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India's $2,400 Per Capita Income is a Statistical Fiction indiadispatch.com/p/india-2400-d…
Text Shot: India contains Switzerlands, South Koreas and Brazils nested within a much poorer nation, their locations, age profiles and hours-worked affordability now mapped in far more detail than any headline GDP figure can offer.
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Gurgaon and its private city-making model crumble. What next? https://questionofcities.org/gurgaon-and-its-private-city-making-model-crumble-what-next/
Text Shot: Promoted as a haven of urbanisation and India’s showcase of private entities building a city, Gurgaon turned out to be a case study of the limitations and shortcomings of this model. Barely two-three decades later, the cracks are showing. Perennial flooding and heat stress, water and sanitation crises, solid waste management, gridlocked traffic, and ecological strain are common. The faltering private city-making model points to an inescapable certainty: There is no alternative to the government’s role or responsibility in building sustainable and inclusive cities.
September 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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The slow destruction of Delhi’s forgotten spine https://scroll.in/article/1085696/the-slow-destruction-of-delhis-forgotten-spine
Text Shot: India cannot build climate resilience while destroying its climate buffers. No amount of air-conditioned metro lines or tree-planting drives will make up for the erasure of hill systems that stabilise weather, filter water and breathe life into our settlements.
September 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Trump’s 50% tariffs against India kick in today, export of textiles, gems and jewellery worst hit https://indianexpress.com/article/business/us-tariff-shock-sectors-india-hit-hard-remain-safe-10212723/
August 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Jinnah and the Idea of Pakistan https://travelsofsamwise.substack.com/p/jinnah-and-the-idea-of-pakistan
Text Shot: We don’t often think of Jinnah as one of united India’s greatest freedom fighters, but if you were to ask anyone in 1920s India who the colony’s most prominent anti-imperialist politicians were, they’d all have said Jinnah.
August 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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An infograph showing the list of top countries by expenditures on space programs in 2024. The US leads with $79.7B, accounting for 0.27% of the GDP. India spent $1.9B, accounting for 0.05% of the GDP.
July 11, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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State of R&D in India: Nature Index 2025 https://indialog.substack.com/p/state-of-r-and-d-in-india-nature
July 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Where Tribal Students In India Are Left Behind https://www.indiaspend.com/data-viz/dataviz-where-tribal-students-are-left-behind-959265
July 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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No room for feet: Just 3km usable footpath for 1,700km key roads in Bengaluru https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/bengalurus-dubious-feat-no-room-for-feet/articleshow/121867494.cms
June 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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India’s IT sector sees soaring CEO-to-median employee pay ratios https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/indias-it-sector-sees-soaring-ceo-to-median-employee-pay-ratios/article69705088.ece
June 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Bengaluru’s tragedy: Piecing together the Chinnaswamy stampede https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/bengalurus-tragedy-piecing-together-the-chinnaswamy-stampede
Text Shot: RCB’s historic IPL win was meant to be a moment of joy for Bengaluru. But poor planning, miscommunication, and a frenzy fuelled by social media turned the celebration into a tragedy—leaving 11 dead, including four teenagers.
June 5, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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From symbol of grief to target of hate: How Himanshi Narwal is being harassed https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/from-symbol-of-grief-to-target-of-hate-how-himanshi-narwal-is-being-harassed
May 6, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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When Rahul Gandhi asks for caste census it’s divisive. When Modi government does, it's a masterstroke https://theprint.in/opinion/sharp-edge/when-rahul-gandhi-asks-for-caste-census-its-divisive-when-govt-does-its-a-masterstroke/2612267/
Text Shot: each time a major story breaks and I look at how the media reacts, I become more and more sympathetic to the view that the Indian media, once the envy of Asia, is becoming an embarrassment, full of loathsome sycophancy and entirely without principle.
