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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
TopicCaste discrimination

Topic: caste discrimination

‘Underestimating upper caste unity’: Resentment & resignations within BJP over new UGC rules

Some BJP leaders demand rollback of UGC rules to combat caste discrimination on campuses. Upper caste students say rules are one-sided & could lead to 'reverse bias' against them.

How Brahman–Bania networks shaped modern India’s corporate landscape

In Meet the Savarnas , Ravikant Kisana documents the lives, the concerns and crises of India's urban elites, the savarnas.

Our take on Taliban press conference, Haryana IPS officer suicide, CJI Gavai & more—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Shoe attack on CJI Gavai shows how caste prejudice flourishes at the top of the Indian state

What hope is there for Dalits when the YouTuber who whipped up the hysteria against CJI BR Gavai boasts on social media after a visit to the police station that ‘the system is ours’?

Haryana IPS died day after aide’s arrest in bribe case. Suicide note puts uneasy focus on top brass

The note, it is learnt, mentions at least 3 serving & past top IPS who 'authorised' a campaign to humiliate Y Puran Kumar, who was IG, Police Training College, Sunaria, when he died.

We can’t just blame Muslims and Englishmen for shattered Hindu unity: RSS chief Deoras

In May 1974, RSS chief Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras spoke at a lecture series in Pune about caste-based discrimination and social equality within the Hindu fold.

Landmark HC order barring public caste identifiers & how UP will implement it, from FIRs to signboards

A UP govt notification, in response to an Allahabad HC order to end caste discrimination, sought the removal of caste identifiers from police records & vehicles.

AI is learning caste bias in India. Who will audit it for discrimination?

The real danger is not just discrimination, but that it hides behind a facade of objectivity. A recruiter can shrug: the system rejected the candidate.

Anatomy of Dalit engineer Kavin Selvaganesh’s murder in Tamil Nadu. And what followed

The circumstances surrounding Dalit IT engineer Kavin Selvaganesh's killing follows a pattern Tamil Nadu is a little too familiar with. Now there is a disturbing new trend.

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Beneath the ice — what a lost US base from the Cold War reveals about Greenland

A failed US plan to hide missiles under the ice now provides vital clues for understanding Greenland’s future and climate risks.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.