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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicShravasti

Topic: Shravasti

IIM to investment banking, son of Modi’s ex-principal secy — who is BJP’s Shravasti pick Saket Misra

Saket is alumnus of St Stephen’s College and IIM Calcutta and son of Nripendra Misra, former principal secretary to PM Modi. He is also a nominated member of UP Legislative Council.

How they dodge malnutrition, and rely on barter — inside the life of a ‘backward’ UP tribe

Tharus are the most populous out of the five Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Uttar Pradesh. They are primarily concentrated in Bahraich, Shravasti, Balrampur and Lakhimpur Kheri.

3 of India’s 4 poorest districts are ‘money order economy’, survival means going away from UP

Youth of Bahraich, Balrampur and Shravasti go wherever they learn there is work. Many prepare for this before they are adults, drop out of school if opportunity arises.

Can’t learn, can’t work, can’t even cross river: Life in 3 of India’s 4 poorest districts, all in UP

ThePrint travelled across 3 UP districts in top 5 of Niti Aayog’s Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index, which measures deprivation in terms of health, education, living standards.

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Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

Doctor-led terror module behind Delhi blast was in phase 2 of ops, planned serial bombings in December

While main elements behind terror module have been nabbed, more arrests will take place, including some professors & academicians who were part of the ring, it is learnt.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.