Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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Time for proof is now, Mr. Gandhi

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Analysis Op-eds Bharatiya Janata Party Bihar Assembly elections Election Commission of India electoral fraud electronic voting machines Maharashtra Assembly elections Model Code of Conduct political capture Prime Minister Narendra Modi public trust Rahul Gandhi voter list inflation

Rahul Gandhi is free to voice himself but on the question of the Election Commission “stealing votes”, as he has been claiming to the press, he needs to offer the proof he claims he has right away. By…

Enfeebling the Indian space programme

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Analysis Science Axiom Space Axiom-4 Bharatiya Janata Party Board of Control for Cricket in India Chandrayaan 2 Covaxin Department of Space Election Commission of India Falcon 9 HUNOR Indian Space Research Organisation K Sivan NASA political capture Prime Minister Narendra Modi S Somanath Shubhanshu Shukla SpaceX V Narayanan VG Somani Vikram lander

There's no denying that there currently prevails a public culture in India that equates criticism, even well-reasoned, with pooh-poohing. It's especially pronounced in certain geographies wher…

The fever dream of 'technological sovereignty'

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Culture Op-eds Science air pollution air purifier Brahmaputra river farm fires genius Gita Chadha Homi Bhabha Indian Space Research Organisation Industrial47 investment fund J. Robert Oppenheimer Leona Woods LinkedIn nuclear weapon Prime Minister Narendra Modi reason of state scientific superpower scope creep smokeless chulha social harm Social welfare solar cooker technological sovereignty technologisation The Hindu Three Gorges dam Walchand Hirachand Yarlung Tsangpo river

I recently came across an initiative called “Industrial47”. Someone had shared a link to it on a group I’m part of, and when its card loaded, the image was of a nuclear weapon going off. I found on L…

Justice delayed but a ton of bricks await

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Analysis Op-eds Science Baba Ramdev contempt of court Coronil COVID-19 pandemic Dr Harsh Vardhan Manmohan Singh Nitin Gadkari Patanjali Ayurved Prime Minister Narendra Modi Supreme Court of India Uttarakhand State Licensing Authority

From 'SC declines Ramdev, Patanjali apology; expresses concern over FMCGs taking gullible consumers ‘up and down the garden path’', The Hindu, April 10, 2024: The Supreme Court has refused to…