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Sunday, October 26, 2025
TopicCitizens

Topic: Citizens

SubscriberWrites: India’s electoral democracy caught in cobweb of freebies & cash transfer

Dr. Kunwar Siddarth Dadhwal -
The focus on freebies and cash transfers has led to policy paralysis, as parties prioritize short-term electoral gains over long-term policy planning.

SubscriberWrites: The complicit heart: How ordinary citizens become the instruments of their own demise

Indranil Mitra -
Bengal faces a stark reality of political decay, where decades of complicity and corruption have eroded its identity, leaving citizens to confront the consequences of their choices.

Not entrepreneurs, we need ‘social intrapreneurship’ for an ‘inside job’ in public sector

Adam Taylor -
Social intrapreneurship emerges as a concept that harnesses the ability of citizens to assist in appropriate governance and becomes agents of change.

City municipalities are poor in fixing problems. People are turning to MLAs middlemen, NGOs

Katie Pyle -
At the community level, citizens’ aspirations for their local areas are seldom heard or acted upon.

The list of creative ways China keeps tabs on its citizens is growing

Bloomberg News -
The list of ways China keeps an eye on its citizens, the latest idea being a social-credit system, is stoking international concerns.

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Opinion

After losing no.2 carmaker spot, Hyundai is betting big on the new Venue

Kushan Mitra -
Indian car buyers are just as tech-obsessed as their Chinese counterparts, and that obsession has taken precedence over handling and performance.

Why laser toning works best for Indian skin

Be soft, smile more, never text first—‘feminine energy’ is men’s new obsession

Economy

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Udit Bubna -
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

Defence

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

National Interest

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

Shekhar Gupta -
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.

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