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Thursday, November 27, 2025
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Topic: PDA

‘PDA’ politics at play—Why Akhilesh expelled only three of eight ‘rebel’ SP MLAs

Action against Abhay Singh, Rakesh Pratap Singh & Manoj Pandey comes over a yr after they & others cross-voted in RS polls. Party monitoring actions of all rebel leaders, spokesperson says.

Whose obscenity is it anyway? Kolkata Metro PDA shows it’s time to kiss away outdated morality

Fortunately, one person's obscenity is freedom of expression for another. Remember a time when women emerging from behind the purdah was obscene?

If you’re outraged by the Meerut couple’s kiss at a mela, go get a life and love

In a world filled with real problems, like pollution, poverty, and corruption, a kiss between two consenting adults is hardly a catastrophe.

Hindu prudes ruining V-Day need to know how India’s sexual freedoms shocked Muslim travellers

All this is being done in the name of a notion of Indian culture whose assertion is based on a denial of India's real past.

On Camera

Is Bangladesh ready for ‘developed country’ status? It’s all optics for Sheikh Hasina

The graduation is meant to bolster the legacy and legitimacy of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, even as the real-world preparedness lagged behind the glossy narrative.

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

India and Indonesia inch closer to BrahMos deal, defence ties to ramp up

Indonesia delegation led by Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin visited BrahMos facility & met with top officials & undertook a detailed briefing on the missile system.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.