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Monday, December 15, 2025
TopicCivic sense

Topic: civic sense

Gen Z at BMC? Mumbai BJP sees youth as ‘third eye’ in civic governance, devises internship plan

Ahead of civic body polls, party's city unit announces Gen Z internship programme to engage the digital generation in civic matters & use their inputs to rethink urban policy.

Happydent’s new ad sparkles with nostalgia, dazzling smiles—and civic sense

The new Happydent campaign, Chamking Gum: Chamka Muskaan, Jagmag Jahaan, manages to recapture the charm of the original, which had won several awards.

Recurring stampedes expose decay in urban infrastructure. Govt must do more than lip service

India's record on stampedes is bleak. Even with repeated occurrences and deaths, there has been no significant shift in the public administration’s approach to crowd control.

Don’t just blame the govt for dirty streets. Civic sense can’t be legislated

This issue isn’t confined to India—it has followed the Indian diaspora abroad. Gutka stains became so widespread in London that local authorities had to repaint entire areas.

On Camera

IndiGo meltdown carries a warning for India’s defence sector

IndiGo showed how a single point of failure can ripple across a sector. In defence, where there is no external fallback, the consequences are far more serious.

Rupee’s turmoil has echoes of 2013

With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.