May 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Delhi court accepts the Enforcement Directorate’s closure report in the 2010 Commonwealth Games case that accused Suresh Kalmadi and others of corruption https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/court-accepts-eds-closure-report-in-2010-cwg-case-against-suresh-kalmadi-others/article69502708.ece
Text Shot: “No offence has been made out or has been committed despite discreet investigations by the ED. Therefore, there is no reason to continue with the present ECIR, as a consequence, the closure report filed by the ED stands accepted,” the court said.
April 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Professor Madri Kakoti and singer Neha Singh Rathore face sedition charges for posts questioning the Indian government on Pahalgam attack www.thequint.com/news/india/p...
April 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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How India’s withdrawal from Indus Water Treaty could hurt Pakistan https://scroll.in/article/1081724/how-indias-withdrawal-from-indus-water-treaty-can-hurt-pakistan
Text Shot: While India does have the capacity to hurt Pakistan because of its position as an upper riparian state, building large dams in the seismically fragile Western Himalaya region can pose risks to its own people, the experts added.
April 28, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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The Pahalgam abyss https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/pahalgam-terror-attack-jammu-and-kashmir-9963428/
Text Shot: The falcon of peace and secularism is in free fall, and there is no falconer to whose call it can respond. The perpetrators of Pahalgam will be brought to justice. But a sense of foreboding about religious violence in South Asia will remain. The terrorists in Pahalgam have put our collective future more beyond our grasp.
April 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Big budget blow: India’s Jal Shakti Ministry seeks Rs 2.79 lakh crore more for Jal Jeevan Mission, likely to get just half https://indianexpress.com/article/india/jal-shakti-wants-rs-2-79-lakh-crore-more-for-flagship-water-scheme-panel-clears-half-9955602/
Text Shot: The onus to bridge this liability — estimated to be over Rs 1.25 lakh crore over the four years — may fall on states, which may then approach the Union government, said officials closely involved in the discussions.
April 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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How India’s middle-class debt crisis is threatening growth https://on.ft.com/3RE6dCd
April 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Who funds political parties in India? EC data shows which companies are the biggest donors https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/party-funding-in-2023-24-electoral-trusts-infra-pharma-mining-firms-biggest-donors-9943970/
April 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Decode Politics: Karnataka caste survey findings, recommendations, and how it’s likely to play out https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/decode-politics-karnataka-caste-survey-findings-recommendations-9943107/
April 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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In Lahore, a back-to-roots journey and a taste of gracious Pakistani hospitality https://scroll.in/article/1081001/in-lahore-a-back-to-roots-journey-and-a-taste-of-gracious-pakistani-hospitality
Text Shot: ‘If more and more people from India visited Pakistan, I’m sure that their perception of the country and Pakistanis will change for the better.’
April 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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India Second-Most Targeted in Pegasus Spyware List, New Meta Court Documents Reveal https://www.medianama.com/2025/04/223-nso-group-meta-lawsuit-pegasus-whatsapp-india/
Text Shot: Mexico topped the list of countries with the highest number of victims. Attackers used Pegasus to target 456 WhatsApp users in the country, followed by India with 100 victims, Bahrain with 82, Morocco with 69, Pakistan with 58, Indonesia with 54, Israel with 51, and Uzbekistan with 43, as per the ‘Victim Country Count’ list in the document.
April 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Regulatory gaps, ‘lack of audit’, pending dues: School fee control is a mirage in Delhi https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/04/13/regulatory-gaps-lack-of-audit-pending-dues-fee-control-is-a-mirage-in-delhi
Text Shot: Parents report staggering fee increases ranging from 18 percent to 46 percent in just 12 months, with no relief in sight. The situation has grown so desperate that protests have erupted outside major institutions like Indraprastha International School and DPS Dwarka.
April 13, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Caste and Careers: Limited Mobility Over Three Generations https://www.theindiaforum.in/caste/caste-and-careers-limited-mobility-over-three-generations
Text Shot: Does caste still dictate occupation and occupational mobility? A socio-economic survey in Uttar Pradesh reveals that aside from modest Dalit upward mobility, the occupational gap between upper-caste Hindus and other groups remains unchanged or has even widened over three successive generations.
April 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM