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“Anti-national”. “Pakistani”. When you take on a powerful institution at 18, the trolls come for you. But @sidhant_sarthak has a system and it’s more clever than you would expect.

🔒 Catch him in conversation with @MnshaP: https://t.co/TpatgBk4CX

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Who pays the real price of paper leaks? And how can the government deal with them?

Babita Tyagi Mam shares a few suggestions.

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PM Modi wants Indians to stop buying gold for a year.

But India’s problem, ultimately, is not our love for gold; it is the need for dollars.

@kaul_vivek explains why the govt. is trying to manage the economy through moral suasion.

https://t.co/eyH0YkKcYj

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For the first time in nearly 11 years, Sister Ruth, the nun who accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal of rape, tells her story about life after the verdict.

🔒 Read her full account in this article by @NidhiSuresh_.

https://t.co/Exn7CctqfA

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In this special episode of NL Hafta, @AbhinandanSekhr, @MnshaP, @ramankirpal, and @anandvardhan26 catch up on all the letters that we’ve received from subscribers.

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COMING SOON!

@theliverdoc has built one of India’s most fearless voices in scientific medicine.

Catch him in conversation with @AbhinandanSekhr where pulls no punches.

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The BJP has called George Soros an “economic war criminal” and a threat to India.

But years before this campaign, Hardeep Singh Puri's daughter co-founded a hedge fund that was selected to manage $200 million for him.

@SavyasachiAstha reports.

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https://t.co/vhT58GpJlr

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For decades, the Maoist insurgency was called India’s gravest internal security threat. At its peak, it touched nearly 180 districts. By 2024, it was down to 38.

But its last stronghold Dandakaranya, held on.

Shubhranshu Choudhary on how it came apart.

https://t.co/FZRilcfKMu

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🚨 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

@sidhant_sarthak, the 18 year-old who shook CBSE, speaks with @MnshaP about his early life, building civic tech tools to fix potholes, and stumbling onto one of India’s biggest education scandals.

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The Oriental Pied Hornbill, a bird usually found in the lower Himalayas, is displaying an unusual behaviour: feeding the chicks of another. The puzzling sight has left bird lovers and researchers searching for answers.

@hridayeshjoshi reports.

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The Shamli ‘forced conversion’ story rests on the claim that Ayush Malik was manipulated into embracing Islam. There is just one problem: Ayush Malik himself says no one forced him.

https://t.co/vDieoDQzF3

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Peddi attempts to emulate the anti-caste and politically conscious strand of Tamil cinema.

But while it borrows the aesthetics, themes, and plot structures of these films, it fails to grasp the politics that animate them.

✍️ Balakrishna Ganeshan

https://t.co/6rccc4J4br

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From teacher shortages and missing textbooks to weak foundational learning and chronic absenteeism, the CBSE three-language policy risks placing the heaviest burden on the very children already being left behind.

G Abhishek reports.

https://t.co/UcwlnKu6Dq

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What happened at the INDIA bloc meeting in Delhi?

Allies conveyed their unhappiness over DMK no longer being part of the bloc, and insisted that the Congress should act like a glue and not be competitive.

@dhanyarajendran & @PoojaPrasanna4 report.

https://t.co/L01DFfA2E5

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What explains the political turmoil in the TMC? Is India headed towards a one-party rule?

@neerjachowdhury dissects the state of the Opposition in India.

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What happens when a satirical political party created as a joke starts getting taken more seriously than the real ones?

In this in-depth interview @MnshaP speaks to @abhijeet_dipke, founder of CJP on why Indian youth are angry.

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Marion Biotech, the Indian company linked to the deaths of 68 children in Uzbekistan, allegedly operated through a network of shell companies, forged documents, and bribes. Its owners were never brought to book.

@tweets_prateekg investigates.

https://t.co/RTpc3pc612

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A journalist from Bathinda, Rattandeep Singh Dhaliwal, has approached the Punjab and Haryana HC after several police complaints were filed against him by AAP MLAs.

https://t.co/evXw7GWrsO

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Ayurveda is said to be “natural”. But is it always safe? What lies behind India’s global Ayurveda push?

From clinical trials to heavy metals, from ad claims to regulation, @Basantrajsonu investigates it all.

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