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Thursday, October 23, 2025
TopicNarendra Modi government

Topic: Narendra Modi government

‘Appreciate our sensitivity on Tibet’ — China protests PM Modi’s birthday wish to Dalai Lama

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said India should ‘stop meddling’ in China’s internal affairs, adding that Beijing’s position on Tibet-related matters is ‘consistent & clear’.

The Centre must use the caste census wisely

The caste census will also reveal the status of disadvantaged groups within Muslims and Christians, sparking a new debate.

Watch CutTheClutter: Why delimitation hangs like a ‘sword of Damocles’ & not just over southern states

In episode 1614, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains why southern states TN, Karnataka see BJP agenda in the timing of the impending delimitation & what's in store for other states.

Religion, money & sheer numbers—Maha Kumbh gives global media the quintessential ‘India story‘

International media questions Modi's 'populist facade', saying Indian democracy will face its most important test in small towns & villages where the bulk of the population still live.

PC Mody gets 2nd extension as RS secretary general. What makes ex-IRS officer important for Modi govt

Mody has had the 'govt's stamp of approval' since his tenure as CBDT chief, when it was being speculated that the income tax dept was being used to pressure political opponents.

2nd gubernatorial term for Arif Mohammed Khan, what has endeared Modi to him over the yrs

Bihar's new governor stands out as a rare Muslim politician repeatedly rewarded by Modi govt, and alongside Anandiben Patel, only leader to be appointed as governor twice in past decade. 

‘No territory lost to China, will defend to the last man,’ says Ladakh LG, praises Modi’s ‘willpower’

India has also demanded the Chinese pull back troops to pre-May 2020 positions, a demand that's become weaker with the realisation that forward deployment along LAC is now the new normal.

Global media on the ‘Indian playbook of curbing press freedom’ & leveraging the demographic dividend

Reports & opinion pieces also explore Bangladesh’s ‘unsustainable’ backlog of payments to Adani Power & why India must not ignore advice from international multilateral agencies.

Elections showed that Manipur still has faith in democracy. Will new govt deliver?

The people of conflict-torn Manipur will have every right to feel betrayed if the new government doesn’t break its silence and show its commitment to addressing the state's issues.

After French reporter, now Australian journalist leaves India. ‘Was told story on Nijjar went too far’

Avani Dias of ABC News left India on 19 April. Govt officials refute allegations, saying documentary was ‘shot at Attari without permission’, cite 'lack of objectivity' in coverage.

On Camera

Pakistan can’t bend Taliban with bombs. It must stop the Yemen-isation of Durand Line

This confrontation looks subcontracted—escalation to re-establish Pakistan's indispensability to outside capitals while squeezing Afghanistan back under an old paradigm.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.