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Opinion: 'There is a way of praising science that destroys it, and it has become the dominant way science is praised in the Indian subcontinent. Scripture and the laboratory are held up as two witnesses to one truth, the ancient book vindicated by the modern instrument, and the instrument dignified by its agreement with the book. See, they agree. Our ancestors knew it already. This looks like peace. But it is a mechanism that hollows out both parties, and it does its damage precisely because it wears the costume of their marriage while conducting their funeral.' Pranav Sharma, historian of science, writes Read the full column

“Sometimes it is a paper leak, sometimes seats are being sold, sometimes the system does not conduct the exam smoothly, the rules change, there are mistakes in paper checking,” Shweta Pradhan said, who started preparing for government job exams in 2021. “You name any fault that can happen in a government exam, and it has happened in Jharkhand.” Read the full ground report

Opinion: 'With a new Gen Z-led leadership in Nepal, fears that Tibet-related activities will become more prominent are growing in Beijing, as the former is more independent and less predictable, and may not align with past governments’ tight control over Tibetan activism or with refugees voicing their desire for freedom.' Rishi Gupta, commentator on global strategic affairs, writes Read the full column

'The profit motive is a natural motive and its unsocial aspect is being daily curbed by an evergrowing number of laws designed to disperse the profits among the producers while taxes take away an evergrowing percentage of the same. Nobody objects to humanitarian laws being passed. But to go on expanding the public sector at the expense of the private sector is to go on increasing the cost of production with resultant inflation as well as increasing an army of government servants who may naturally be expected to support the party in power and thus tilt the balance in its favour in all elections. ' Read this 1959 essay by MN Tholal

'My point is the obvious one about pots and kettles and stones and glasshouses. The insults and the abuses are a symptom of something deeper: the coarsening of Indian politics and the rise of a culture where abuse is mistaken for dialogue or criticism.' Vir Sanghvi writes

‘Rahul Gandhi finally has an audience that isn’t laughing at him’, says ThePrint Columnist Karanjeet Kaur https://youtu.be/YKfumZekVX8

'General Douglas MacArthur immortalised the line ‘old soldiers never die, they just fade away’. This week, however, an Indian soldier, among the greatest and most decorated, personified this irony. Just that he did die to hostile fire, and was then allowed to fade away. It should raise some questions.' ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta writes

'Fast-track courts are meant to be the exception. But when they are increasingly applied to categories of cases that have caused public outrage, it shows that something is amiss.' Sanjeev Chopra, former IAS officer, writes

Fortuners, Scorpios, Thars and Mercedes disappear behind the fortress-like gates of Sainik Farm’s mansions. For a second, an open gate offers a glimpse of a manicured lawn or a swimming pool before swinging shut. There are no public parks, no children playing, no residents peeping out of balconies or strolling the bylanes. A hush hangs over the neighbourhood of high walls. Read here

Rahul Sagar’s The Birth of Indian Liberalism brings back Narayan Mahadev 'Mama' Parmanand, forgotten 19th-century thinker who believed individual liberty meant breaking free from caste & community. Here's what he told Stela Dey #ThePrintPageTurner https://youtu.be/bxf3oRKISsE

Why the world still covers Kashmir like it’s pre-2016– Watch video blog by ThePrint Columnist Tehmeena Rizvi https://youtu.be/U7Kon0I2gZI

Opinion: 'The video of surrendered Naxal women walking the ramp cannot be dismissed as just a fashion event. The applause they received was for more than their clothes or confidence. It was, in many ways, an acknowledgement of a much larger journey: from insurgency to surrender, from isolation to integration, and from a life defined by violence to one built around dignity and livelihood.' Krishan Murari writes Read the full column

Pakistan has acquired over 200 modern Chinese SH-15 truck-mounted howitzers. Is this a cause of worry for India? ThePrint Consulting Editor (International & Strategic Affairs) Swasti Rao explains https://youtu.be/eCia9RddH04

The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, signed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, has generated considerable Chinese interest. Sana Hashmi explains how China is viewing the pact Watch ThePrint #EyeOnChina https://youtu.be/iKYG9pJ_-6o

'Three months ago, Indian diplomats and academics successfully secured the return of the Leiden Plates, a crucial record of South India’s medieval connections, uprooted by networks of colonial European power. The Pucangan stone is, in a way, Indonesia’s Leiden Plates. Returning it is not only a moral duty, but a key step toward healing colonial scars in the Indian Ocean.' Anirudh Kanisetti, author and historian, writes Read the full column

New NOTTO portal brings patients, hospitals, state & regional transplant bodies & national regulator on one digital platform. But how exactly will it change organ procurement, allocation? Sneha Richhariya speaks to NOTTO Director Anil Kumar https://youtu.be/YBsete8xkfg

Amid the logjam in Parliament and Opposition’s demand that the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 be withdrawn, the Bill was referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee. Apoorva Mandhani explains: https://youtu.be/pgeYyPo1eZg

'There’s a 3E Gap in the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement. And yet it’s  more than what meets the eye', says ThePrint Consulting Editor (International & Strategic Affairs) Swasti Rao https://youtu.be/BrX8-L99RGE

Opinion: 'Compliance should produce finality. Where foreign contribution was received under a valid certificate and lawfully spent on the approved purpose, the later expiry of that certificate should affect only the organisation’s ability to receive foreign money in future. It should not make title to a completed hospital conditional on remaining inside the FCRA system forever.' Ajay Mallareddy, co-founder of Hyderabad-based Centre for Liberty, writes Read the full column

Opinion: 'The Mecca agreement isn’t the beginning of a new order, but the latest iteration of plans brewed by men like Doolittle in the dying months of the Raj, from imperial hubris and Cold War paranoia. Enmeshed in the war in Korea, and committed to the defence of Western Europe, American generals concluded they needed a Middle East Defence Organisation, or MEDO, to protect against a Soviet attack on oil the West depended on. The Middle East powers America sought to protect, though, did not want to work with it. Flailing, the United States turned to Pakistan—but though it destroyed its relationship with India, it never got the troops it hoped for.' Contributing Editor Praveen Swami writes Read the full column