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Monday, July 28, 2025
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Topic: governance

SubscriberWrites: Time to revisit governance of state universities

it is worthwhile to reflect back on the issue and ensure a more satisfactory governance at state-level universities, much required for raising the standards of higher education.

SubscriberWrites: Is India ready? A recurring question

It is because of this very unfounded self doubt, India has been labeled a 'laggard democracy,' & China, Japan, Korea etc sped past us in the decades after the end of WWII.

‘Government must be open to ideas’—Former IAS officer’s book has lessons for new India

Sanjay Kaul launched his book ‘An Alternative Development Agenda’ at New Delhi’s India International Centre. And his target group was the country's political class.

Why Russia’s bid to destroy Ukraine’s cultural heritage is a recipe for disaster

Russia’s onslaught on Ukrainian heritage has been equated with attacking freedom of thought, conscience, and religion.

‘Can’t outsource good governance only to govt. Onus on citizens too,’ says Rohini Nilekani

In an 'Off The Cuff' conversation with Shekhar Gupta & Sandhya Ramesh, Nilekani talks about the role of youth in politics, climate change and its impact, and gender inequality.

Why Yogi ministers can’t choose personal staff, but can turn down women as personal secretary

Ministers in Yogi 2.0 government are being assigned staff through digital randomisation to avoid ‘bias’. But they can turn down women personal secretaries as ‘practical’ measure.

Governance accountability is a myth. Just see what has happened in India: Ex-IAS officer

Where does India stand, in today’s post-accountability world? The government has won, civil society has lost.

Reader View: Time for govt to fulfill its minimum government, maximum governance promise

YourTurn is our weekly feature in which ThePrint's readers share their views or opinions in response to the question of the week.

‘Girl-Friendliness’ ranking of African countries is the new thing

The Girl-Friendliness Index is a rights-based statistical tool anchored on three pillars of children’s rights: protection, provision and participation.

Your role is minimum government, maximum governance, PM Modi tells IAS probationers

Modi told the probationers that people are the 'real driving force' of govt policies during a video conference from Kevadiya in Gujarat.

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Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

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

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.