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CJP Founder Says Amit Shah 'Would Have Ordered' Police to Shoot at Students; Saw Pellet Guns Fired

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has said Union home minister Amit Shah, whose ministry controls...

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The Wire

The Wire Staff

'Has someone stitched your mouth': Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge questions Amit Shah's absence from House

'Has someone stitched your mouth': Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge questions Amit Shah's absence from House

‘Has someone stitched your mouth’: Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge questions Amit Shah’s absence from House The Leader of Opposition's...

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News9Live

Mani Raj

Court Quashes Non-Bailable Arrest Warrants Against SFI Leader Aishe Ghosh Who Is a Key Participant in Youth Movement

Listen to this article: New Delhi: A court in Delhi has cancelled the non-bailable arrest warrant against Students’ Federation of India (SFI) leader...

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The Wire

The Wire Staff

What goes on inside NEET coaching centres: Why the culture deserves scrutiny as the exam itself

What goes on inside NEET coaching centres: Why the culture deserves scrutiny as the exam itself

What goes on inside NEET coaching centres: Why the culture deserves scrutiny as the exam itself The pressure inside some NEET coaching centres goes...

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News9Live

Dr. Bhaskar Hegde

Outfit Which Conducted Hindu Rituals Outside ASI-Protected Adina Mosque Says Efforts to 'Claim' it Will Intensify

Kolkata: An increasingly confrontational campaign has gathered momentum around the 14th-century Adina Mosque in West Bengal’s Malda district, as...

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The Wire

Aparna Bhattacharya

Opinion | India's Graduate Nightmare: Why The Brightest Youth Are Now The Most Unemployed

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NDTV

Deepanshu Mohan

Shashi Tharoor writes: Why an 850-seat Lok Sabha threatens Indian democracy

Shashi Tharoor writes: Why an 850-seat Lok Sabha threatens Indian democracy
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Indian Express

Shashi Tharoor

Opinion | (Part-1) Priyanka Vadra’s Kamakoti Hit Job: How Congress Brings Anti-Indic Bias To Science

Opinion | (Part-1) Priyanka Vadra’s Kamakoti Hit Job: How Congress Brings Anti-Indic Bias To Science

The Congress does not seem to spare anybody who shows any respect for his or her Hindu faith or the Indic wisdom of this land

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News18

Abhijit Majumder

Odisha double murder: Two get life sentences for killing mother and 7 year old boy

Odisha double murder: Two get life sentences for killing mother and 7 year old boy

Odisha double murder: Two get life sentences for killing mother and 7 year old boy An Odisha court sentenced two relatives to life in prison for...

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News9Live

News9Live Staff

NEET Protesters in Goa Summoned, Asked Questions on Umar Khalid in 240-Point Questionnaire: Report

Listen to this article: New Delhi: At least two protesters from Goa’s Mapusa who were summoned after the NEET paper leak protests on July 24...

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The Wire

The Wire Staff

‘Mockery is not debate’: Academics slam Priyanka Gandhi over ‘gaumutra expert’ remark

‘Mockery is not debate’: Academics slam Priyanka Gandhi over ‘gaumutra expert’ remark

‘Mockery is not debate’: Academics slam Priyanka Gandhi over ‘gaumutra expert’ remark A group of over 200 academics and education leaders has...

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News9Live

News9Live Staff

Opinion | Protests Are A Symptom, Entrepreneurship Is The Cure

Opinion | Protests Are A Symptom, Entrepreneurship Is The Cure

Young India is staking its life on examinations in the hope that they will lead to a career, but the world of work is changing. There is now a need...

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News18

K Yatish Rajawat

SC Quashes 2021 OM That Allowed Retrospective Environmental Clearances, But it Leaves Door Open For Govt to Permit It

Listen to this article: Bengaluru: Calling it unconstitutional and a violation of the Environment (Protection) Act 1986, the Supreme Court on...

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The Wire

Aathira Perinchery

So What Was the Politics of the Student Movement?

Listen to this article: On June 27, one of Delhi’s hottest summer days, the Cockroach Janta Party student agitation at Jantar Mantar seemed to have...

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The Wire

Radhika Bordia

This Kerala Mother's 16-Year Fight for Her Differently-Abled Daughter Became a Lifeline for 200 Other Mothers

This Kerala Mother's 16-Year Fight for Her Differently-Abled Daughter Became a Lifeline for 200 Other Mothers

On 25 March 2010, in a hospital in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram, Sheeja gave birth to her daughter, Sandra. Within hours, doctors delivered a...

