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Wednesday, August 12, 2026
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Topic: Campus Voice

In the age of AI, India’s education system needs to cultivate skills, not just board exam scores

It seems the only aim of students is to clear the board exams and then other competitive exams like JEE/NEET. The stress begins way before.

Can the new anti-paper leak law restore faith in India’s public examinations?

The amendment seeks to plug gaps in the 2024 law through provisions for tougher penalties, fast-track courts and time-bound investigations.

The optics of a viral pothole: Social media is changing the politics of visibility, not accountability

Viral footage of potholes & cave-ins has shifted political focus from governing infra to what govts must be seen doing.

Before you scroll to the next reel, try being bored

We live in a world where being bored has become almost impossible. We don't wait in silence anymore. We scroll. We don't daydream. We don't sit with our thoughts.

Vande Mataram Bill: Patriotism, protest and the questions

Parliament passes the law to criminalise insult to Vande Mataram with up to 3 years in jail. Critics have concerns over free speech, vague legal wording & the scope of criminal law.

Dharmendra Pradhan resigned. The problem hasn’t

Reform must begin where the failure begins—within the institutions responsible for conducting these examinations.

India wants to hear from its youth—but only on its own terms

The Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue and the recent CJP protests were only six months apart, but the way they were received reveals how the government prefers dialogue with the young.

Swachh Bharat stops at the stadium gate as athletes battle filthy, unusable toilets

Broken lights, clogged toilets, overflowing bins and unbearable stench are routine at sports venues across India, writes a competitor. Basic hygiene remains India's forgotten sporting challenge.

Algorithms are modern-day equivalent of karma. We must go back to Bhagavad Gita

Instagram and YouTube know how long you hesitate, how long your thumb lingers, and shrink the world down until the “for you” page feels like the judgment of an algorithm regarding who exactly you are.

Art-trafficking has stolen enough from us. We must make effort to learn our history better

What many of us don’t know is that we continue to lose our history today through the illicit trade of artefacts and the private market for antiquities.

On Camera

The tank isn’t dead. It just needs a robotic army around it

Russia's 22 July mechanised assault southeast of Dobropillia deserves closer scrutiny than another declaration of the tank's death.

Dalit finance body beneficiaries nearly halve as House panel flags funding drought, board vacancies

NSFDC beneficiaries fell from 1.18 lakh to 61,394 in a year as a Parliamentary panel flagged no fresh equity, nine board vacancies and weak state agencies.

India seeks 60 new transport aircraft for IAF, invites bids for a $10 billion deal

It is reliably learnt that Airbus, which had initially offered its A400M, is likely to sit it out since its aircraft outweighs requirements with payload capacity of 37 tonnes.

Guru RSS is cautioning shishya Modi govt. Bhagwat’s endorsement of Gen Z has an Indira lesson

It’s evident Bhagwat was watching from a distance and was worried about youth’s anger towards Modi govt. The first thing he did was to demolish any criticism of Gen Z protesters as anti-national.