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TopicCentral Hindi Directorate

Topic: Central Hindi Directorate

Hindi’s hegemony didn’t start with NEP, Amit Shah or Ajay Devgn. It’s been on since 1947

+TFP Dilip Mandal -
The row over supposed Hindi supremacy push owing to its ‘popularity’ predates incidents such as NEP's three language formula and Amit Shah or Ajay Devgn's remarks.

Hindi has grown from 20,000 to 1.5 lakh words in 20 years, and very quietly

Kritika Sharma -
Hindi dictionaries of the government add words without fanfare. They are not accompanied by an announcement, and there’s no log of evolution either.

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Opinion

Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

Swasti Rao -
India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

Free UPI was a revolution. Now costs are piling up, quality is slipping

Linking trade and geopolitics will hurt US more than India

Economy

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

Shanker Arnimesh -
New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Defence

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

National Interest

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

Shekhar Gupta -
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.

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