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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicSam Pitroda

Topic: Sam Pitroda

Sam Pitroda is all that the Chinese are talking about. And chinks in India’s policy

Chinese discourse recognises that India’s political parties have varying approaches to China, with the Congress seen as more favourable toward Beijing.

George Soros funds and USAID move in tandem around the world

Over the past half-century, USAID has frequently advanced US interests under the guise of humanitarian crisis relief.

Congress’s Sam Pitroda says China threat ‘blown out of proportion’, stirs fresh political row

Pitroda, party's overseas chief, has suggested that China is often labelled a threat due to the tendency of the US to 'define an enemy'.

Elections over, Sam Pitroda returns as Congress overseas unit chief

Pitroda had stepped down in May after a row over his controversial remarks comparing the appearance of Indians from different regions with various ethnicities from around the world.

‘Vote jihad’ will only isolate Muslims from development, says Hindu Right press

ThePrint’s round-up of how pro-Hindutva writers covered and commented on news and topical issues over the last couple of weeks.

Our take on Modi Adani-Ambani comment, Sam Pitroda, ICMR dietary guidelines – in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Meet ‘Vikas’ — ‘buffalo’ herder by day, ‘tempo’ driver by night

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

A&A Dough Shipping Solutions Pvt Ltd & the adventures of ‘Uncle Sam’

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

If the Congress were truly a democratic party, Sam Pitroda would be a nobody

It is obscene that a man so detached from India should occupy such a powerful position in a party that governed India for most of its republican history.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.