The NPR, which was initially proposed to be conducted alongside the first phase of the Census, was put on the back burner following stiff opposition from left-liberal groups and Muslim organisations across the country.
Chidambaram’s admission comes as no surprise because back in 2010, when he was the Union Home Minister, he offered to hold talks with armed Naxals without requiring them to lay down arms.
The TRT World documentary attacking India shows ‘cow-vigilantes’ as violent groups with the backing of BJP governments, out on the streets only to harass and kill Muslims, even as Gau Rakshaks catch and report cow smugglers or slaughterers regardless of their religious identity.
For India, the biggest benefit of the proposal is the possibility of developing a domestic ecosystem for fighter-engine technology. Aircraft engines are among the most technically demanding components of a modern fighter jet.
While drawing a comparison with the ancient reference to ‘Sapta Sindhu’, or the seven rivers, Modi said India now needs a new set of streams of strength to take the country forward.
The real question is not why Zoya Hasan’s Independence Day appearance was cancelled, but why Sardar Patel Vidyalaya invited her in the first place despite her record of opposing the CAA, advocating for the Palestinian cause, and defending a controversial textbook cartoon involving Dr B.R. Ambedkar.
More than 69 lakh CyberTips had been shared with States and Union Territories by March 2025, yet no consolidated national data shows how many became FIRs, convictions or led investigators to identify and rescue children.
The British drew a border in haste, divided a civilisation with a ruler, and left behind a fractured subcontinent, while much of the truth about how the line was drawn went up in flames with Radcliffe’s papers.
An Indian company that writes brilliant software for a foreign platform gets paid well for the work. It almost never owns a slice of what that platform eventually becomes worth. This is the exact distinction Naoroji’s arithmetic always hinged on, not whether India earns money, but what kind of money it earns, and what kind slips past it entirely.