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Tuesday, May 27, 2025
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Topic: Rajasthan

Rajasthan Governor Bagade’s public calls to castrate, beat rapists seen as signal to his own BJP govt

Governor Bagade has of late been repeatedly flagging rape and 'religious conversion' incidents in Rajasthan, in what comes across as an indirect critique of the Bhajan Lal-led BJP govt.

Bijainagar no longer another quaint Rajasthan town. A ‘conversion racket’ has sown communal mistrust

Cops in Rajasthan’s Bijainagar have made 10 arrests in connection with matter. Family members of accused deny allegations of Muslim boys and men forcing minor Hindu girls to convert.

Months after scrapping 9 new districts, Rajasthan’s BJP govt allocates Rs 1,000 crore for remaining 8

For almost two years, the new districts, which were created by the previous Congress govt, have been a logistical mess, most of them being run from mandis, hostels and schools.

How Rajasthan’s school mergers threaten the future of 1st-generation learners, especially girls

The Bhajan Lal Sharma-led BJP government in Rajasthan has set into motion the merger of 449 schools with larger, better-performing schools in their vicinity.

NEERI’s findings cast shadow on construction work along Kumbalgarh’s Lakhela lake catchment area

Built-up portion in lake’s eco-fragile area constitutes close to 3% of total area of the catchment zone, says report. Total catchment area spans approximately 13.662 sq km.

What is an artesian well & how it might have caused water ‘eruption’ in Jaisalmer desert

Rajasthan govt officials say water sometimes gushes out from an 'artesian well' in deserts, where water remains confined and encased within a geological sandstone layer.

Digital data, democracy, delivery & demography behind India’s success’: Modi at Rajasthan summit

PM further said India had achieved success through mantra of 'reform, perform and transform', which helped double its its economy and exports.

Adani Group to invest Rs 7.5 lakh cr in Rajasthan, will build world’s largest green energy ecosystem

MD of Adani Ports Karan Adani said Rajasthan was also critical for the group’s ambition to become a cement giant; it will set up 4 plants to build additional capacity.

Rajasthan is going all out to save the great Indian bustard. Its next big step—rewilding

Hand-fed and protected, artificially incubated great Indian bustards have been raised like pets at Jaisalmer's two conservation breeding centres. But their progeny hold the key to rewilding.

Faultlines surface in BJP as its Muslim leaders condemn Ajmer Sharif petition, flag ‘dangerous trend’

While BJP's Hindu leaders have stayed silent or said matter should be left to courts, several Muslim leaders including minority wing chief & a former Union minister have expressed concern.

On Camera

Who were Rajasthan’s Aharians—metallurgy masters with cultural ties to Central Asia?

Identified at 111 sites, many of them in Southeast Rajasthan, the Ahar culture had a sophisticated social structure centred around copper, lead, zinc, and silver mines.

No competition, have to deliver faster & reliably, says Amazon India V-P of operations

Diving into workings of Gurugram fulfilment centre, Abhinav Singh, V-P (Ops) at Amazon India, offers insights into how company manages logistics, in conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta.

As Op Sindoor began, India’s top military brass watched strikes unfold live from South Block

In latest editions of its newsletter ‘Baatcheet’, the Indian Army also names the creators of the Operation Sindoor logo – Lt Col Harish Gupta and Havildar Surinder Singh.

There’s an all-new N-word now. And India’s soft power has become its hard liability

India is better positioned in the world than at any point post-Cold war. We have to decide if global opinion matters to us or not. If it does, we must engage with their media, think tanks, civil society.