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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicUPA-2

Topic: UPA-2

Lose-Lose

Congress knows it cannot repeat its 2009 performance. It simply does not have a track record. So what do you do if you know you cannot win?

The bleeding heartless

During its 9 years in power, the UPA has not been able to decide whether it is with itself, or against itself, on the Maoist insurgency issue.

A retreat to reform

Irrespective of which side of the argument you are on, the fact remains that India’s largest political party has thrown off its carefully stitched cloak of hypocrisy.

The great letdown

UPA-2 has been an incredibly apolitical government, which is its own and India's tragedy.

Aam aadmi vs sab chor

The four most important men in the UPA-2 cabinet are entirely clean. And yet, if you held an opinion poll, a vast majority would say corruption is India's biggest challenge today.

A week in politics

Pranab Mukherjee's budget marks the UPA-2 government's coming of age, as it backed its own convictions amid pressure from the opposition as well as from within the Congress party.

No silence, please

A major problem of the Congress-led UPA-II government is its inability to talk to the people, either to explain its actions or create public opinion to back policy decisions it intends to take.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.