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Monday, August 11, 2025
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Last Laughs: On Kathua silences are broken and gold standards achieved in whataboutery

The best Indian cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

TalkPoint: Has IPL cricket become a target for political activism?

The IPL matches scheduled to be held in Chennai have now been moved to Pune after widespread protests over the Cauvery water distribution. Experts weigh in on the impact of the political activism on cricket.

Last Laughs: Painting it orange in Yogi’s UP and the Chennai IPL shoe-stopper

The best Indian cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Last Laughs: Karnataka vote bank, Commonwealth games & tale of two Khans in Rajasthan

The best Indian cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Will Vinod Rai retire for the third time, adhering to Lodha committee’s age cap?

The SC-appointed Lodha panel had recommended that office-bearers in the BCCI should not stay on be beyond the age of 70. Will the CoA chief stick to it?

IPL vs drought — confusing competitive sport with nationalism

Hailing the ban on IPL matches in Maharashtra shows our perverse distrust of sports as a career of dignity and contempt for outdoor, physical culture.

Life, mind and times of Lalit Modi

He refuses to accept the reality that politicians hang together in the BCCI-and they win.

The giant fix

BCCI cannot blame a mere individual nor rely on the old cynical and lazy notion that cash will solve all problems. It has to clean up not just the IPL, but itself.

First slip, then cover-up

The right issue to debate is not whether IPL is responsible for the decline of Indian cricketers’ performance but if its riches so dazzled administrators that it devastated the management of our talent.

Racket before wicket

The Indian cricket team's failure in two successive T20 World Cups has nothing to do with short-ball pitching but rather the timing of the IPL.

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

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.