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Swachh Bharat stops at the stadium gate as athletes battle filthy, unusable toilets

Broken lights, clogged toilets, overflowing bins and unbearable stench are routine at sports venues across India, writes a competitor. Basic hygiene remains India's forgotten sporting challenge.

Haryanvi influencer Baiyanpuria swept trash with Modi in 2023. He’s now sweeping away ‘special’ tag

Baiyanpuria, once Modi’s cleanliness-drive partner, posts video from Russia condemning lathi-charge on CJP protesters; joins Haryanvi singers.

Ministry of Coal achieves several Special Campaign 4.0 goals

Ministry secured the top spot among all ministries and departments for space freed, totaling 78.46 lakh square feet.

‘Multifaceted luminary whose brilliance had no parallel’: Modi pens tribute to Ramoji Rao Garu

The PM in his new blog post 'Ramoji Rao Garu - a multifaceted persona', wrote that Rao 'revolutionised the media space' & 'set new standards for integrity, innovation and excellence'.

‘Dynasty, casteism & regionalism’ — Modi takes aim at Congress, other parties on BJP foundation day

In virtual address to party workers, PM slams Congress for 'feudal mentality' & 'mocking' the poor and downtrodden. He says BJP's culture is to take everyone along.

Modi govt must mend its act, else the rising ‘Pink Tide’ may sink the BJP juggernaut

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Safe waste disposal, street sweeping at night: Take a look at how Indore became ‘cleanest city’

ThePrint brings you pictures from Indore which retained the 'cleanest city' tag for the fifth consecutive year.

Human rights activists angry with Gates Foundation award to ‘butcher of Gujarat’ Modi

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced it will honour PM Narendra Modi with the ‘Global Goalkeeper Award’ for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

What Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speeches in his first term were all about

Modi's speeches over last 5 years covered govt plans and achievements — from Swacch Bharat and Jan Dhan Yojana to Kashmir outreach and surgical strikes.

Eco Survey praises Modi’s Swachh Bharat, says child deaths due to diarrhoea, malaria down

Economic Survey says emphasis on sanitation led to dip in diarrhoea cases among kids aged below 5, similar improvement in malaria, stillbirths cases.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.