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Amid Differences With Noel Tata, N. Chandrasekaran Steps Down as Tata Sons Chairman

Listen to this article: New Delhi: ​Tata Sons ‌chairman N. ​Chandrasekaran ​has resigned ⁠but ​will ​complete his current ​term till...

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The Wire Staff

BJP Suspends Pulwama Chief Gayoor Andrabi Over FIR Alleging Extortion and PSA Threat

Listen to this article: Srinagar: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Jammu and Kashmir unit has suspended its Pulwama district president, Syed...

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Junaid Dar

The Poet as a Fallen Angel

Listen to this article: In April 2023, an exhibition of photographs titled In a Cannibal Time by the publisher, poet and photographer Naveen Kishore...

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Uttaran Das Gupta

At Kolkata's Cab Drivers' Strike, Protesters Discuss the 'Green Burden' Borne by India's Gig Workers

Listen to this article: “If the fuel price rises, shouldn’t the fare increase too?” asked Shaan, a 30-year-old cab driver, on Monday, July 27,...

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Ashique Thuppilikkat And

'Illegally Incarcerated': Activists Demand Immediate Release of Those Held After Noida Workers' Protests

Listen to this article: New Delhi: As several workers and activists remain incarcerated even after four months of the workers’ agitation in Noida,...

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The Wire Staff

In Last 12 Years, Banks Wrote Off Nearly Rs 10 Lakh Crore Corporate Loans: Govt

Listen to this article: New Delhi: In the last 12 financial years, banks have written off loans amounting to nearly Rs 10 lakh crore given to large...

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The Wire Staff

How Not to Misread Job Market Numbers

Listen to this article: With the release of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) monthly bulletin, India’s labour statistics are now at par with...

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Mohd Imran Khan

Parliamentary Panel Says 'Disheartened' by Govt Delay in Scholarship to SC Students

Listen to this article: New Delhi: While students across the country demand a fair and just education system, a parliamentary panel headed by a BJP MP...

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The Wire Staff

Modi Ministers Hide Behind ‘No Shots Fired’ But Govt Has Previously Used Terms ‘Firing’, ‘Bullets’ For Pellet Gun Use

Listen to this article: New Delhi: While multiple instances of pellet gun injuries have emerged following the police and Rapid Action Force crackdown...

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Sravasti Dasgupta

M.P. Parameswaran: The Scientist Who Let Marxism and Physics Argue With Each Other

Listen to this article: Science and politics rarely sustain each other for long. A scientist who wanders into political conviction is expected, sooner...

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K.m. Seethi

Why the Threat Is Always Rape

Listen to this article: Shradha Singh, a 23-year-old yoga instructor from Madhya Pradesh, went to Jantar Mantar, Delhi, in the third week of July,...

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Indupriya B. And

India Examining Security, Regional Implications of Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan Defence Pact, Says MEA

Listen to this article: New Delhi: India on Tuesday (August 11) said it was examining the implications of the newly signed defence agreement between...

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The Wire Staff

Too Many Four-Stars, Too Little Clarity on Who Commands the Commanders

Listen to this article: Chandigarh: There is growing speculation in military and strategic circles that the government may use Independence Day, or...

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Rahul Bedi

In Haryana and Uttarakhand, 'Logical Discrepancy' Haunts SIR, Temporary Absence Treated as Migration

Listen to this article: Sixteen states and three Union Territories are being covered in the ongoing the third phase of the Special Intensive Revision...

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Sanjay Kumar

India Rejects China’s Objection to Naming of 27 Arunachal Locations

New Delhi: India on Tuesday (August 11) rejected China’s description of its decision to formally identify 27 locations and geographical features in...

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The Wire Staff

Lok Sabha Passes Two Bills in 15 Minutes

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday (August 11) continued to pass bills within minutes as the opposition raised slogans...

