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Despite push for Digital India, eCourts project moving at snail’s pace

Apurva Vishwanath -
Only 30 per cent of total sanctioned funds of Rs 800 crore has been utilised in the second phase, since 2015.
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Tata Trusts & Animal Welfare Board vie for obscure govt institute Maneka Gandhi founded

Sanya Dhingra -
The National Institute of Animal Welfare was founded in 1999, and has moved from ministry to ministry without producing much work of note.
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The biggest environmental threat to people’s lives is now the air

Chelsea Gohd -
According to the new 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), air pollution is the biggest environmental threat to public health.
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Operation Green is Modi government’s TOP priority, but it’s not ready yet

Kaveesha Kohli -
Operation Green had not been formulated at the time of Arun Jaitley's 2018 Union Budget speech, though he declared a Rs 500 crore outlay for it.
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Centre sitting on SC collegium’s recommendations without offering a reason

Maneesh Chhibber -
Modi govt hasn’t cleared the appointment of P. Krishna Bhat to the Karnataka HC, or the transfer of Justice D. Seshadri Naidu back to the Andhra & Telangana HC.
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High-level committee likely to announce 20 ‘Institutes of Eminence’ by April-May

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
Headed by ex-CEC N. Gopalaswami, panel holds first meeting Tuesday; it has on board Harvard’s Prof Tarun Khanna, Houston Univ’s Renu Khator.
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Everyone you give your data to needs to be accountable for it: lawyer Manasa Venkatraman

Priyamvada Grover -
The lawyer and researcher said that even if data is given for the purpose of national security, agencies need to be held accountable for it. 
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Indian class 8 students understand secularism best, says political commentator Meghnad

Nayanika Chatterjee -
Most adults in India don't understand secularism the way in which children are taught to, the political commentator said. 
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More women in armed forces: Modi govt to make ‘service voter’ rules gender neutral

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
Government accepts EC recommendation to extend voting rights to husbands and children of women in forces, posted out of home.
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Only 27.3% houses sanctioned to rural women under flagship scheme

Ruhi Tewari -
Modi govt gave clear “instructions” to give as many houses to women as possible; men got the lion’s share of 38.8% under PMY-G this fiscal.
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With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Shekhar Gupta -
Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

Rahul’s ‘vote chori’ attack on EC is a political dead-end. He still has a point

Rahul Gandhi echoes Pakistan on Op Sindoor, Trump on economy. He’s a distraction

Economy

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

Sampurna Panigrahi -
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Defence

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Javaria Rana -
Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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