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Thursday, April 30, 2026
TopicAnti-Defection

Topic: Anti-Defection

Watch CutTheClutter: VP Jagdeep Dhankhar is against the whip system. Why we should listen to him

In Episode 1596 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta delves into the vice-president's call to do away with the parliamentary whip system & how it could strengthen democracy.

Why BJP could do with an unbreakable vow or two & the UP gangsta Yogi never saw coming

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

Himachal assembly Speaker disqualifies 6 Congress MLAs, ruling party regains a majority for now

MLAs, defying whip issued by Congress, stayed absent when cut motion & budget were put to vote. Speaker says MLAs 'attracted provisions of anti-defection law against them'.

Corruption isn’t over after 9 yrs of Modi rule. Now it’s just a weapon to make crooks join BJP

Maharashtra political battle shows Indian politics is now dead of ideology and divided into corruption and weaponisation of anti-corruption.

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal launches new platform ‘Insaaf’, asks citizens to be ‘soldiers of justice’

Sibal says lawyers will be at forefront of this citizens' platform. 'We want Insaaf Ke Sipahi to stand & fight injustice in every locality, block, village and city,' he says.

On Camera

India’s real estate will meet the reality of agentic AI

New Delhi: The outsourcing industry, India’s largest white-collar employer, is a juggernaut that has all but stopped moving. The dollar revenue at the top...

Adani’s giant copper plant hits technical setbacks in first year

The 500,000 tonne-per-year plant produced just 94,000 tonnes of refined copper from April 2025 to February this year.

Indian drone tech company ideaForge signs MoU with Japanese firm to develop next-gen AI powered drones

By pairing Indian drone engineering with Japanese semiconductor expertise, the two firms aim to develop more advanced autonomous systems tailored to both defence & commercial use.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.