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He didn’t sleep for days. Inside the SIR pressure that broke a Rajasthan BLO

Sleepless nights, suspension threats and a glitching app. Inside the pressure cooker crushing India’s teachers-turned-BLOs.

Dharmendra’s era judged deeds. Today, the Meat Police judges Ranbir Kapoor’s diet

When Ranbir Kapoor was cast in Ramayana, the PR team said he would give up meat during the filming — a silly thing to do because it put the Meat Police on high alert.

Why Bankim Chandra is seen as the original ‘Hindu nationalist’, long preceding Savarkar

From Hunter's colonial histories to ascetic warriors dethroning Muslim rulers, Bankim's Anandamath laid the groundwork for a Hindu nation long before it had political champions.

Rajnath Singh is discovering India-Pakistan civilisational ties

Even as India, Pakistan have seemed on the edge of war, their intelligence services have often sought to find space to de-escalate tensions and reduce risks for the two countries.

Military coaching centres are the new UPSC. Small towns preparing for ‘supreme sacrifice’

India’s ‘Army dream’ has spawned a new organised military coaching sector in tier-2 and -3 cities like Meerut, Sikar, and Rohtak. Promise defence lifestyle, ‘officer-like qualities’, and selection in NDA, CDS, AFCAT.

Did English language create captive minds? PM’s Macaulay reference is only half-truth

Macaulay’s intervention led to a colonial mentality in several sections of India. But because of English language, it also led to a lot of unintended consequences.

Massage is the new career frontier for India’s blind

Taking a cue from Japan and China, NGOs are training blind masseurs and companies are hiring them. ‘I wanted to play to their capability, not on the sympathy card.’

Inside one of the labs fighting India’s biggest healthcare threats—antimicrobial resistance

The latest AMR 2.0 National Action plan was released on 18 November. During its release, JP Nadda called antimicrobial resistance a ‘pandemic’.

Reddit is the new site of north-south divide

Nowhere is this divide more prominent than on r/India, one of the country’s largest subreddits with 3.3 million members.

PM Modi rebranding is due. He should begin with land acquisition and farm laws

PM Modi looks determined to follow up on his Red Fort speech on reforms, but he is still looking diffident when it concerns farmers.

On Camera

No country built rare earths resilience alone. India must take lessons from Japan, Taiwan

Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

What’s expected from Putin’s India visit in December—Defence Secretary explains

ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.