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Who is PM Modi to forgive students? They were only asking for a fair examination system—Rahul Gandhi

Esha Mishra - August 4, 2026

Speaking at MDMK MP Vaiko's book launch, Congress leader and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi also attacked RSS, accusing it of trying to reshape India's identity.

Supreme Court lawyer withdraws complaint against 15-yr-old for abusing Modi after PM ‘forgives’ her

Mayank Kumar - August 4, 2026

No insurance? Petrol pumps can refuse to refuel your car. SC pitches pilot project to shore up compliance

Bhadra Sinha - August 4, 2026

Karnataka Congress seething after Cabinet rejig. Resignation, resentment and a Shivakumar warning

Sharan Poovanna - August 4, 2026

India’s academic freedom lowest since 1900—worse than during the Emergency

Soumya Pillai - August 4, 2026

India once mocked Manmohan Singh for silence. Now it misses the accountability he stood for

Karanjeet Kaur - August 4, 2026

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A sinister doxxing campaign is targeting women protesters—social media stalkers, vigilante ‘counselors’

Samridhi Tewari - August 4, 2026

Ladakh designers are turning Himalayan heritage into high fashion. Bollywood is now noticing

Manisha Mondal - August 4, 2026

Indian techies returning to Hyderabad from US with expired H1B. Who’s helping them find jobs?

Amrtansh Arora - August 3, 2026

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As Revanth’s ‘criminal waste’ remark sparks storm, Telangana’s unemployed youth issue CJP-style warning

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Meta, IT min officials to meet on 5-6 August. CSAM, deepfakes, verified account safeguards on agenda

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Sheikh Hasina press meet a ‘private’ event, no govt involvement, India doesn’t endorse views—MEA

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IISc Bengaluru starts first aerospace batch for undergrads. Students can design, build, fly

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Opinion

Why India should fear oil prices more than US Federal Reserve rate decisions

Bidisha Bhattacharya - August 4, 2026

Russian discounts and diversified Gulf contracts managed the financial burden for India, but vulnerability remains. The situation calls for strategic policy rather than alarm.

Taxing India’s gaming industry into oblivion won’t cure gaming-related social ills

Karti P Chidambaram - August 4, 2026

India once mocked Manmohan Singh for silence. Now it misses the accountability he stood for

Karanjeet Kaur - August 4, 2026

ANI v OpenAI exposes gaps in India’s copyright law. And raises a key question for courts

Soumya S - August 4, 2026

Why Prashant Kishor’s Bankipur victory in Bihar should ring alarm bells for Modi-Shah’s BJP

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D.K. Singh - August 3, 2026

Longevity industry has a blind spot—older adults with spending power and willingness to engage

Vibhav Mariwala - August 3, 2026

Help! Originality is drowning in a sea of spin-offs. It’s not nostalgia just lazy writing

Harsh Tiwari - August 3, 2026

Features

Rahul Gandhi greets Raghav Chadha. Social media users call it ‘absolute cinema’

Saptak Datta - August 4, 2026

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Politics

Who is PM Modi to forgive students? They were only asking for a fair examination system—Rahul Gandhi

Esha Mishra - August 4, 2026

Speaking at MDMK MP Vaiko's book launch, Congress leader and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi also attacked RSS, accusing it of trying to reshape India's identity.

Karnataka Congress seething after Cabinet rejig. Resignation, resentment and a Shivakumar warning

Sharan Poovanna - August 4, 2026

No ‘sadhu-sant’ involved in Ram Temple donation theft, says Yogi as UP assembly erupts over issue

Prashant Srivastava - August 4, 2026

‘Goons’ or ‘Bam Bhole Gen Z’? Violence videos trigger political slugfest over Kanwariyas in UP

Prashant Srivastava - August 4, 2026

As Revanth’s ‘criminal waste’ remark sparks storm, Telangana’s unemployed youth issue CJP-style warning

Deepika Amirapu - August 4, 2026

Trisha remark row: DMK’s Udhayanidhi Stalin granted bail by Madras High Court

Shweta Tripathi - August 4, 2026

Muslim votes, youth anger, Nitish factor & more: How Prashant Kishor stunned BJP in Bankipur

Neelam Pandey - August 4, 2026

Off The Cuff

Pakistan’s military revamp a ‘remedy’ for ‘deficiencies’ laid bare by Op Sindoor—ex-CDS Gen Chauhan

Debdutta Chakraborty - August 3, 2026

At ThePrint Off The Cuff, the retired general also said that Op Sindoor highlighted need to rethink how future wars would be fought.

