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Tuesday, April 7, 2026

PoV

Why merit lists should be scrapped for good, and not just during Covid crisis

This year’s CBSE and CISCE results being declared without a merit list is a positive step. Such lists only give students false ideas of success & create panic.

TV anchors outrage over Uyghurs in China, but stay quiet about Indian Muslims

After cheering the ban on Chinese apps, the latest coping mechanism of Indian TV news seems to be focusing on the plight of the Uyghur Muslims in China.

Agrima Joshua is Everywoman on social media with a view. We know why she apologised

Comedian Agrima Joshua’s battle is the battle of every opinionated woman in India. And they are no stranger to death and rape threats.

Instagram influencers with open DMs aren’t therapists. They should stop acting like one

In the wake of Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, empathy flooded the internet. But then an influencer, with zero therapy knowledge, decided to charge Rs 1,500 to hear her fans out.

Vikas Dubey put Kanpur on the map, but many in city hadn’t even heard of him until shootout

Vikas Dubey only controlled Chaubeypur, a tiny kasba with a population of just 4,000. And yet, he will now be remembered as 'Kanpur don'.

The itch of mainland Indians to ‘civilise’ northeast hasn’t gone. Dog meat ban another example

There needs to be a ban on hypocrisy in India. To eat chicken or pork and tweet rabidly against dog-meat eating in northeast is a bit much.

Brahmin pride and pain flood Facebook after Vikas Dubey’s encounter killing

For many social media users, gangster Vikas Dubey was first and foremost a Brahmin — a ‘tiger’ whose killing is just another ‘atrocity’ on the community under 'Thakur' CM Yogi Adityanath.

Delhi University has one obsession and it’s making a mess of it. Exams

After months of back-and-forth over the much-criticised online Open Book Examinations, Delhi University has postponed its exams once again.

Your creative talent won’t get you into DU anymore. Keep obsessing over marks marks marks

Delhi University’s sports quota remains, but the Extra-Curricular Activities quota is scrapped due to Covid. If classes & exams can go online, why can’t trials for ECA?

Fan of Mia Khalifa? Then you should support her right to withdraw consent from porn

Mia Khalifa’s request to have her porn videos removed is expanding the meaning of consent. Do former pornstars not have the right to be forgotten?

On Camera

Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.