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Friday, July 18, 2025
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Topic: Social Sector

How ThePrint reporters make governance, policy stories interesting for its readers

There are many important stories on governance and social issues at ThePrint that are often overlooked, sadly, amid the daily hurly-burly of political and security news.

Capital investment vs social neglect: Budget debate needs outcome evidence, public access to data

A common criticism of government Budgets of recent years is that their focus has been on capital investment, to the relative neglect of the...

RSS-affiliated trade union BMS accuses Modi govt of changing Ambedkar’s social security laws

BMS has rejected the Modi govt's fourth draft social security code, saying a lot of beneficial provisions included in the first draft have been removed.

Farm to health to education, Modi govt’s Budget has no clear vision for India’s social sector

The Budget reverted to Modi government’s old avatar – a focus on infrastructure and a mission-mode model of meeting targets, this time for water.

Modi’s good governance and economics have been blended with good politics: Arun Jaitley

From scam-free governance to economic stability, how Arun Jaitley sees Modi's four years of governance.

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Punjab govt must take Centre into confidence on new anti-sacrilege bill

What should be of concern is other states following suit and enacting separate laws to suit the political environment of respective states citing the Punjab bill as a precedent.

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.

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

The banned group claimed their leaders & cadres were killed in ‘drone strikes’ by the Indian Army. Guwahati Defence PRO denies any such operation.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.