Ground Reports

Ladakh designers are turning Himalayan heritage into high fashion. Bollywood is now noticing

Manisha Mondal - August 4, 2026

Indian techies returning to Hyderabad from US with expired H1B. Who’s helping them find jobs?

Amrtansh Arora - August 3, 2026

Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata—women are facing ugly pushback after CJP protests

Saman Husain - August 2, 2026

The pressure cooker life of a 16-year-old Indian student

Vitasta Kaul - August 1, 2026

Economix

Why India should fear oil prices more than US Federal Reserve rate decisions

Bidisha Bhattacharya - August 4, 2026

PageTurner

Intelligence is now a product. You can rent eloquence with a subscription

Jibu Elias - August 4, 2026

Entertainment

Bhumi Pednekar gets called out by former acting teacher for remarks on CJP protest

Harsh Tiwari - August 4, 2026

India

Supreme Court lawyer withdraws complaint against 15-yr-old for abusing Modi after PM ‘forgives’ her

Mayank Kumar - August 4, 2026

‘When the Prime Minister, who was the target of the abuse, has forgiven her, who am I to pursue the complaint,’ Advocate Smriti Singh Chandel told ThePrint.

3 NEET leak suspects want to take lie detector test to uncover ‘truth’. But there’s no legal provision

Mayank Kumar - August 4, 2026

274 fugitives brought back since 2019, 182 Red Corner notices issued this year—Home ministry

Samridhi Tewari - August 4, 2026

226 sanctioned posts, shortfall of 44: Haryana’s IAS shortage set to worsen with 8 retirements

Sushil Manav - August 4, 2026

Meta, IT min officials to meet on 5-6 August. CSAM, deepfakes, verified account safeguards on agenda

Vrinda Tulsian - August 4, 2026

Exclusive: 1st big push under online gaming law—govt tells app stores, OTTs to stop enabling money games

Vrinda Tulsian - August 4, 2026

SubscriberWrites: Dear Modi, All is not lost

Aravind Tirumularaju - August 4, 2026

Defence

Nationalism cannot be the preserve of only armed forces: Former CDS slams defence white labelling

Snehesh Alex Philip - August 4, 2026

White labelling is a term used to describe the practice of supplying foreign-origin systems as indigenous products with little or no value addition.

Economy

Andhra’s salary & pension bills wringing coffers dry, state spends 95% of revenue on employees

Deepika Amirapu - August 4, 2026

Turkey seeks to capitalise on strategic location to attract the rich from London & Dubai

Alexander Sazonov - August 4, 2026

ONGC to set up 1.75-MMT oil storage facility in Mangaluru, half capacity marked for reserves

Udit Bubna - August 4, 2026

RBI cracked whip on 87 urban co-op banks in 2021 for violations. Only 27 remain under regulatory curbs

Udit Bubna - August 3, 2026

Despite PM Modi’s appeal to cut fertiliser use, farmers show no sign of scaling back—Parliament data

Sushil Manav - July 31, 2026

Governance

226 sanctioned posts, shortfall of 44: Haryana’s IAS shortage set to worsen with 8 retirements

Sushil Manav - August 4, 2026

Meta, IT min officials to meet on 5-6 August. CSAM, deepfakes, verified account safeguards on agenda

Vrinda Tulsian - August 4, 2026

Exclusive: 1st big push under online gaming law—govt tells app stores, OTTs to stop enabling money games

Vrinda Tulsian - August 4, 2026

Apology not enough, House panel tells Meta on Modi video removal; discusses foreign links, content control

Vrinda Tulsian - August 3, 2026

Last Laughs

First things first

ThePrint Team - August 4, 2026

Science

Madagascar’s diamond frogs are elusive. But scientists have found seven new species

Although many of these frogs are visually similar, scientists used DNA sequencing, museum specimens, frog calls, and micro CT scans of skeletons to distinguish the species.

Global-Pulse

Twin riddles of Hasina & Bangladesh water pact find way into world media. So does IndiGo’s ‘turbulence’

Pakhi Khare - August 4, 2026

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