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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicIndian Government

Topic: Indian Government

India is losing a British-era system that made the job of civil servants easier—handover notes

There are no explicit instructions at the Centre or state-level departments that clearly prescribe the preparation of ‘Charge Handover Notes’.

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.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.