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Friday, August 15, 2025
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Modi should thank Trump & oil prices for rupee recovery

Srinivasan Sivabalan -
The reprieve couldn’t have come at a better time for Modi as the opposition has used rupee’s depreciation to criticise his economic management.

India has a new political divide —Majority kanwarias vs elite Halloweeners

Shekhar Gupta -
Modi-BJP govt draw their instincts from the street and respond likewise. This has flummoxed the Congress and isolated the critical elite.

The political & electoral motivations behind Modi’s push for grand Sardar Patel statue

Ruhi Tewari -
Modi govt released ‘Incredible India’ ad on the ‘Statue of Unity’, reminding the younger generation about Patel’s contributions and how he ‘united’ India.

This MBA-turned-IRS officer is curing Modi’s ailing scheme for affordable medicines

Himani Chandna -
New CEO Sachin Singh has brought in sweeping changes to the scam-tainted govt agency handling the jan aushadhi scheme.

Ganga crusader GD Agrawal, on fast since 22 June, dies in Haridwar

Deeksha Bhardwaj -
The 86-year-old IIT-Kanpur professor had survived on just 3 glasses of water since 22 June. Three days ago, Agrawal gave up even that.

India renews interest in running its first foreign military base in Tajikistan

Sujan Dutta -
A military base in Ayni could give New Delhi a significant strategic edge over Islamabad as it would effectively put India behind Pakistani lines.

PM Modi establishes direct line with cadres to boost morale and lay strategy for 2019

Ruhi Tewari -
BJP believes these pan-India interactions, through video-conferencing, offer more personalised contact and cut logistical effort.

India was asked to choose between society and economy in 2014. Now they have neither

TN Ninan -
India has jackboot laws, a state prepared to stomp all over you, and citizens who don’t often realise how easily they can be crushed under both.

Modi govt will look guilty if it doesn’t divulge Rafale details: Ex-NSA Shiv Shankar Menon

Deeksha Bhardwaj -
Former minister Yashwant Sinha says even Americans were forthcoming about nuclear pact, so France should also be transparent about the Rafale deal.

Let us teach Modi government a lesson, says Stalin as he takes over as DMK chief

Rohini Swamy -
Remarks could cast cloud on BJP’s participation in Karunanidhi’s memorial, scheduled for 30 August.
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India talked big on Russia-Ukraine mediation. Alaska meet offers a window

Swasti Rao -
Europe and Ukraine’s agencies are crucial. Steering the Alaska talks bilaterally between the US and Russia will foil the outcomes before they even start taking effect.

Dismiss debate on EC functioning as ‘hoo-haa’, then hail India as ‘robust democracy’

How Saba Azad became the accidental voice of Bengal’s language protests

Economy

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Akanksha Mishra -
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

Defence

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

Javaria Rana -
This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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