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Of valour and sacrifice: A look at Kargil conflict through famous battles and maps

India observes 26 July each year as Kargil Vijay Diwas in memory of soldiers who laid down lives to secure key strategic heights captured by Pakistani intruders in 1999.

‘Udta Tripura’ — HIV cases are soaring in hill state, with youth under 30 worst hit

In Part 1 of series on India's emerging HIV-AIDS hotspots & AIDS control programme, ThePrint looks at Tripura, which saw highest rise in rate of annual new HIV cases between 2010 & 2023.

Modi neglected his devoted salaried middle class. No reward for a decade of loyal support

Throughout the election campaign, Rahul Gandhi portrayed Modi as a patron of the oligarchs. The Prime Minister did not work too hard to dispel this unflattering caricature.

Bengaluru doesn’t belong only to Kannadigas. Its history is shaped by 1,000 years of migration

For over a millennia, the Bengaluru region has been the meeting-point of the Kannada, Telugu, and Tamil cultural zones.

How PSU Bharat Immunologicals went from polio hero to zero. No vaccines, unpaid workers

The BIBCOL factory in UP’s Bulandhshahr was at the forefront of India’s fight against polio. But it hasn’t produced a single vaccine since December 2022 despite being in working order.

Kashmir’s Jamaat-e-Islami wants to participate in elections. Modi govt must not allow it

Through the 1990s, the Jamaat-e-Islami had gleefully replaced its political sword with the jihadist gun.

Heirs to criminal empire, now at heart of remission row, why Karwaria family matters in UP politics

UP Governor Anandiben Patel has ordered the premature remission of Uday Bhan Karwaria. He is the son of Bhukkal Maharaj, who ran a criminal empire in Allahabad in the 1980s.

Ahmedabad lab is now predicting India’s climate future. It’s using ‘atomic time machines’

Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad is using sophisticated instruments to study Stone Age tools, paleo microbes, ancient soot to solve both past mysteries and looming crises.

Osho land feud is a battle for legacy. Rebel swamis, court cases, Bollywood factor

Osho trust’s bid to sell Rs 107-cr plot in Pune meditation resort has split followers. ‘Rebel’ swamis are leading a spirited campaign against ‘neo-colonial takeover’.

‘Puja Khedkar story is the opposite of mine’—they cleared UPSC but didn’t get the job

The 8-year-old legal battle has left such candidates fatigued. Many have had a hard time all these years explaining their non-selection to relatives and society.

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India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.