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Son of Dalit labourer clears UPSC, is now ‘IRS Sahab’. ‘Dreaming is a big thing for us’

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

After central govt rejects new site for Bihar’s 2nd AIIMS, JD(U) & BJP in blame game over delay

BJP blames CM Nitish's 'rigidity' for delay, JD(U) says BJP wants build 2nd AIIMS under its name. In letter to Bihar govt, health ministry has asked for other suitable land to be provided.

Rescued mountaineer Anurag Maloo moves from Nepal to Delhi for further treatment, family relieved

Rescued from Mt Annapurna in Nepal last month, Maloo has been brought to Delhi for treatment at AIIMS. His vitals are stable, but will continue receiving treatment for frostbite.

2 clerks, 1 director, 1 room—AIIMS Darbhanga a story of political rush to announce & forget

A 2015 plan to give Bihar its second AIIMS has remained confined to an office space in Darbhanga and a status symbol for the local people. Here's what happened in 8 years.

AIIMS Jodhpur has changed healthcare in Rajasthan. But now it’s cracking under patient load

Patients that earlier used to travel to private hospitals and nursing homes that line highways in Gujarat have a place to go now

2008 Batla House encounter case convict Shahzad Ahmed dies at AIIMS during treatment

According to Delhi Police, Shehzad Ahmad, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh was serving a life sentence in multiple cases registered in Delhi and Bengaluru.

After AIIMS ransomware attack, Modi govt’s building a task force to fight cyber espionage

DGPs discussed setting up National Counter Ransomware Taskforce last week. This is part of 3-fold measure which also includes drawing up National Information Security Policy Guidelines.

One woman’s fight to pull AIIMS-Rishikesh out of a decade of raids, scams, lies

The problems of AIIMS-Rishikesh go beyond the corruption drama; doctors aren’t flocking to the institute either.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman admitted to AIIMS but fine, report says

Sitharaman was hospitalized around noon, based on reports. The Finance ministry is yet to respond regarding her condition.

Brain dead after injury, 27-year-old Indian Air Force corporal’s organs save lives

Corporal Sachin’s heart, liver, lungs, both kidneys and cornea have been donated to AIIMS, Delhi and the Army Research and Referral Hospital.

On Camera

Muslim objections to Vande Mataram are about faith, not rejection of India

Ibn Khaldun Bharati’s core claim—that Muslim resistance to ‘Vande Mataram’ reflects an unwillingness to merge into an “organic whole” with Hindus—ignores both historical context and religious concerns.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.