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

Hari Shankar Vyas -
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

D.K. Singh -
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

Unnati Sharma -
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

Chitleen K Sethi -
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

Jyoti Malhotra -
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

Maneesh Chhibber -
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

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
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

Kumar Anshuman -
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

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

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Opinion

Bihar is a state of opportunities, not challenges. Land record portal to water atlas

Sanjay Saraogi -
Under Nitish Kumar’s visionary Jal-Jeevan-Hariyali Mission, Bihar became the first Indian state to launch the Gazetteer-cum-Atlas of Water Bodies, mapping over 550 rivers, 4,500 wetlands, and 1.06 lakh ponds.

What welfare scheme ghosts, fakes and deads teach us about EC voter list row

Tax terror and India’s same-sex couples

Economy

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

Heena Fatima -
A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Defence

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Javaria Rana -
Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

National Interest

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Shekhar Gupta -
Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.

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