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TopicSt. Xavier's

Topic: St. Xavier's

Tinder’s dating class at St. Xavier’s Mumbai is swiped right — consent, safety, relationships

Top-5 red flags include asking for intimate pics, making fun of a person’s beliefs, shutting oneself down, lack of empathy, and choosing to chat over the phone.

St Xavier’s alumnus starts petition supporting ‘sacked’ ex-prof, demands action against VC

Started by Gaurav Banjeree, the petition seeks 'disciplinary action' against VC Felix Raj and 'an unconditional apology' to the former professor from varsity authorities.

What Xavier’s Kolkata did isn’t surprising. Catholic schools’ definition of decency is outdated

Stop packaging the perpetuation of orthodox values, often stemming from religion, as some sort of a regimen. It won’t stand in today’s world.

Apex court asks Maharashtra govt if Aadhaar is mandatory for college admissions

A 17-year-old was denied admission by St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai for not having Aadhaar, which is mandatory under a state law.

On Camera

Critical minerals are the new oil. India can’t afford to depend on China

Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.

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.

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.