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Topic18th Lok Sabha

Topic: 18th Lok Sabha

Congress dubs Modi ‘bael buddhi’ in online offensive, Rahul asks colleagues not to be ‘nasty’ to Irani

Congress said it was time to pay the BJP back ‘in its own coin’, suggesting its distaste over Modi’s disparaging remarks against Gandhi, the latest of which was ‘Balak Buddhi’.

Modi got 240. Why is he still ruling as if he got 400 paar?

Trapped in the 400 paar fantasy, the ‘non-biological’ PM is incapable of providing daily governance. India craves day-to-day administration, not acts of god.

Urdu press praises Rahul Gandhi for accepting LoP post, highlights his rise in politics

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Congress condemns LS Speaker Om Birla’s remarks on Emergency — ‘travesty of Parliamentary traditions’

On first day of 18th Lok Sabha Wednesday, Birla read out a resolution condemning imposition of Emergency by Indira Gandhi in 1975, riling Oppn. PM Modi lauded Birla for his remarks.

This sengol can mute your microphone & how to leak your way to Australia

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Only 2 Dalit MPs with PhD in LS, both from TN. Theses on Meenakshipuram conversions, ‘untouchable’ saint

Of 543 newly elected Lok Sabha MPs, only 28 have PhD including four from Tamil Nadu, Dr Thol. Thirumavalavan, Dr D. Ravi Kumar, Dr Thamizhachi Thangapandian & Dr Ganapathy Rajkumar.

Nadda’s BJYM deputy, BJP’s man in Kota — rise & rise of Om Birla, NDA nominee for Lok Sabha Speaker

Birla is 1st presiding officer in two decades to be re-elected. If he becomes Speaker again, he could break Balram Jakhar's record, who served as Speaker for two full five-year terms.

‘Consensus essential to run country, want to take everyone along’ — Modi sets tone for 18th Lok Sabha

Speaking ahead of 1st LS session, PM Modi also took a swipe at Oppn, saying he hoped they won't 'disappoint people anymore' & termed the Emergency a 'black stain' on Indian democracy.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.