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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicPost office

Topic: Post office

Working at India Post means being a multitasker—Chase new accounts, sell Gangajal, flags

At India Post, there is now pressure to open accounts, meet revenue goals, and attend frequent review meetings. The addition of Payments Bank has increased responsibilities.

Jail for ‘injuring post boxes’, begging on trains — penalties Jan Vishwas Bill seeks to remove

Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2022 was referred to Joint Parliamentary Committee last December. JPC will present its report to Parliament Thursday.

Meet the most considerate pickpockets in India

Pickpockets in Chennai drop off wallets in postboxes after taking money from them, but let ID cards remain intact.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.