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When a ‘vegetarian’ Union minister tucked into mutton at a BJP Eid bash

ThePrint Team -
Pre-Truth – snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

New IRS data says 72% of Indians now have LPG stoves, bolsters Modi govt claim

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
The latest Indian Readership Survey claims a 3 per cent increase since 2017 in the share of population that can read and understand English.

A judge who loves golf and Barack Obama’s IAS invitee: Here are India’s Lokpal members

ThePrint Team -
Eight years after social activist Anna Hazare launched his movement to seek a Lokpal, India's first Lokpal was approved by the President Tuesday.

IRS officer Sushil Chandra appointed election commissioner, 2019 team now complete

Sanya Dhingra -
IIT graduate Sushil Chandra is an IRS officer of the 1980 batch and is currently the CBDT chairperson.

IRS officers reclaim their turf in ED, led for 15 years by IAS & IPS officers

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Current Enforcement Directorate S.K. Mishra, a former income tax officer, is pushing for vacant posts to be filled by IRS officers.

K.V. Chowdary, first IRS officer to serve as CVC, is no stranger to controversy

Remya Nair -
K.V. Chowdary is said to have been as close to the power centres in UPA as he is in NDA.

Top angel investor & former IRS officer says civil servants throttling India startup scene

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
Venktesh Shukla, a leading angel investor, says India's civil services officers are the ‘worst’ to devise startup policies.

We are the real IRS, don’t call us ‘I-T’, say India’s taxmen

Sanya Dhingra -
IRS Association, largely comprising officers from the I-T dept, has written to the CBDT that they be referred to as IRS and not as IRS(I-T).
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Biting terror, doggone dilemma, urban menace. Indian TV war over Delhi street dogs

Shailaja Bajpai -
News channels were also in two minds about removing stray dogs to the government dog pounds. NDTV took credit for it and CNN-News 18 called ‘controversial order’.

Dogs matter more to Indian middle class than people

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Nehru and Jinnah made Indian politics their personal quarrel. Partition was a consequence

Economy

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

Akanksha Mishra -
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.

Defence

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

Javaria Rana -
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.

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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