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JNU gets added representation in Modi govt as Jaishankar joins Sitharaman in CCS

Both Jaishankar, the new foreign minister, and Sitharaman, allocated finance and corporate affairs, have a Masters and an MPhil from JNU.

Kanhaiya Kumar losing maiden poll battle as caste guides ‘Leningrad’ Begusarai

Former JNU Student Union chief Kanhaiya Kumar was trailing heavily in Bihar's Begusarai constituency as BJP's Giriraj Singh established a lead of over 90,000 votes, as of 11 am.

This madrasa graduate is in line to be IAS, IPS officer, says it helped him crack UPSC exam

Shahid Raza Khan, from Aminabad in Bihar, did his school education from a madrasa. He secured an all India rank of 751 in this year's UPSC examination. 

When Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman spoke to his wife from Pakistan custody

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Rahul Gandhi’s new adviser is a former JNU student who waved black flags at Manmohan Singh

Sandeep Singh, a native of UP, was elected JNU Student Union chief in 2007. He is now working his AISA roots to give Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra an edge.

Kanhaiya Kumar’s political aspirations hit a kerb, Congress-RJD likely to dump him

The opposition alliance had initially indicated that it would back Kanhaiya's bid for the Begusarai seat but the constituency is now likely to go to the RJD.

Shehla Rashid to join ex-IAS officer Shah Faesal’s party, contest state or Lok Sabha polls

Shehla Rashid, 31, former vice-president of the JNU Student Union, is currently pursuing a PhD in Technology and Citizen-State Relations.

300 academics from JNU, IIT, BHU & other universities launch campaign for Modi re-election

The initiative is aimed at easing the somewhat uneasy relationship the Narendra Modi government has shared with the Indian academia.

HRD ministry asks JNU to increase seats by 25% to include upper-quota students

The ministry has said it will implement 10% reservation for economically weaker sections of general category from the 2019 academic session.

Don’t know about Kanhaiya, but PM Modi committed sedition by stalling work in Delhi: Kejriwal

The Delhi government is seeking legal advice for granting sanction to prosecute Kanhaiya in the JNU sedition case.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.