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Saturday, January 3, 2026
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Topic: Messi

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

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

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

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.

Crowd chants ‘Messi’ ahead of footballer’s visit to Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium

While the Argentine legend's Kolkata outing for his GOAT India Tour was marred by chaos, the Hyderabad and Mumbai legs of the tour proceeded smoothly.

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

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

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.

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.