Topic: Narendra Modi
Modi govt struggles to fill IAS-IPS vacancies but UPSC recruitment falls by nearly half
A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.
5 years later in Gujarat, you’d think Narendra Modi is still CM
It's Modi all the way across Gujarat — even BJP posters feature only the PM — as CM Vijay Rupani lays low to offset anger among farmers and traders against the state govt.
Sadhvi Pragya’s nomination is no advertisement for Hindutva, whatever you may think of it
In opposition, the BJP used to stand for law and order, and its leaders were known for measured language. The ticket to Sadhvi Pragya goes against all that.
Modi & Shah have turned India into ‘Jingostan’ & are out to conquer the paranoid country
The Modi-Shah BJP has resurrected dangers & the enemy from the past, and built a scary jingoism. It’s a great diversionary tactic, but it never ends well.
In photos, Modi woos traders by announcing collateral-free loan & other schemes
PM Modi at the convention also announced that if re-elected, he would form a National Traders' Welfare Board.
Shah scouts prisons for candidates as a BJP MP dodges a shoe
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.
Modi govt’s ‘Char Dham’ project in Uttarakhand gets an African facelift, except it’s not real
An image of a swanky road has gone viral with claims that it’s from Uttarakhand. The actual picture is from Tangier in Morocco.
Environment is the most under-reported disaster of Narendra Modi government
The new BJP manifesto for 2019 Lok Sabha elections provides no respite from this ongoing assault.
Bleak record on economy – the reason Modi’s BJP has returned to communal politics
Voters have to ask themselves why & what this angry, polarising, ugly campaign foretells for the nation if the BJP wins again.
West Bengal wants real change, not Mamata Banerjee’s ‘poriborton’
After years of misrule, people of Bengal have shown their trust in the leadership of Narendra Modi.
India’s caste problem has a silver lining: urbanisation, and inter-caste marriage
Unlike villages, search for partners in cities shifts its focus from family and caste networks to friends and professional networks.
IAS poll observer: With Modi breaking rules, should EC give him special security treatment?
The Election Commission has suspended an IAS officer who had inspected PM Narendra Modi’s chopper in Odisha’s Sambalpur Tuesday.
Defence
China is now testing laser ASAT weapons from its naval ships
China has already tested missile & EMP anti-satellite weapons from the ground. Now it’s using icebreaker ships in the Yellow Sea/Bohai Sea area.
Modi & Shah have turned India into ‘Jingostan’ & are out to conquer the paranoid country
The Modi-Shah BJP has resurrected dangers & the enemy from the past, and built a scary jingoism. It’s a great diversionary tactic, but it never ends well.