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Topic: IIT

IIT-Mandi scientists take a leaf from plants to make materials that capture water from fog

Sandhya Ramesh -
The innovation from IIT-Mandi can help tackle the world’s impending water crisis, which already has several areas in its throes.

IIT Indore makes it to top 400 global institutes’ list, IIT Bombay slips in ranking

Kritika Sharma -
IISc Bangalore has once again emerged as the topmost institution from India, show Times Higher Education rankings.

Political party by IITians splits over caste concerns

Kritika Sharma -
Breakaway group claims people were not connecting to the idea of IITians running a caste-based party.

IITs, IIMs to be roped in for speedy assessment of educational institutes: Javadekar

PTI -
HRD minister Prakash Javadekar says quality of education should be key parameter for determining the standard of an institute.

Maulana Azad — the scholar-politician who laid out India’s higher education road map

Fatima Khan -
As India’s first education minister, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad advocated for free and compulsory primary education for all up to the age of 14.

Once again, an IIT Kharagpur grad is bringing his regressive World Hindu Congress to US

Rohit Chopra -
Swami Vigyanand, an IIT grad, who had called on Hindutva’s foot-soldiers to carry a trishul and defend Hinduism is organising the Chicago event.

How to be a good Indian wife, an IIT-incubated startup teaches

Kritika Sharma -
Called ‘Daughters’ Pride — Beti Mera Abhimaan’, the course is the brainchild of a startup based out of IIT-Banaras Hindu University.

Restless, young India has no connection to IITs & IIMs, but Rahul Gandhi can’t see it

Meghnad S. -
Neither is Rahul Gandhi young nor are his ideas.

Inside India’s Rs 3,000-cr IAS coaching industry & the mysterious man seen with SP leaders

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

Will IITs become post-graduate-only? IIT Council to discuss on 21 August

Kritika Sharma -
The idea came up as a way to curb the billion-dollar private coaching industry that has grown up around the IIT entrance exam, JEE.
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Opinion

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

+TFP Ashutosh Varshney -
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

Radhika Yadav’s murder proves the khap panchayat never left—it just moved back into the family

Bihar ADG linking farmers to rising crime uncalled for. Data just doesn’t support such claims

Economy

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Defence

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

National Interest

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Shekhar Gupta -
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.

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