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Topic: Messi

ThePrint photos of the week: The ‘GOAT’ in India & ‘G RAM G’ in Parliament

ThePrint Team -
In PhotosOfTheWeek, we bring you pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photojournalists, video journalists and reporters this past week.

‘I met Messi’ was the headline of the GOAT tour. Football and fans were ignored

Triya Gulati -
Perhaps the clearest indicator of how shallow the tour was lies in how Luis Suárez and Rodrigo de Paul were treated. These aren’t random names.

Messi mania in Delhi: Fans pull all-nighters to see the GOAT, tight checks to avoid Kolkata-like fiasco

Triya Gulati -
Fans of the Argentine legend like Alben, 24, who stood in 3 km-long queues, have called the Delhi crowd and the management 'much better' than Kolkata.

Fans who paid thousands couldn’t catch a glimpse of Messi. Private access trumped public emotion

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Revanth’s ‘Messi’ approach to politics & a BJP poll promise to Delhi women quietly put on backburner

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

Messi’s coming to Kerala! Sports minister says Argentina’s football team to play 2025 friendly match

Aneesa PA -
Opposing team & venue in state will be decided soon, Kerala sports minister V. Abdurahiman said, adding that official announcement on the match will be made within two months.

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Opinion

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

AI is officially ruining social media. It made brainrot boring

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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