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There’s no UPA vs NDA in Telangana, yet it can prove to be the defining state for 2019

Kumar Ketkar -
Neither the Modi magic nor the RBI-CBI issues are at the forefront in Telangana.
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How Nehru and Yogi Adityanath differed on naming cities — from Chandigarh to Prayagraj

Hilal Ahmed -
The story of renaming begins with the namkaran of India itself after Independence. 
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This Asian nation might revive faith in democracy

Pankaj Mishra -
Malaysia shows that demagoguery doesn’t have to be the inevitable consequence of elite misrule.
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Want to see your dystopian future? Look at China

Cathy O'Neil -
If people in China don’t recognise the danger of a snooping government, they might eventually be unable to protest against it.
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Why covering the environment is one of the most hazardous beats in journalism

Eric Freedman -
Journalists who cover environment are at heightened risk of murder, arrest, assault, threats, self-exile, lawsuits and harassment.
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Remembering Rezang La, a poignant moment of military courage on the western front

Shekhar Gupta -
In the darkness of defeat in the east, just over a hundred soldiers of 13 Kumaon fought the Chinese to the last man in 1962.
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Pakistan’s Asia Bibi episode shows injecting extremists into politics is a bad idea

Pervez Hoodbhoy -
Imran Khan government's reluctance to confront clerical power makes its earlier promises ring hollow.
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I asked Balasaheb Thackeray, “Are you a mafioso?” — and lived to tell the tale

Shekhar Gupta -
Bal Thackeray was India’s only purely parochial leader. He was also his own brand manager and a man deeply in love with himself.
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How the Supreme Court took it upon itself to become a daily criminal investigation monitor

Apurva Vishwanath -
Supreme Court’s priorities expose its lack of confidence in every other institutional process except for its own.
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Respected judges & ministers, policing Netflix won’t make us sanskari

Maneesh Chhibber -
It is as if our courts and govt, having rid the society of all other evils, have taken up the onerous task of cleansing it.
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Azad, Antony, Geetha—6 candidates to watch in 2024. Their win can reshape politics in states

+TFP D.K. Singh -
While Chandra Shekhar Azad is a streetfighter who has caught the fancy of Dalit youth, Anil Antony is the face of the BJP’s fresh social engineering attempt.

What caused the rise and fall of Harappan civilisation? Studies debunk role of ‘river culture’

India must break the myth of a ‘strong leader’ for its own good

Economy

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Yuthika Bhargava -
Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

Defence

Indian Coast Guard seizes Iranian fishing vessel, rescues six Indian crew members

ThePrint Team -
The ICG said in a statement that the boat was seized and brought to Kochi for further investigation on May 6.

National Interest

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

Shekhar Gupta -
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.

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