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Indian Army’s Mahar regiment: Home to two army chiefs and a Param Vir Chakra

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The Mahar regiment has had a circuitous journey — from serving the British during the Anglo-Maratha wars to its distinguished service post-Independence. At the centre...
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‘Mother of PILs’ Kapila Hingorani becomes first woman to have her portrait in SC library

Divya Narayanan -
Hingorani was one of only three female lawyers practicing in the Supreme Court in her time, and changed Indian jurisprudence by filing the first PIL in 1979.
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These documents show how India and Union Carbide colluded on the Bhopal Gas tragedy

Vandana Menon -
Documents accessed by ThePrint shows how GoI and Union Carbide played blame game while the victims still await justice.
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Opposed by BJP many times, anti-black magic bill tabled in Karnataka assembly

Divya Narayanan -
The bill seeks to abolish, among others, the controversial practice of ‘Made Snana’, a ritual that involves people rolling over banana leaves with food left over by Brahmins.
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The Quad: A partnership to address the changed geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific

Vandana Menon -
India, Japan, Australia, and the US attended the ASEAN-India Summit and the East Asia Summit in Manila, and the Quad may be formalised soon.
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Xi Jinping’s second term in China: What it could mean for India and the world

Srijan Shukla -
The 19th Party Congress has brought in some sweeping changes, but important questions remain over the economic and foreign policies of China.
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Facing North Korea threat, US deploys missile defence system in S Korea

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) -
The US THAAD system’s missiles have a range of 200 km and can reach a height of 150 km to destroy incoming missiles from an adversary like North Korea.
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RS poll victory may not change Ahmed Patel’s tenuous relationship with Rahul Gandhi

Ruhi Tewari -
Despite a somewhat smooth working relationship, Rahul's official Twitter handle remained silent, with no customary congratulatory message for Patel after he scraped through. Ruhi Tewari
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GM mustard walks in the ominous footsteps of Bt brinjal

Apurva Vishwanath -
The Centre told the Supreme Court that it would take a decision in a month-and-a-half on whether it would allow the commercial roll-out of GM mustard. But the final word rests with the Court.  Apurva Vishwanath
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Vande Mataram: Headline-grabbing orders not new for Madras HC judge Muralidaran

Apurva Vishwanath -
Muralidaran, 54, has also made news with his orders on NEET, cattle slaughter and farm loan waiver and beat the SC on the national song. Apurva Vishwanath
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Opinion

Mamata Banerjee holding a rally in Kolkata, kali

Bengal has many Kalis, but TMC can’t accommodate them anymore. UP, Haryana is in the way

Ishadrita Lahiri -
Moitra, TMC leadership need to have a conversation. And send everyone else a memo: Protecting Bengali identity is not the party’s only line anymore.

New Brezza is not just a facelift. Maruti-Suzuki has worked to make it tough

Madhu Limaye on a 1997 stamp | Wikimedia Commons

One lone, brave voice stood up against anti-defection law in 1985. All his predictions came true

Economy

Illustration by Soham Sen

Keep calm and carry on: Unlike wheat, rice isn’t hot yet

Sayantan Bera -
The world is worried that India might restrict exports of rice after wheat, pushing prices higher and worsening global food security.

Defence

Air Commodore Sanjay Sharma pose with daughter Flying Officer Ananya Sharma in front of the fighter aircraft | Twitter/@DefencePRO_Guj

In a first in IAF, father-daughter fly in same fighter formation as fellow wingmen

Tanvi Trehan -
Daughter of Air Commodore Sanjay Sharma, Flying Officer Ananya Sharma is currently undergoing training to master ‘superior and faster’ jets.

National Interest

Moral, political & ideological questions on Maharashtra: 1st is simplest to answer, 3rd trickiest

Shekhar Gupta -
What is Shiv Sena’s ideology? We might say it’s been a convenient mix of extreme ethnic chauvinism & unforgiving Hindutva. Within the second, the party retained space to manoeuvre.

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