on 3 January directing schools to follow the law or face action, reports Rohini Swamy.
The world has a message for Modi: Brand India is severely damaged
India’s image — and by extension Modi’s — has been damaged by a combination of identity politics and economic decline. But the world isn’t writing us off, not yet, writes Shekhar Gupta.