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The Wire Staff

Wayanad’s Warning: Climate-proofing India’s Environmental Impact Assessment Framework

Listen to this article: Over a month ago, on July 7, following an intense spell of monsoon rain, a mountain slope collapsed at the construction site...

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Neha Miriam Kurian And

US Judge Dismisses Adani Fraud Charges But Rejects DOJ Claim That India Investigated Bribery

Listen to this article: New Delhi: A US federal court dismissed securities and wire fraud charges against Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani, his...

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Devirupa Mitra

At Least 10 Persons Suffered Pellet Injuries on July 20 in Delhi, Shows RTI Response

Listen to this article: New Delhi: At least 10 people were injured by pellet guns during the parliament march on July 20 amid the student protests in...

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The Wire Staff

August 15 Preparations in Kashmir: More Night Patrols, Checkpoints and Frisking; Pandits Asked to Stay at Home

Listen to this article: Srinagar:  Days ahead of Independence Day, security has been beefed up across Kashmir valley, with Jammu and Kashmir police...

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Junaid Dar

Street Vendors Have Legal Rights in India, but in Srinagar, They Still Struggle to Keep Working

Listen to this article: This is the first article in a three-part series from a field project on informal work in Kashmir and how it has affected...

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Deepanshu Mohan

Physicist Deepak Dhar, Known for Abelian Sandpile Model, Wins 2026 Dirac Medal

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Theoretical physicist Deepak Dhar has been named as the winner of the 2026 Dirac Medal, one of the most prestigious...

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The Wire Staff

ID Based on Anonymous Informant, Sudden Reference to 2009 Home Ministry Notification: Why NSA Case Against Satyam Verma Is Unconvincing

This is part two of the series based on documents submitted by the Noida Police before District Magistrate Medha Roopam, seeking approval before...

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Akanksha Kumar

Are We Underestimating the Value of Decency in Political Leadership?

Listen to this article: A few months ago, eminent historian Ramachandra Guha argued that Rahul Gandhi and the Congress under his leadership have...

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Tm Krishna

Delhi HC Seeks The Caravan's Response in Defamation Lawsuit Filed by Nitin Gadkari's Son

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Delhi high court has directed the editor-in-chief and a journalist of The Caravan magazine to respond to a Rs...

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The Wire Staff

The Middle-Class Mutiny: Decoding the Economic Anxieties of Gen-Z’s Parents and Grandparents

Listen to this article: For over three decades, the post-1991 Indian economic narrative rested on an unshakeable promise: hard work, educational...

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Mohammad Sajjad

BJP's Punjab Unit in Turmoil Ahead of Polls, Haryana CM Says No Alliance in State with Shiromani Akali Dal

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit is imploding, riven with internal dissensions. The unease is now...

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The Wire Staff

Seven Years After the Reading Down of Article 370, Jammu and Kashmir Remains Unsettled

Listen to this article: On August 5, Jammu & Kashmir observed the seventh anniversary of the reading down of Article 370 and the demotion of the...

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Manoj Joshi

Consumers Will Not Pay UPI Charge, Says Sitharaman as Parliament Passes Amendment Bill

New Delhi: As parliament on Monday (August 10) passed an amendment Bill that would allow the government to levy merchant charges on some Unified...

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The Wire Staff

How Parliament House Outgrew its Imperial Design

Listen to this article: The building that came to house Indian democracy was not designed as the centre of a sovereign nation. New Delhi was planned...

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Sahil Hussain Choudhury

Modi Spoke of Education at a Vivekananda Memorial. He Forgot the Girls' School Demolished to Build It.

Listen to this article: “Friends, Swami Vivekananda believed that educating the youth was the ultimate foundation for nation-building.” Prime...

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Rashmi Koti

'Country Wants to Know if Shah Ordered Shooting,' Says Rahul Gandhi as Nadda Claims ‘No Shots Fired’

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Hours after Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said that the government is ready for a discussion on...

