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Wednesday, August 5, 2026
TopicNational Interest

Topic: National Interest

An aggressive UPSC coaching market war is underway, promising students the Great Indian IAS Dream

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

What Modi govt’s advisory to private TV channels on airing content of ‘national importance’ says

Sports channels exempt from obligation of public service broadcasting, says I&B ministry. Broadcasters to submit monthly reports on Broadcast Seva Portal by 7th of each month.

Shekhar Gupta’s article on Zubair paints blasphemy as an ‘Abrahamic’ problem, but misses this

Even if Shekhar Gupta has a specific definition of 'blasphemy', what's the justification for treating it as a special kind of offence and claiming moral superiority for Hindus?

Let them eat communalism: Yogi’s poll pitch may work but heartland’s jobless fury endangers India

While UP’s unemployed are angry, Yogi’s call for a choice between Jinnah and Sardar Patel, more than seven decades after they both died, is the new ‘let them eat cake’.

India’s gamble on China failed in Ladakh. But there’s a new risk worth taking

Modi government has taken several gambles in internal affairs — Article 370 to Kumbh. Now it's time for our foreign policy.

Can army and air force tackle climate change, pandemic? This is why diplomacy is needed

Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran, in a talk at the LSE Ideas Programme, says nations cannot define their interests in absolute terms, disregarding the interests of other states.

Indian courts speak of ‘national interest’ but they order often in Modi govt’s interest

In case after case, India saw the scales of justice tilt against those opposed to the Modi government, often on the basis of flimsy evidence.

Shekhar Gupta responds to Arundhati Roy on ‘Gandhians with Guns’

Arundhati Roy says Shekhar Gupta has quoted her inaccurately as having described Maoists as ‘Gandhians with Guns’.

Indian media used to call out Congress’ abuse of power. Now it legitimises lies of BJP-RSS

Shekhar Gupta’s latest National Interest column in ThePrint does the same mistake of normalising a maliciously false narrative floated by BJP and RSS.

Narendra Modi has chosen the BJP’s interests in Kashmir over the national interest

The Modi government has done to national security what it did with demonetisation to the economy.

On Camera

Why Modi blinked first in the student protest

Friends who would never be seen dead at a political event turned up at Jantar Mantar with their kids. Here's what broke the rules of dissent under Modi.

AI City, laptops, hostels, branded cycles: Vijay’s first budget gives old schemes a Gen Z makeover

Betting on generation that helped bring it to power, the Vijay govt unveiled an AI-led budget that turns on the charm with laptops, bicycles, skill training, hostels and youth welfare initiatives.

Indian drone start-up eyes export market with Shahed-Class KAL drone amid Gulf tensions

Three Indian companies are working on Shahed-like drones. Besides IG Defence, Bengaluru-based NewSpace Research and Technologies has developed the Sheshnaag-150, while Lucknow-based Hoverit has the Divyastra.

Modi govt response to Gen Z protest shows a rare vulnerability. It’s an opportunity for Opposition

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.