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One of the defining aspects of a boarding school education is the lifelong affiliation of that individual with their old school. It is common to see 80-year-olds go back for the school founder’s day or annual prize-giving every year to renew their bonds with old friends—who always remain their most constant ones—and to revel in the feeling of being physically back in their cherished alma mater.
A growing alumni movement says the institution faces its gravest crisis in decades. Narayan Moorthy writes.
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A Division Bench comprising Justice Siddharth and Justice Vinai Kumar Dwivedi expressed shock at the state of affairs in the Commissionerate, noting that the powers granted to senior police authorities, which allow them to act as Magistrates, are being exercised arbitrarily. "This is shocking state of affairs in the Commissionerate, Prayagraj. The Commissioner of Police has been given the powers of a Magistrate, which are being misused to the hilt," the Bench observed.
By making a cop personally liable, the Allahabad High Court has put a price on illegal detention. @legallyuddin writes.
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Since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the state Assembly elections in 2023, Shah has repeatedly visited Chhattisgarh to hold anti-Naxal strategy meetings. In those visits before 31 March 2026, he also often declared that he will bring an end to Naxalism in the country before that date.
The end to Naxalism should not imply an end to demanding accountability for the deaths of innocent people in Bastar. Neeraj N writes.
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"Whatever you might think of them, to have that kind of conviction – to leave the US and the possibility of a nice American dream there and come back – is not easy. I think, if nothing else, I have to admire the conviction and I have to admire the chutzpah," says Anish Gawande.

A youth leader, India's only openly gay politician, and the national spokesperson of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), @anishgawande is the only politician from any of India's mainstream political parties to be attending the protests of the Cockroach Janta Party.

Amid scores of unanswered questions about the CJP, a lack of clarity on several major concerns, and, frankly, some controversial statements by its spokespersons of late, Gawande remains optimistic about the movement led by Abhijeet Dipke.
But that does not mean he doesn't want it to be questioned.

Gawande's optimism also comes amid fresh political turmoil in Maharashtra, his home state, which has witnessed yet another split – this time in the Shiv Sena (UBT), after six of its nine Lok Sabha MPs defected to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.

"Governance has come to a standstill. Why? Because unfortunately our government is more busy horse-trading than governing," Gawande alleges.

On this episode of Badi Badi Baatein with @hey_eshwar, Gawande speaks about Maharashtra's cycle of defections, the rise of the Cockroach Janta Party, the NEET protests, youth anger, and why India's next political movement may come from young people.

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Several news reports emanating from West Bengal—soon after change in the government in the state—appear to indicate that the process of construction of the fence along the border with Bangladesh is being expedited. The reports also appear to imply that the progress in fencing was being impeded because land for the fence was not being provided by the previous regime of West Bengal.
The allegation of non-provision of land for fence by the previous government doesn’t stand scrutiny, writes SK Sood.
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India's Rs 58,000 crore coaching industry still lacks a dedicated safety law—and students are paying the price.
An industry this size must necessarily be regulated by a specialised law. However, not only does India lack a specialised law to regulate coaching centres, the coaching industry continues to be forcefully regulated under the Shops and Establishments Act. @lawyer_vedant writes.
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In his new role, Shah now has a global playfield, which matches his intricate philosophy-meets-technology mind with WhatsApp’s global tentacles.
As Ambanis, Adanis lurk behind digital age giants in a new AI era, will homegrown startups & PSU banks get squeezed? @madversity writes.
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Each time an AI company releases a new enterprise model, it reduces the value of Indian IT firms. To understand why, we need to rewind four decades to the time when white-collar jobs mushroomed in the West. @Aunindyo2023 writes.
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India's Rs 58,000 crore coaching industry still lacks a dedicated safety law—and students are paying the price.
Safety in India’s coaching industry can only be ensured through a specific law regulating coaching centres. @lawyer_vedant writes.
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While Bengaluru builds the infrastructure of carbon markets, farmers on the ground remain largely excluded from its benefits. Suhail Bhat & Gangadharan B report.
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Hindutva echo chambers on social media and television studios resound shrilly with claims that Indian Muslims wage a range of sinister jihads against their compatriots of other faiths, writes @harsh_mander.
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The multilateral climate talks at Bonn, Germany, which intercede the annual Conferences of the Parties (COPs), concluded last week with a familiar mix of negotiated compromises, lingering disagreements, and incremental progress across several agenda items.
Isha Sharma and Aman Srivastava explain the outcomes and what it means for the upcoming COP31 summit and climate multilateralism. 
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What's the secret behind Barbet and Pals' endless popularity? Nayantara Singh decodes over the course of several afternoon cocktails.

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The government did not say anything about the food items. However, ISKCON is a purely vegetarian organisation. ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson Radharaman Das confirmed to The Quint that they would be serving vegetarian meals. He insisted that the nutritional value of eggs are adequately supplemented by veg items in their meals.
The controversy over BJP's veg mid-day meals is less of a question of religion than nutrition and culinary practice. @snigspeak writes.
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Will that bite off big revenue chunks from India’s slothful public sector banks even as Meta brings the UPI magic and India’s digital public infrastructure moves to the rest of the planet? @madversity writes.
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But the socialist-minded Nehru, an early admirer of the Russian Revolution, was certainly not an uncritical devotee of the US, which in many ways failed to live up to the Declaration’s principles.
Nehru was not alone in recognising this contradiction. While BR Ambedkar drew on American constitutionalism while drafting independent India’s constitution, he warned that political democracy would be hollow without social democracy—an implicit critique of America’s failures. @ShashiTharoor writes.
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