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Why PM-WANI is falling behind targets & how govt plans to fix the public Wi-Fi hotspots scheme

With just 207,642 hotspots set up—well short of the target of 10mn by 2022—the government is considering lowering connectivity costs for small providers to improve expansion.

India has strategic partnership with US, comprehensive strategic pact with UAE. What’s the difference

Such terms have only entered the lexicon in the last 2 to 3 decades. Though there's no official definition of what they include, the terms serve a 'bureaucratic purpose', say experts.

Why a rare case of vaccine-derived polio in Meghalaya has sparked debate on ‘Do Boond’ method

Why a rare case of vaccine-derived polio in Meghalaya has sparked debate on ‘Do Boond’ method

What is Mpox, how does it spread & who’s at risk? All about disease declared a global health emergency

The current outbreak has been raging since early this year in Africa. Over 17,000 Mpox Clade 1 cases have been reported, with just over 500 fatalities.

When reincarnation is on IIT syllabus — Modi govt’s ‘Indian Knowledge Systems’ & why it’s facing flak

In 2020, education ministry launched IKS division called Bhāratīya Jñāna Paramparā Vibhāga, aiming to promote interdisciplinary & transdisciplinary research on indigenous knowledge.

HC rules out writ petition against X for fundamental rights violation. How it works & when it applies

Suspension of account on not violative of fundamental rights since X is a private platform, Delhi HC said; rights only enforceable against state or bodies performing public functions.

No SC/ST groups will be excluded — how Supreme Court order treads sub-classification minefield

SC has allowed states to sub-classify Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes for reservation, but they can do so only on basis of demonstrable data on backwardness and representation. 

Explained with maps: How topography, human density led to devastation in Kerala’s Wayanad

Wayanad is 13th on the list of top landslide-prone districts in India. During the 2018 floods, Wayanad and Idukki districts in Kerala alone saw more than 3,000 landslides.

Who are wilful defaulters & what happens to them? RBI lays out new rules

Central bank has set out norms on how to identify wilful defaulters and penal provisions associated with them to maintain 'the integrity of the financial system'.

Budget boost but many commitments to fulfil — what’s the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act cited by FM

In budget speech, Sitharaman said Modi govt has made ‘concerted efforts’ to fulfill commitments in Act, which was notified in March 2014, 3 months before Andhra Pradesh bifurcation.

On Camera

From Vedanta, India turned to Nehruvian socialism and buried its liberal roots: Sharad Joshi

An Indian Hitler will have to be exceptionally lucky to survive for any length of time. This much hope ought to be enough for seekers of liberty and equality, wrote Sharad Anantrao Joshi, president of Swatantra Bharat Paksh party, in 1995.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.