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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
TopicIndian Government

Topic: Indian Government

Minimum Trump, Maximum Modi—US is gutting bureaucracy, India is turbocharging it

Trump is the insurgent, who sees career civil servants as evil. For Modi, the career civil servant represents continuity, change and loyalty.

D Gukesh’s ‘stunning ascent to the pinnacle of chess’ & Adani as a ‘symbol of India’s global soft power’

Other global media reports hail chess champion Gukesh Dommaraju as 'Chennai prodigy' and call his victory 'dramatic'. The Economist discusses cricket as a diplomatic tool.

US court indicts Gautam Adani, others for ‘promising bribes worth Rs 2,000 cr’ to Indian govt officials

Indictment says Adani, other defendants offered bribes to officials in Andhra Pradesh & other states to agree to buy electricity from SECI, which itself was purchasing power from Adani.

India, Netherlands discuss strengthening agricultural ties

Jan-Kees Goet, vice minister of agriculture of the Netherlands, met with Devesh Chaturvedi, secretary of the Department of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare Thursday.

Why shouldn’t you be treated a publisher, govt asks Wikipedia after complaints of bias

New Delhi: The Centre has written to Wikipedia noting numerous complaints of bias and inaccuracies in information provided by it, and asked why it...

SubscriberWrites: Looking into the disconnect between real issues & political discourse in India

It is hard to govern such a diverse country if there is constant tension between State & Centre, writes Dhawal Malot.

SubscriberWrites: Political asylum is a privilege. The diaspora must acknowledge, nurture India’s talent

India can build stronger relationships with the diaspora and ensure that the country is viewed positively around the world, writes Achnit Satsangi.

Centre widens ED power, 15 more ministries ordered to share intel with probe agency

National Intelligence Grid, Military Intelligence also required to disclose information to ED, giving the agency widespread access to data involving financial fraud.

Will everything be done by the ‘babus’? How Modi’s outburst demoralised many IAS officers

In 'No More A Civil Servant', Anil Swarup talks about his close brushes with PM Modi in retrospect.

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Pakistan’s next target could be India’s economy — and the US won’t mind

The one thing that bothers Pakistan, China, and the US is the global talk about India’s resilient economy and its inevitable rise as the third pole in geopolitics over the next decade.

Paul John Whisky, Malhar Gin win top honours at Soho India Wine & Spirits Awards 2025

Goa: Creators of the Paul John Indian Single Malt Whisky and Malhar India Craft Gin, John Distilleries registered yet another stellar showing at the...

Precise & proven: The Tomahawk, America’s prized missile wanted by Kyiv & feared by Kremlin

After initially showing interest in supplying the long-range missile to Ukraine, Trump appeared hesitant following his meeting with Zelenskyy, a day after his phone call with Putin.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.