scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Friday, April 3, 2026
HomeThe FinePrint

The FinePrint

Labourers, masons, fitters going online for jobs. A LinkedIn for construction workers

Digital Labour Chowk is part of a lineup of tech platforms that are trying to move manual labour hiring out of streets and into the world of algorithms and apps. ‘Over 10,000 companies hiring.’

Pakistan made chamchagiri its foreign policy — the brown man bowing before white sahib

Indian leaders like Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, and Morarji Desai were regarded as arrogant by the West — unlike Pakistani leaders, who were always ready to kneel.

Assam hasn’t processed Zubeen Garg’s death. His songs play on loop, cremation site now a shrine

The singer was often spotted at modest roadside eateries, perched on rickety benches, sharing a simple meal and hearty laughs with rickshaw pullers and daily wage labourers.

An IPS officer’s covert op to crack Jewar land scam, slap Gangster Act. ‘Had to get to root’

A call from Yogi Adityanath set Aligarh IPS officer Amrit Jain on the trail of an elaborate land scam that had duped even IAS officers. 'Both farmers and buyers were deceived.'

The ‘ABCD’ of Nepal’s caste frame—‘the king may be gone, but the old order remains’

Beneath the anger of youth uprising lies an older, rigid and unbreakable social order, one that continues to shape the country’s politics, society and economy: caste.

America under Trump — more than democratic backsliding, less than a right-wing revolution

The attempted revolution faces three structural limits, and is likely to falter.

Lying politicians and their mounting challenges in competitive ‘revdi’ politics

PM Modi started in right earnest, attacking the ‘revdi’ politics. That could have been his legacy. However, he opted for survival and started outmatching his Opposition.

India is having a civil engineering crisis. Mumbai to Bihar, bridges to byways, highways to setu

The pace of development is very fast so perhaps the quality and quantity of the material, our expertise, our capacity, is not matching what is required, says Manoranjan Parida, President of Indian Road Congress.

Delhi riots conspiracy case trial is caught in a loop—500+ dates, 160+ adjournments and counting

New Delhi: Five years ago, the national capital witnessed one of the deadliest Hindu-Muslim riots in post-Partition history. For three days, northeast Delhi burned...

America gifted China its rare-earth monopoly — and India helped too

The rare-earth crisis shows how misplaced government policies and corporate greed can collude to create a strategic crisis.

On Camera

Pam Bondi’s firing is good news. Now, US Senate must stand up for DOJ

Bondi’s missteps hastened her exit, but her departure offers a reset. The Senate must not rubber-stamp Trump’s pick and should demand an attorney general committed to DOJ independence.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.