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The Better India

Avantika Krishna

Hyundai Neira revealed as rebadged version of Kia Carens Clavis EV

Hyundai Neira revealed as rebadged version of Kia Carens Clavis EV

Hyundai Neira revealed as rebadged version of Kia Carens Clavis EV Hyundai has unveiled the Neira Concept during the GIIAS 2026 in Indonesia as a...

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News9Live

Roheen Ghosh

On antibiotics, problem isn’t just overprescribing

On antibiotics, problem isn’t just overprescribing
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Indian Express

Kamini Walia

The Aadhaar Project Shows Technocratic Fixes Cannot Solve India’s Education Crisis

Listen to this article: Faced with widespread student anger, systemic corruption and repeated paper leaks in national entrance examinations, the...

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The Wire

Pius Fozan

Day 152 of the US-Israel War Against Iran: US Says It Has Struck 'Dozens of Targets' in Iran

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The West Asia crisis triggered by the US and Israel’s war on Iran entered day 152 on Thursday (June 30). The US...

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The Wire

The Wire Staff

Kerala: Case Filed Against Hindutva Ideologue Who Said He Would Shoot Protesters

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Thiruvananthapuram City Cyber Police has registered a case against Hindutva ideologue T.G. Mohandas over his...

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The Wire

The Wire Staff

Opinion | How Everything That Could Go Wrong Has Gone Wrong For The US In Iran

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NDTV

Kanwal Sibal

As India’s youth spoke up, the message from across the border — you inspire us

As India’s youth spoke up, the message from across the border — you inspire us
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Indian Express

Sanjaya Baru

The Korea crash is a warning; India should pay attention

The Korea crash is a warning; India should pay attention

The Korea crash is a warning; India should pay attention Perhaps the biggest lesson from Seoul is not to park all money on a handful of technology...

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News9Live

Kartik Malhotra

A Wild Himalayan Spice Is Helping 200 Families Protect 100 Sq Km of Forest

A Wild Himalayan Spice Is Helping 200 Families Protect 100 Sq Km of Forest

On autumn mornings in Arunachal Pradesh's West Kameng district, families head into the forest carrying woven bamboo baskets. They are not looking...

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The Better India

Sriroopa Dutta

How StockGro Is Building An Intelligence Layer For India’s Next 100 Mn Investors

“Tried everything under the sun… but nothing worked. Good weeks were usually followed by disastrous ones,” wrote marginmemos, an anonymous…

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Inc42

Gargi S

As India’s youth spoke up, the message from across the border — you inspire us

As India’s youth spoke up, the message from across the border — you inspire us
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Indian Express

Sanjaya Baru

In Defence of the Profanity of Protesters

Listen to this article: When the great lord passes the wise peasant bows deeply and silently farts. On July 24, Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as Union...

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The Wire

Anand Teltumbde

Has the Debate on Kashmir and Orientalism Lost Its Way?

Has the Debate on Kashmir and Orientalism Lost Its Way?

Reading Wajahat Qazi’s article on Orientalism in Kashmir Observer led me to a simple but consequential question: Should postcolonial critique become...

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Kashmir Observer

Contributor

Opinion | Democracy For Some, Bullets For Others: The Indian Left From Tiananmen To Jantar Mantar

Opinion | Democracy For Some, Bullets For Others: The Indian Left From Tiananmen To Jantar Mantar

It is this selective moral outrage, one standard for ideological allies and another for everyone else, that lies at the heart of the Indian Left's...

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News18

Prajesh Panikkar

India a 'Significant Actor' in Israel Defence Supply, Three of Nine Companies Exporting Weapons Govt Owned: Amnesty Report

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Amnesty International on July 29 accused India of continuing to supply weapons, ammunition and military components...

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The Wire

Devirupa Mitra

How Does a Man Go From Nearly Ending It All to Becoming the 1st Indian to Run at the North Pole?

How Does a Man Go From Nearly Ending It All to Becoming the 1st Indian to Run at the North Pole?

By 10 on a slightly warm Kolkata morning, the city was already in full flow.  Tea stalls buzzed with regulars, buses groaned through traffic, and...

