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Modi’s Hindu ‘raj’ is based on false pride and superstition. It’s killing scientific temper

Until now, politicians used to boast about the 'power' of 'gaumutra' to cure covid and 'mantras' to ward off ghosts. But now IITs are also joining in.

Modi needs a new team. Unless the PMO wants to keep running India

When people are dying for want of oxygen and medical facilities, ministers are responding to the crisis with more praise for PM Modi.

Over 75% MPs, ministers and CMs are 50-plus, will be eligible for priority Covid vaccination

PM Modi said elected representatives wouldn’t be prioritised, but the age of a majority of lawmakers and CMs automatically places them in the priority bracket.

Punjab ministers, leader of opposition not to pay income tax on perks, state to pitch in

Punjab assembly passes 3 bills that exempt ministers from paying IT on perks & house allowance, finance minister says govt 'correcting anomaly'.

From Modi’s Eleven in 2014 to only NaMo in 2019, the Modi-fication of BJP is now complete

As BJP goes into 2019 polls, one man leads the army. Everyone else is a lieutenant, far diminished in stature in comparison to PM Modi.

Respected judges & ministers, policing Netflix won’t make us sanskari

It is as if our courts and govt, having rid the society of all other evils, have taken up the onerous task of cleansing it.

Not really ‘Congress-mukt’: in some states, half of BJP’s ministers are ex-Congress

Composition of BJP’s state cabinets leads to allegations of ‘Congressisation’, party says the ministers are now committed to its ideology and goals.

PM’s Varanasi catchment takes Union Cabinet by storm

Each of the five MPs along the 300-km highway corridor on either side of Varanasi is now a Union minister.

Model village scheme: 8 Union ministers among 100 MPs who met only 20% of target

Reports accessed by ThePrint show that ministers like Bandaru Duttatreya, J.P. Nadda, Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Prakash Javadekar have performed poorly

On Camera

Skin cancer is no more an ‘old person’s disease’

The sun isn’t acting alone—it has an accomplice in pollution. Environmental toxins weaken our skin’s natural barrier.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.