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Reliance joins forces with Rolls-Royce to build indigenous Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft engine: What does it mean for India

For India, the biggest benefit of the proposal is the possibility of developing a domestic ecosystem for fighter-engine technology. Aircraft engines are among the most technically demanding components of a modern fighter jet.

15 Aug 2026 2:42 pm
Free online coaching, civil defence, nuclear energy, Saptadhara, and more: Major announcements made by PM Modi during Independence Day speech

Delivering his 13th consecutive Independence Day speech, PM Modi called for a stronger, modern, and vibrant network of Civil Defence.

15 Aug 2026 11:16 am
Economist vs Economist: The British media house opposes UCC and backs Muslim Personal Law in India, while defending secular law in the UK

The Economist vilifies BJP as anti-Muslim for introducing the UCC in Uttarakhand and other states.

14 Aug 2026 11:25 pm
From Shaheen Bagh to Palestine: Who is Zoya Hasan, the JNU professor whose Independence Day lecture was cancelled at a Delhi school

The real question is not why Zoya Hasans Independence Day appearance was cancelled, but why Sardar Patel Vidyalaya invited her in the first place despite her record of opposing the CAA, advocating for the Palestinian cause, and defending a controversial textbook cartoon involving Dr B.R. Ambedkar.

14 Aug 2026 10:00 pm
Meet Cambridge academic Farah Ahmed: Former Hizb-ut-Tahrir member who called Western secular education

As Muslim parents we try to protect our children from the rubbish that western society encourages, Ahmed stated.

14 Aug 2026 7:00 pm
From CyberTip to courtroom: How India tracks CSEAM suspects, identifies victims and where investigations fall short

More than 69 lakh CyberTips had been shared with States and Union Territories by March 2025, yet no consolidated national data shows how many became FIRs, convictions or led investigators to identify and rescue children.

14 Aug 2026 6:57 pm
Radcliffe burnt his papers after Partition: What did the man who drew the India-Pakistan border take to his grave?

The British drew a border in haste, divided a civilisation with a ruler, and left behind a fractured subcontinent, while much of the truth about how the line was drawn went up in flames with Radcliffes papers.

14 Aug 2026 6:20 pm
Drain of wealth 2.0: Return of

An Indian company that writes brilliant software for a foreign platform gets paid well for the work. It almost never owns a slice of what that platform eventually becomes worth. This is the exact distinction Naorojis arithmetic always hinged on, not whether India earns money, but what kind of money it earns, and what kind slips past it entirely.

14 Aug 2026 4:24 pm
The forgotten Northeast of Partition: How Sylhet, Chittagong and the Radcliffe Line changed Assam forever

Partition Horrors Remembrance Day honours the millions uprooted, displaced and scarred by Partition while preserving their stories as a solemn reminder of the human cost of division.

14 Aug 2026 3:25 pm
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy boasts that Muslims are biggest beneficiaries of free electricity: Congress continues to justify appeasement as

Addressing the Minorities Excellence Summit, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy said he is proud that while people used to say that residents of Old City do not pay electricity bills or steal power, Muslim minorities are now the biggest beneficiaries of the Congress governments Gruha Jyothi social welfare scheme under which 200-unit free electricity is provided.

14 Aug 2026 1:03 pm
JPSC scam and the national disease called

The JPSC scam is a textbook illustration of how bureaucratic inefficiency and corruption allow the infestation of multilayered networks of exam mafia and shady private firms wrapped like a parasite around the very machinery that is tasked with selecting the officers and staff for running the government.

14 Aug 2026 12:02 pm
Who are Heather McPherson and Jenny Kwan? The pro-Khalistani Canadian MPs seeking a ban on RSS and Mohan Bhagwat

Their public stances, actions, and key political associations unequivocally suggest that they act in close alignment with pro-Khalistani supporters and regional separatist interests

13 Aug 2026 7:45 pm
The Telephone Exchange expose by S Gurumurthy, Dayanidhi Maran and a battle that continues today, even after a decade

The Maran telephone exchange case became a long-running test of political influence, investigative independence, judicial scrutiny and constitutional accountability.

13 Aug 2026 5:34 pm
Punjab and Haryana High Court stays Pharmacy Officers and State Rural Livelihoods Mission recruitments over irregularities and cheating: AAP, CJP silent

Recently, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed the recruitment of Pharmacy Officers and a selection process under the Punjab State Rural Livelihoods Mission (PSRLM).

13 Aug 2026 4:06 pm
Karnataka Bandh explained: Why pro-Kannada groups are protesting Cauvery water release to Tamil Nadu

Pro-Kannada groups called a 12-hour bandh in Karnataka on 13th August against releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. Police detained several protesters near the border, while essential services, schools, and public transport ensured life remained largely normal in Bengaluru.

13 Aug 2026 2:12 pm
From unused funds to unfulfilled promises: How the 2026 CAG report exposed former Delhi govt led by Arvind Kejriwal

The CAG report highlighted that capital expenditure in Delhi plummeted over the years, being reduced to less than half. The data shows that in 2021-22, 8,311 crore was spent on capital projects in Delhi, but by 2024-25, the amount registered a sharp fall to 3,695 crore.

