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Friday, December 19, 2025
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Topic: Pegasus

Delhi’s air crisis, Bangalore’s tree crisis and NCP-Shiv Sena’s not-so-secret texts

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Gaurav Gogoi wants new pollution law, Manu Joseph calls govts ‘sophisticated snoopers’

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Ten years of WhatsApp: From chat revolution to political weapon to Whexit

Since the Pegasus scandal broke out, more and more Indians, who relied on WhatsApp for reunions and jokes, are now looking at alternatives like Telegram and Signal.

The rise of Pegasus and why India should know the problem with hiring ‘internet mercenaries’

Pegasus, the spyware behind India’s WhatsApp snooping incident, has been used in over 45 countries and comes with a hefty price.

Vikas and Pegasus together, as joblessness hovers above Statue of Unity

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

WhatsApp hack lasted 2 weeks, but Israeli spyware used on Indians since 2017

Following reports that spyware was deployed against Indians via WhatsApp, the govt said it had asked the firm for an explanation. 

WhatsApp hack reveals an uncomfortable truth about encryption

WhatsApp's encryption system was pointless as the Israeli made-spyware had access to messages, camera, microphone and the phone screen.

On Camera

Why SIR is an exclusionary exercise for Persons with Disabilities

In the ongoing SIR 2.0 exercise, nearly half of the 90 lakh registered PwD voters in India were affected, showed an RTI application.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.