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Modi takes the worst of Indira and Nehru, and the race to make Modicare a success

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint in the last 24 hours.

Thanks to IITs, India to see a lot more women in civil and mechanical engineering

779 additional seats have been created, mostly in the branches that are traditionally not pursued by women. New Delhi: The IITs have not only added more...

Controversial Jairam Ramesh has skills, but some in Congress don’t want him to run 2019 war room

Jairam Ramesh is known as someone who has had many lives. The technocrat from IIT has come unscathed from several controversies.

IITs issue fresh JEE Advanced merit list, 14,000 more aspirants now make the cut

The low number of successful candidates had caused worry in the HRD ministry, which has a lot of investment at stake for each IIT seat.

Is sex-work reproductive labour? Swati Ghosh’s latest book tries to identify

In The Gendered Proletariat: Sex Work, Worker’s Movement and Agency, Swati Ghosh looks to understand the worker-status claim of sex-work in a meaningful fashion.

The suspicion over Aadhaar shows why IIT engineers don’t have solutions to India’s ills

As more business is transacted on the basis of our online behaviour and ‘intuitive functionality’, a liberal arts degree is the most sought-after skill in the American tech industry today.

Who would have thought being gay is as Indian as the IIT?

20 IITians have petitioned the Supreme Court on behalf of an informal LGBT group. One can just imagine the court saying ‘Et tu IIT? Then fall, 377’.

To make Indian engineers more employable, govt plans to train teachers

The AICTE has come up with a detailed policy for training teachers in technical institutions like engineering, management and pharmacy colleges.

Group of IITians to float political party to uplift SCs, STs, OBCs and women

Calling themselves Bahujan Azad Party, the IITians are planning to contest their first elections in Bihar in 2020. Analysts and activists welcome the move.

Talk Point: Is India’s march for science political, necessary or just misinformed?

On 14 April, scientists and research scholars from at least 20 cities in India will join over 600 cities across the globe to March for Science. The effort is to encourage scientific temper among the masses in an era of misinformation and dearth of funding in science research.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

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.