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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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Topic: BSNL

Dutee Chand creates history for India & Pragya Thakur’s ‘Godse shortcut’

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

Modi govt considers bailing out BSNL, MTNL: Wise to waste taxpayers’ money on sinking PSUs?

The Narendra Modi government is contemplating a Rs 74,000 crore bailout plan for state-owned telecommunication companies BSNL and MTNL.

BSNL employees get February salary but their woes aren’t over, blame Modi govt for cash crunch

BSNL employees fear that salaries for next month too might get delayed, blaming the Modi government for the cash crunch at the company.

Starting with BSNL & MTNL, India’s new govt must bring bankruptcy process to public sector

The telecom companies are unable to pay salaries, and a turnaround seems impossible. A bail-out for employees would be cheaper than what the govt pumps in.

Private companies have caught up with India’s public sector on delinquent behaviour

Market-oriented reform is the only way forward for the Indian economy. But the failures of private businessmen have set back that process.

On Camera

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

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.