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TESTING TIMES

As the NEET fiasco turns into a political liability, the Union government has asked the CBI to step in. It is also talking about reforming the National Testing Agency

Factory reset

Despite cases of suicide and exorbitant fees, students still prefer Kota. But the numbers are dipping

Grumble in the hills

Alleged purchase of over 600 acres within the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, near the Koyna dam, by the principal GST commissioner of Gujarat raises legal, ethical and environmental concerns

Into the line of fire, and back

Border forces may recruit Agniveers, send them to Army, and take them back

Four fall guys on the water front

R .K. Laxman once drew a cartoon showing the Common Man perched on the roof of a flooded building which bore the signboad 'Drought Relief Centre, and a chaprasi, who had arrived in a country boat, giving him another one to replace it. The new board read: 'Flood Relief Centre!

ENGINEERING MARVEL

IIT Kanpur is taking innovation to new heights and frontiers. Here, medicine meets engineering meets finance....

Damning truths in soft voice

The hounding of Arundhati Roy may well turn out to be one more of those own-goals our rulers are growing to be famous for.

Set up reconciliation commission

IT IS A stalemate at the moment in Manipur.

The dirt on NEET

Uproar over NEET UG results points to systemic issues in the National Testing Agency

No reason for reforms to change; it could even accelerate

SANJIV PURI, THE ITC chairman who was recently elected president of the Confederation of Indian Industry, has a clear blueprint: Ensure that the new 'coalition' government's composition does not derail the economic reforms set in motion by Modi 1.0 and 2.0.

Homegrown luxuries

My grandfather would have turned 99 last month.

Chocolate boy levels up

Chandu Champion ushers in a mature Kartik Aaryan, one who is ready to shoulder the weight of an emotional, meaty narrative

THE FUTURE TAKES ROOT

How India's best colleges are shaping their students to be part of the country's growth objectives

GAME ON

Malwinder Singh Kang, 45, has had many victories under his belt.

FAMILY MATTERS

At 27, Priyanka Jarkiholi became the first tribal woman to become an MP from an unreserved Lok Sabha constituency by winning the Chikkodi seat in Karnataka's Belagavi district.

MESSENGER OF PEACE

The Jama Masjid in Delhi, a Mughal-era structure, is located just a few paces from the Parliament building and has come to be known as the 'Parliament-wali masjid' Maulana Mohibullah Nadvi, the imam of the masjid, has for years been a bridge between the people and the political leaders who would come to the mosque to pray.

THE ART OF POLITICS

Sasikanth Senthil, 45, won with the highest margin from Tamil Nadu, marking another milestone for this former IAS officer.

DANCE OF DEMOCRACY

On the evening of June 4, the video of a young woman-dressed in a sari, her head covered by the pallu—dancing merrily to the beats of the dhol went viral.

AGE NO BAR

During the Lok Sabha campaign in a remote part of Bihar's Samastipur constituency, Shambhavi Choudhary, 25, spoke to an elderly woman, who said that she had never met a candidate or an MP in her life.

STATE OF STATELESSNESS

At the height of the campaign for the Lok Sabha elections, a video of Angomcha Bimol Akoijam belting out a song of the legendary rock band Scorpions went viral.

MISSION POSSIBLE

On December 26, 2017, Shashank Mani was in Kanniyakumari as part of his Jagriti Yatra.

DEVELOPMENT DREAMS

During his Army days, Captain Brijesh Chowta, 42, served in the 8th Gorkha Rifles, the same regiment in which former Army chief Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, too, served.

GUIDED BY THE CONSTITUTION

For Priya Saroj, the smile that her father, Tufani Saroj, flashed at her as she stepped out with her winner's certificate felt sweeter than the electoral victory.

FIRST AMONG EQUALS

The number of new MPs in the Lok Sabha has become a statistic that is regularly measured and evaluated. THE WEEK presents ten first-timers who stand out

FIREFIGHTER TEAM

Modi has given a sense of continuity while choosing his ministers and rewarded those who have performed well

Animal charm

How stories from the Panchatantra, which recently got UNESCO recognition, became timeless tales with universal appeal

Will Modi 3.0 Run Its Full Term?

The Narendra Modi government has a wafer-thin majority. Either of Modi’s partners, the JD(U) with 12 seats or the TDP with 16, can upset the apple cart. That was the condition of V.P. Singh’s government. It lasted 11 months. That too was the condition of Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s first government in 1996. That lasted 13 days. The plug can be pulled at any time.

Two missing from the house

We heard Narendra Modi during the poll campaign say, he had missed an opposition during his 10-year rule, and “it pains my heart”. The agony would have abated now. Janata-Janardan has granted him an opposition.

Stories from the Himalayas

I first heard of Looms of Ladakh when the pandemic hit in 2020. We were looking for artisans and artisanal cooperatives to raise funds for and someone had suggested their name. Fortunately they were well looked after by their founders, but I continued to follow their extraordinary work since then.

The feminist Souza

Janeita Singh's essays will soak you in F.N. Souza's art