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The Wire Staff

Beti Padhao, Beti Chup Karao: How Women Were Targeted After the Jantar Mantar Protests

Listen to this article: The protest at Jantar Mantar ended on July 25 with the resignation of former education minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The...

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Tuhinsubhra Giri

Protesting Students Reach Jharkhand Assembly After Session Ends, Police Try to Make Them Leave

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Youth protesters in Ranchi, Jharkhand, arrived at the gates of the state assembly on Monday (August 10) evening,...

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The Wire Staff

When Does a Protest Become a Carnival?

Listen to this article: Attending the student protest in central Delhi last month, political scientist Nivedita Menon described it as “jahmooriyat...

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Uttaran Das Gupta

Parliament Logjam: Ahead of Session End, Govt Says Ready to Discuss Students’ Issues

Listen to this article: New Delhi: With just three days to go for the monsoon session to end, Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on...

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The Wire Staff

What Happens to Government Panels Formed to Fix Accountability Once the Headlines Fade?

Listen to this article: In India, setting up a committee has become the government’s most common response to a crisis. Whether it is an accident, an...

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Suchak Patel

Modi-Shah's Good Cop-Bad Cop Routine Isn't Fooling Anyone

Listen to this article: The machinations of those wielding State power is not surprising at all after the nationwide youth protest has given them the...

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M.k. Venu

Former RSS Worker Demands RSS, VHP, Bajrang Dal Be Declared 'Terrorist Organisations'

Listen to this article: Mangaluru: Yashwant Sahdev Shinde, a former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) pracharak (preacher), has written to Karnataka...

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The Wire Staff

The ISI Bill 2026: A 'Solution' in Search of a Problem

Listen to this article: The Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) was founded in 1931 by Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (PCM), the father of...

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Rajat Subhra Hazra

Bangladesh: Indian High Commissioner Meets PM Tarique Rahman, Dhaka Reiterates Request for Hasina Extradition

New Delhi: Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi, who has been in Dhaka for two months now, met Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique...

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The Wire Staff

Who Gets to Feel Shame in a Flooded Assam?

Listen to this article: As Assam goes through harrowing floods and their aftermath, different stories emerge. Stories of journalists breaking down...

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Jyotirmoy Talukdar

Jantar Mantar and Fraternity

Listen to this article: There is nothing quite as spectacular in history as the sight of masses, sans leaders or hierarchical command structures, that...

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Neera Chandhoke

A Tale of Two Education Ministers

Listen to this article: Since Independence, India’s education system has been shaped by tall leaders. At the portal of freedom stands Maulana Abul...

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Syeda Hameed

Who Is the Pappu Now?

Listen to this article: When the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) launched its protest at Jantar Mantar in June, there was no dearth of sceptics. The...

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Palash Krishna Mehrotra

India’s 6th-Generation Fighter Ambitions Are Akin to Adding New Floors to a Weak Foundation

Listen to this article: Chandigarh: India seems to have arrived at the rather remarkable conclusion that the answer to its enduring combat aircraft...

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Rahul Bedi

Why Tarique Rahman Will Probably Go to Delhi

Listen to this article: India has invited Bangladesh’s prime minister Tarique Rahman through the diplomatic side door as the Bay of Bengal...

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Faisal Mahmud

Delhi Police Prepare SOP For Tracking Internet Activity of Users Through IPDR Analysis

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Delhi police have prepared Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Internet Protocol Detail Records (IPDR) and...

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The Wire Staff

24-Year-Old Muslim Man Dies After Alleged Assault by Kanwariyas in UP, Booked For Attempted Murder of Auto Driver

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Azeem, a 24-year-old Muslim man from Moradabad, died at a Delhi hospital on August 4, four days after he was...

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Omar Rashid

How Tribal Culture Is Reduced to a Spectacle at Government Events

Listen to this article: August 9 is celebrated as World Tribal Day. New Delhi: During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Andhra Pradesh,...

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Santoshi Markam