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Topic: TalkPoint

TalkPoint: Is the new global study right to suggest that home cadre posting can give rise to corruption among IAS officers?

ThePrint Team -
Experts weigh in on whether the UC Davis study is right to suggest that home cadre posting can give rise to corruption among IAS officers.

TalkPoint: Has Holi become a festival of fear for women?

ThePrint Team -
Experts weigh in on harassment women face during the festival of Holi.

TalkPoint: With higher import duties, is Narendra Modi turning protectionist?

ThePrint Team -
The Narendra Modi government has hiked the import tariffs across sectors to a 30-year high. Experts weigh in the effect this could have on the nation's economy.

It is misplaced to say that 19 rounds of talks with China have not made headway

S.L. Narasimhan -
The Special Representative talks are confidential in nature and therefore, the progress made in these talks is not in the public domain.

China seems to have no inclination to move on the boundary question

Harsh V. Pant -
ThePrint asks: Is it possible to break the India-China border talks deadlock? India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and China’s State Councillor, Yang Jiechi, special representatives...

The meaning of Modi’s tears for critics and fans

Santosh Desai -
It is not about how human Modi is. It is a testament to the amount of energy and effort that he has invested. Passion and commitment overwhelm him.

Voters support BJP not for love but for keeping away rabid anti-Hindus in Congress camp

Shankar Sharan -
The fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had to sweat it out in his home, despite no organised opposition , says a lot about the voters' mind now.

We had the Modi factor in 2014, this time there seems to be the birth of the Rahul factor

Anand Kumar -
Rahul Gandhi’s trust in the new leadership of Patidars, OBCs, and Dalits has been successful in creating a generational shift in the electoral competition.

Talk Point: Any attempt to equate Modi and Indira is a one-dimensional facile exercise

Zoya Hasan -
The fundamental difference between the two leaders has to do with their varied backgrounds and ideologies.

Talk Point: Is Virat Kohli now the greatest ODI batsman ever?

ThePrint Team -
Virat Kohli's new career ODI ratings peak of 889 is higher than Sachin Tendulkar’s. Is he now the greatest ODI batsman ever?
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Opinion

Indian judiciary must stop panicking over AI

Siddarth Raman -
To assume courts weigh every word committed to paper is to ignore reality. The Indian judiciary has long had a "Control+C" problem.

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

India eyes 6th generation FCAS, looks at tying up with France for possible collaboration

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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