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Topic: Cabinet Ministers

Why PM Modi picked politicians with criminal charges to assist Amit Shah in home ministry

D.K. Singh -
Delhi Police commissioner Rakesh Asthana wants to better the force’s image in public. It doesn’t really matter — look at India’s home ministry.

Youth affairs in 2000 to cooperation in 2021: Here’s how new ministries are formed

Revathi Krishnan -
The President forms new ministries and departments on the advice of the Prime Minister. The total strength of Cabinet Ministers cannot exceed 15% of the total strength of Lok Sabha.

Eye on social engineering, state and LS polls as Team Modi gets record OBC, SC faces

Shanker Arnimesh -
With 36 fresh faces, Team Modi now has 27 OBC, 12 Dalit and 8 tribal ministers. The remaining 30 belong to the so-called upper caste category.

Yediyurappa to expand Karnataka cabinet today, here’s list of 17 ministers to be sworn in

Rohini Swamy -
Here is the full list of cabinet ministers who will be inducted in the Karnataka government Tuesday.

Ajit Doval back as NSA, new Cabinet-rank status ‘reward’ for first stint

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Ajit Doval, a 1968-batch IPS officer of the Kerala cadre, is the first National Security Adviser to have a cabinet rank.

Modi govt 2.0 takes a shot at ‘minimum government, maximum governance’ 2.0

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Govt clubs water resources & Ganga rejuvenation with drinking water and sanitation. Animal husbandry now a separate portfolio.

Full list of ministers in the Modi govt in order of their oath-taking

ThePrint Team -
The list of 58 ministers who took oath to form the second Modi government.

Will Modi ministry still face talent deficit or is it better placed after 5 years in power?

ThePrint Team -
With Narendra Modi ready to take oath as PM, his new government must address the criticism of talent deficit in previous cabinet.

The BJP strategy that helped Narendra Modi march past 300

Ruhi Tewari -
BJP decided to drop several of its sitting MPs, and according to a detailed analysis by ThePrint, NDA won 93% of such seats.

The Modi government is the most faceless, nameless & talent-averse India has seen

Shekhar Gupta -
The Modi government has run out of intellectual capital and this explains its stall in key sectors and fading momentum.
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Opinion

What a Tamil town tells us about votes, caste, and fraud in medieval India

Anirudh Kanisetti -
Nepotism seems to have been a concern in Uttaramerur elections. That's why the drawing of ballots was done by a child and executives' relatives were banned from being elected.

If India stopped buying Russian oil, China would gain and global prices would go up

‘Marwari go back’ isn’t Telangana’s first outsider protest. First came ‘idli-sambar go back’

Economy

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

Ruchi Bhattar -
New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Defence

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Javaria Rana -
Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

National Interest

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Shekhar Gupta -
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?

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