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The Better India

Raajwrita Dutta

“Mid-Day Opinion: Public spaces aren’t meant for drinking alcohol”

“Mid-Day Opinion: Public spaces aren’t meant for drinking alcohol”

The legislator visited a wine shop in Shimpoli on Tuesday.Read More

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Midday

The Editorial

Pink actress Kirti Kulhari falls victim to cyber fraud, loses Rs 2.43 lakh in credit card scam

Pink actress Kirti Kulhari falls victim to cyber fraud, loses Rs 2.43 lakh in credit card scam

Pink actress Kirti Kulhari falls victim to cyber fraud, loses Rs 2.43 lakh in credit card scam Pink actress Kirti Kulhari has become the latest...

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News9Live

Taru Masand

Retired Army Officer Uses Century-Old Maps To Bring 14 Dry Bengaluru Lakes Back to Life

Retired Army Officer Uses Century-Old Maps To Bring 14 Dry Bengaluru Lakes Back to Life

What happens when rain can no longer find the path it has followed for centuries? In Bengaluru, it floods roads instead of filling lakes. Every...

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The Better India

Sriroopa Dutta

From Ravidas and Begumpura, a philosophy of governance

From Ravidas and Begumpura, a philosophy of governance
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Indian Express

Abhinav Prakash

TN Engineer’s Re 1-a-Day AI Device Helps 30 Lakh Women Detect Pregnancy Risks Early

TN Engineer’s Re 1-a-Day AI Device Helps 30 Lakh Women Detect Pregnancy Risks Early

A small device, A big lifeline For many women in rural India, routine pregnancy check-ups are difficult to access.One simple device is changing...

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The Better India

Nishtha Kawrani

How Rubrik is Rewriting the Rules of Cyber Resilience

Opening a banking app, ordering food, or buying a pair of shoes online may not feel remarkable anymore, but what’s…

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Inc42

Inc42 B

From Ravidas and Begumpura, a philosophy of governance

From Ravidas and Begumpura, a philosophy of governance
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Indian Express

Abhinav Prakash

After the Agitation

After the Agitation

Every political generation is shaped by a defining moment. For some, it is an election that transforms the national mood. For others, it is a war, an...

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The Statesman

Statesman News Service

Crucial distinction

Crucial distinction

Few ideas carry as much emotional resonance in India as national symbols. They evoke sacrifice, unity and the memory of a freedom struggle that...

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The Statesman

Statesman News Service

Power of friendship in a fractured world

Power of friendship in a fractured world

As the world navigates an era increasingly fractured by deep polarization, pervasive misinformation, and rigid social identities, 30 July 2026, serves...

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The Statesman

Statesman News Service

On antibiotics, problem isn’t just overprescribing

On antibiotics, problem isn’t just overprescribing
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Indian Express

Kamini Walia

How India's Youth Movement Looked from Beyond the Radcliffe Line

To have spent any time on the internet over the last few days, especially as an Indian, means you have almost certainly stumbled upon the reels,...

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The Wire

Raj Shekhar

“Mid-Day Opinion: Back to the pavilion in style”

“Mid-Day Opinion: Back to the pavilion in style”

Sir Garfield Sobers and Barbados belonged to each other. So, it was only fitting that the nation which shaped him also gathered to bid a moving...

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Midday

Clayton Murzello

'Amit Shah should resign': Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke

'Amit Shah should resign': Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke

‘Amit Shah should resign’: Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah should...

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News9Live

Mani Raj

Students Protest: 5 Lessons Delhi Police Can Learn From Mumbai Police

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NDTV

Jitendra Dixit

Bihar Police Withdraws FIRs Against NEET Protesters Except Those With ‘Criminal Antecedents'

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Bihar police has begun the process of withdrawing FIRs registered against NEET paper leak protesters across the...

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The Wire

The Wire Staff

India’s AI vendors can build copilots. That’s not enough to fix 50 years of govt data

India’s AI vendors can build copilots. That’s not enough to fix 50 years of govt data

Meity is trying to bring AI into every ministry, with six companies freshly empanelled. But messy data, fragmented procurement, and bureaucratic...

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The Ken

Inderpal Singh

Sustainability now a business imperative

Sustainability now a business imperative

For years, sustainability occupied a familiar place in business. It appeared in annual reports, featured in board presentations, and was often...

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The Statesman

Sharmila Das Sharan

New Punjab fellowship puts mental health at centre of war on drugs

New Punjab fellowship puts mental health at centre of war on drugs

New Punjab fellowship puts mental health at centre of war on drugs Punjab plans to expand its Leadership in Mental Health Programme with 17 new...

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News9Live

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