The allegations have intensified debate over whether international organisations supporting education in politically restricted environments should be expected to maintain a direct physical presence in the countries they serve, or whether funding through regional and international partners can constitute meaningful assistance.

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'Pakistan is stretched across several fronts. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, militant violence continues, while relations with the Afghan Taliban have deteriorated over the presence and activities of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Islamabad once expected the Taliban’s return to power in Kabul to improve its security environment. Instead, it now accuses Kabul of allowing militants to operate from Afghan territory, a charge Kabul rejects, and the dispute has spilled into cross-border military action. In Balochistan, separatist groups keep attacking security personnel and infrastructure, including projects linked to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.'

Sonam Mahajan, strategic affairs commentator and columnist, writes

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What 3 RBI papers reveal about inflation & Indian households—Watch ThePrint #Economix with Bidisha Bhattacharya @Bidishabh

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'Well-designed PhD programmes have clearly defined stages. Generally, the major stages a PhD scholar goes through are completion of required coursework, preparation of the research proposal, presentation of a progress review every semester, submission of the pre-synopsis and final thesis submission. While pursuing doctoral research, scholars may also have opportunities to attend conferences and write research papers, depending on the nature and progress of their work.'

Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, Chairman, Review Committee for NEP 2020, writes

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Since 2019, wild eggs have been rescued, artificially incubated, and hand-reared at Rajasthan’s Sam and Ramdevra conservation centres. Today, 98 birds call the breeding centres their home. Yet, not so long ago, the bustard was everywhere, the undisputed monarch of the grasslands. The Great Indian Bustard’s history is grand, though rocky. Its future is mostly built on the unputdownable optimism of conservation biologists. 

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Opinion: 'There is celebrity charisma, and there is the cadre. Between the two lies a widening disconnect, which is the central weakness of opposition politics in India today.'

Nikhil Sanjay-Rekha Adsule, lawyer and Senior Scholar at IIT-Delhi, writes

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For the Left, which has seen its electoral base shrinking fast even as its student organisations remain active on university campuses, Bora’s rise raises a question: can the agitation help it regain lost political ground?

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'When Nagas are ambushed, our villages are attacked, we have no option but to defend ourselves'- Ng. Lorho, United Naga Council president tells Moushumi Das Gupta

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In the months after the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape, Jagori, a women’s rights organisation, conducted safety audits across Delhi under the Safe Delhi Campaign, flagging poor lighting, absence of “eyes on the street,” inadequate last-mile connectivity and low female presence after dark. These findings fed into the Justice Verma Committee report, which noted “dark areas are more prone to facilitate crimes” and called for better street lighting. In 2014, the Delhi High Court also ordered Delhi Police to map areas with high rates of crime against women, with missing street lights subsequently identified as a safety problem.

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Opinion: 'The IITs are habitually measured against Stanford and MIT, universities whose endowments and annual budgets run into billions of dollars. This comparison functions as a two-way convenience — establishing benchmarks beyond India’s present developmental capacity while simultaneously justifying the failure to meet them. India’s population, resources, social and economic needs, and stage of development are different, and a comparison that ignores this produces either despair or ranking-chasing, never critical insight.' 

Vasu Eda, author and Founding Director of the August 15, 2047 Project, writes

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A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe said in their order Wednesday that fee revisions during a course may be permitted only in exceptional circumstances, such as an unforeseen increase in expenditure. The authorities must determine and notify the fees for the entire course before admissions begin, it added.

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Opinion: 'Yes, mosques can be effective in reaching many people. But assuming that Muslims will simply follow whatever an imam tells them is almost laughable. Even mosques can be divided along caste and community lines. Some Muslims have little connection with mosques or religious leaders at all. 
So why do we continue to imagine Muslims as a single community that can be addressed, influenced or controlled through a handful of religious leaders?'

Amana Begam Ansari, columnist, writes

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'BJP followers are dismissive of Rahul. For them, he’s the ‘pappu’, or an object of derision. Often enough, even senior BJP leaders boast that he’s no threat but their biggest strength. Modi, however, has always held the opposite view. He sees Rahul, and the Gandhis, as the only potential threat'

ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta writes

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Decoding India’s inflation: why Onions and silver are key drivers, and how more storage capacity will ease RBI’s task  . Watch #Economix with ThePrint Consulting Editor (Economics) Bidisha Bhattacharya:

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Similarities & 5 differences between Gujarat students’ agitation in which PM Modi participated and the current one when he is at the receiving end, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh analyses in this episode of #PoliGraph

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Opinion: 'Inadvertently, Sharjeel has recognised something that liberals have been fighting shy of acknowledging: that Hindutva’s idea of India is anchored in the same “overarching nationalist framework”, and that in its conception, Muslims are Indians above all else.'

Ibn Khaldun Bharati, student of Islam, writes

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The great Indian Bustard’s story has been one of retreat. Now 2 captive-bred males are back in the wild. How did a bird that once commanded India’s grasslands end up fighting for survival in desert pockets? Watch ThePrint #PastForward with Manya Gupta

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“This cockroach is climbing on top of their president,” Savej Khan, the woodwork artist making the effigy, explained. “Some people have made effigies which look exactly like cockroaches, but we wanted to do something different. This is their adhyaksh (leader).”

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Street fighter to 2029 challenger? Rahul Gandhi must answer 12 big questions first. Watch this week’s #NationalInterest with ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta

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Opinion: 'The deal has been met with a degree of incredulity in India, especially as Trump spent the better part of 2025 railing against New Delhi’s purchases of Russian oil. The deal will do little to bring down diesel prices across the US as Trump heads into the midterm elections on 3 November, which could potentially end Republican control of Congress. The diesel deal and its aftermath are ThePrint’s Newsmaker of the Week.'

Keshav Padmanabhan writes

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