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Hopes dashed by controversy-marred results, NEET 2024 students go back to their textbooks

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Goa’s resentment toward outsiders and settlers is rising. Calangute tourist tax is a sign

After everyone has agreed that tourists have ruined Goa, over a round of afternoon urrak, things begin to get a little fuzzy.

India’s Portuguese connection doesn’t begin and end with Goa. It has a Chennai angle too

In the Coromandel Coast, Portuguese settlements existed in Mylapore, Pulicat and Nagapattinam. Renegades were conducting trade with South East Asia.

Never said Constitution forced on Goa, called for protecting Goanness — Congress’s Viriato Fernandes

South Goa candidate says Modi 'is lying' and he has challenged PM to a debate. Modi had called Fernandes' remarks, made at a public meeting, an ‘insult’ to Constitution & Ambedkar.

‘They want to break nation,’ PM Modi attacks Congress over candidate’s remark on ‘Constitution’

Modi was referring to Congress' South Goa candidate, Capt Viriato Fernandes' comments that the Indian Constitution was 'forced' upon Goans after its liberation from Portuguese rule in 1961.

ED arrests Chanpreet Singh, man who ‘managed’ AAP’s funds for 2022 Goa polls

Singh was taken into custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act on 12 April. This is the 17th arrest in the case by the ED.

Gobi manchurian is a victim of Indian food colonialism. Goa town unleashes a culture war

The ban on the dish is threatening to unleash a culture war pitting local Goan cuisine against ‘outside’ influences. 

India to soon surpass China as largest driver of global oil demand driver through 2030, says IEA

According to the report released at the India Energy Week (IEA) 2024 in Goa, India is on track to lead an increase in oil demand of nearly 1.2 million barrels per day.

‘AAP holding talks on Lok Sabha seat from Goa as part of INDIA alliance,’ says Arvind Kejriwal

Goa has two Lok Sabha constituencies – North Goa and South Goa. However, Kejriwal did not specify which of the two seats the AAP was eyeing to contest.

Goa court extends police custody of Bengaluru CEO Suchana Seth by five days

Seth (39) was arrested from Chitradurga in Karnataka on 8 January while she was travelling in the taxi with her son’s body stuffed in a bag and brought to Goa.

On Camera

Hrithik Roshan & Jr NTR in Janaab-e-Aali is exactly what a dance-off should not be

Forget comparing it with classics like Hrithik’s Ek Pal Ka Jeena or the slick title track of Dhoom 2, Janaab-e-Aali does not even come close to Ghungroo.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

India expands Southeast Asia defence footprint with new joint venture in Philippines

Memorandum of understanding between SMPP and ADFC was signed during state visit of Philippines’ President to India earlier this month.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.