UP-Bihar’s vulgarisation of family entertainment has trapped women & girls in bawdy dance shows

ThePrint’s visual story uncovers a sweeping cultural phenomenon in UP, Bihar—men booking women for bawdy dances at weddings, births, funerals, and festivals. Smartphones, pornography, and reels have supercharged the vulgarisation of family entertainment. What’s particularly frightening is that underage girls and pre-teen boys are trapped in this social distortion.

The TEDBF project is vital for Navy and India. We can’t afford a repeat of Tejas

The TEDBF, Indian Naval Fighter, project is vital for Navy and India. A repeat of the much delayed, poorly executed and now-scrapped Tejas Navy cannot be allowed. The government must enforce strict deadlines and accountability for DRDO, HAL, and Navy to ensure timely execution and success of this critical project.

RBI MPC leaving rates unchanged is baffling. Single-minded inflation focus is becoming damaging

RBI MPC leaving rates unchanged reveals a baffling inconsistency with its own predictions. It highlighted inflation as a larger concern than growth, yet predicted food prices will ease from January. It simultaneously slashed growth estimates for Q3, Q4 and the full year. This single-minded inflation focus is fast becoming damaging.