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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
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Topic: Bharat

Don’t forget Savarkar used ‘Hindustan’. ‘Bharat’ became popular with Tagore, calendars, mandirs

How did 'Hindustan' become 'India'? It's not as simple as Mughals vs British.

ICCR festival in Nalanda to highlight India’s role as ‘mother of democracy’, its historical roots

Event to be inaugurated by ex president Ram Nath Kovind will include panel discussion headed by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. Aim is to 'highlight aspects of India's democratic tradition'.

Indian logistics company Blue Dart rebrands premium service Dart Plus to Bharat Dart

The company said in a filing to the stock exchanges that the ‘strategic transformation’ highlighted its ‘unwavering commitment to serving the diverse needs of Bharat’.

What is the no 1 search word on China’s Baidu? ‘Bharat’, ‘Modi’s table sign’ at G20

A video of an old clash at Pangong Lake between the PLA and Indian Army was leaked on Chinese social media platform Weibo. It received extensive attention on the platform.

Modi’s place card to officials’ badges — ‘Bharat’ features prominently at G20, but India also present

This comes amid a debate over the use of the title 'President of Bharat' in an invitation sent out last week for a banquet to be hosted by Droupadi Murmu for G20 dignitaries.

BJP’s ‘flustered’ by Oppn’s INDIA alliance — Urdu press weighs in on ‘India vs Bharat’ row

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

‘India’ is geographical & ‘Hindustan’ is political. Only ‘Bharat’ captures our heritage

No other country in the world has been able to preserve its name and its genius even after so much repression, insults, & prolonged slavery.

India calling itself Bharat fulfills Pakistan’s age-old wish

By claiming 'India', New Delhi could portray itself as a successful secular state. This way Pakistan couldn't be seen as the alternative to Hindu state for Muslims.

Udhayanidhi on the hook and an ‘Air Bharat One’ flight to ‘INDonesia’

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

We were India since Alexander’s time. Why drag the British into it?

Till recently it has always been the BJP that celebrates the use of India over Bharat. Atal Bihari Vajpayee lost an election by telling us that India was shining, Modi launched Make in India.

On Camera

India-Pakistan marriage breakdown that British can’t stop crying about

Ever since the Love Is Blind: UK episode dropped, there has been a collective meltdown online over the separation of Pakistan-origin Kal Pasha and Indian-origin Sarover Kaur Aujla.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

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.