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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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Topic: Politics

Centre-state vaccine tussle, and the advent of India’s ‘global channel’

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

2021 election has ended the Bengal exceptionalism. It’s now seeing American-style management

For long, Bengal’s party competition was unique. Campaigns were about political cadres speaking an ideological language. Not anymore.

Left, Mamata, Vajpayee – Sankha Ghosh and his poems could stand up to anyone, any party

Sankha Ghosh’s death has left a vacuum in Bengal’s civil society movement when it needed him most.

BJP values consensus, does not believe in political untouchability, says PM Modi

Addressing party MPs Thursday at a New Delhi event to mark the death anniversary of Deendayal Upadhyay, Modi said the BJP puts 'rashtraneeti' above 'rajneeti'.

The only thing offensive about Tandav is its simplistic, tacky portrayal of politics

The representation of politics in OTT shows, from Mirzapur to Sacred Games, and Paatal Lok to Tandav, has been over the top and poor.

It’s 2021 and Congress continues to make the ‘Rafale’ mistake

Congress leaders think they can win elections simply by criticising the incumbent. They forget to ask: what do the people want?

The 2020 Hall of Fame: The people who shone in a difficult year

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Rajinikanth to launch political party in January 2021, says will fight Tamil Nadu polls

Ending years of speculation, the actor said his party would fight the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections in April-May 2021 and emerge victorious.

How politicians win and lose the trust of voters

There are things Modi does to win and retain the trust of voters. The opposition could learn from him.

Mourn idea of India, but don’t forget that the idea of people is changing too

Modi’s new India is a new idea of the people. And politicians and intellectuals must bow to it unquestioningly.

On Camera

Chinese don’t want Xi to fall for Trump’s G2 gimmicks—’intentional malice’, potential trap

The central theme emerging from Chinese online discourse is that while Trump may now acknowledge China’s strength and treat it as an equal, this recognition is driven more by fear and strategic anxiety than by genuine intent for collaboration.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.