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While mainstream media cheered the GDP projections, it largely overlooked gaps in sanitation, low per capita income, and India's grim standing on the Happiness Index.
Gobindh VB provides an analysis analysis of India’s key economic indicators from 2010 to 2023 – such as nominal GDP, GDP per capita, and purchasing power parity – in comparison with major economies.
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Once close political allies, US President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk have turned on each other in a spectacular public feud.
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Modi government’s announcement to finally proceed with the Census has drawn a flurry of editorial commentary.
The Census will be conducted in two phases over 2026 and 2027.
Read how newspapers covered this.
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A “sleeping beast” is stirring in Arunachal Pradesh.
Christians fear a 1978 law, long dormant may now be used to “suppress the growth” of their community.
Angana Chakrabarti & GPJ India report on the revival of a 1978 law and a community’s fear of erasure
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While the Indian mainstream media remained obsessed about #OperationSindoor and reported uncritically, a quiet, more insidious episode unfolded.
40 Rohingya were literally pushed off a naval boat into the sea near the coast of Myanmar.
✍️ Kalpana Sharma
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In December, we launched a collaborative campaign to tackle the crisis of air pollution.
Why?
Because we believe you and your children do not deserve to breathe in poison.
This World Environment Day, come join the #FightToBreathe: rzp.io/rzp/T4Ob0FCb
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RCB’s historic IPL win was meant to be a moment of joy for Bengaluru. But the victory march turned into a day of horror.
Anisha Sheth, Shivani Kava, Nandini Chandrashekar, and Samrah Attar pieced together the sequence of events leading to the stampede.
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📢NL x TNM subscriber meet-up in Chennai!
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At least 10 people who had come to view the Royal Challengers Bengaluru tragically lost their lives on Wednesday, June 4 in a stampede-like situation.
The News Minute reports.
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59 politicians. 32 countries. A high-profile tour funded by crores in taxpayers’ money.
Two weeks in, the so-called diplomatic masterstroke found little to no mention in the international press.
Ananya Tandon reports
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