13 Aug 2026 1:50 pm
Amit Shah planned: CJP cockroach Saurav Das alleges political intimidation by Puducherry Police over home visit, police refute claim

Saurav Das linked Union Home Minister Amit Shahs recent visit to Pudduchery to the polices visit to his family home. He claimed that Shah met Pondicherry Home Minister and Lieutenant Governor and planned the intimidation tactic.

13 Aug 2026 12:01 pm
Drain of wealth from India: Dadabhai Naoroji and the question that sparked the freedom movement

Dadabhai Naoroji wasnt just saying the British took Indias money. He was showing, with the actual records, how an entire monetary system could make a growing, trading economy poorer with every transaction, legally, quietly, and year after year.

13 Aug 2026 9:54 am
Floral showers on Kanwariyas

Floral showers by state officials only signify respect and are cultural symbolism; this gesture is deification of Kanwariyas.

12 Aug 2026 8:33 pm
Is Imran Khan dead? Pakistan journalist

Unverified claims by US-based Pakistani journalist Wajahat Saeed Khan suggest three military sources believe jailed former PM Imran Khan may have died in prison. With family and doctors denied access, the rumour has sparked massive concern, though no official confirmation exists.

12 Aug 2026 8:04 pm
When politics enters the home: How student protests are driving a wedge between Gen Z and their parents

By pushing young individuals to view their parents not as caretakers, but as symbols of oppressive structures or eactionary politics, far-left ideologies break these foundational emotional bonds.

12 Aug 2026 4:13 pm
Congress chooses political theatre over students

Amit Shah challenged Congress to a 24-hour debate on student protests, but Rahul Gandhi rejected the offer, demanding answers over the police action against left activists masquerading as students during July 20 march.

12 Aug 2026 3:39 pm
What is Himachal Pradesh

The Himachal Pradesh government has imposed a 60 paise per litre Widow and Orphan Cess on petrol and diesel to fund welfare schemes. Charged at the first point of sale, the new levy highlights the cash-strapped state's growing reliance on additional public taxes.

12 Aug 2026 3:06 pm
Anti-Hindu propagandist Prakash Raj claims his name was deleted from the electoral roll during SIR; Bengaluru civic body debunks his lies

However, the claim made by Prakash Raj that his name was arbitrarily deleted from the Bengaluru electoral roll during the SIR exercise does not hold up against official verification.

12 Aug 2026 2:39 pm
Alchemy of superalloys and single-crystal blades: How India is mastering the metallurgical hellscape of aero engines

India has cracked one of aerospaces hardest problems producing single-crystal turbine blades that can survive the extreme heat inside a jet engine.

12 Aug 2026 12:31 pm
Private thrust: How Indian start-ups are building aero-engines from scratch

The story of Indian aerospace propulsion is no longer confined to PSUs. Across the country, a quiet revolution is underway as private companies are manufacturing their own jet engines from scratch.

12 Aug 2026 12:22 pm
No Ram Mandir donation scam: External audit confirms Rs 3,300 crore fully accounted for, Oppositions Rs 20,000 crore scam lies fall flat

Amidst the criticism, speculations and politics around the alleged Chanda Chori, an external audit has found that Rs 3,300 crore of the donations made by devotees to Ram Mandir are fully accounted for.

12 Aug 2026 9:52 am
Air India pilot fails second drug test: What happened onboard the Phuket-Delhi flight and what it means

Air Indias Phuket-Delhi turbulence scare has taken a serious turn after the Pilot-in-Command failed a second confirmatory drug test, intensifying regulatory scrutiny and raising fresh questions over flight safety and crew fitness.

11 Aug 2026 8:57 pm
Beyond Kaveri: The tale of India

While everyone talks only about Kaveri engine, Indian defence sector is developing several other jet engines to become Atmanirbhar in jet propulsion.

11 Aug 2026 8:19 pm
Mini truck driver Mohd Azeem dies due to injuries during assault after accident with Mohd Farman

The Wire claimed that a Muslim mini-truck driver Mohammad Azeem (24) died at a hospital due to injuries caused during an attack on 31st July by Kanwariyas in Uttar Pradeshs Hapur.

11 Aug 2026 7:50 pm
How global tech giants are flagging child abuse material and helping to catch criminals

A single abusive file can generate thousands of detections as it circulates online, while platform flags remain only a starting point and cannot by themselves identify victims, offenders or establish criminal responsibility in India independently.

11 Aug 2026 6:52 pm
British national booked in Pune under Maharashtra

According to the police, the accused made claims that illnesses could be cured and rainfall could occur by invoking the name of Jesus.

11 Aug 2026 6:46 pm
94,000 government schools shut? How Congress weaponised NITI Aayog data to hide the real story

In several states, schools with very few students have been merged with larger institutions so that teachers, classrooms, laboratories, libraries, sports facilities and other resources can be used more effectively.

11 Aug 2026 6:04 pm
Shoot us, but we won

Congress MP Rajmohan Unnithan in Kerala said, Even if Narendra Modi threatens to shoot us, Vande Mataram will not be sung in full.

11 Aug 2026 5:51 pm
FIR sought against Jamia Registrar Mahtab Alam Rizvi over

A criminal complaint filed with Delhi Police alleges serious irregularities in Jamia Registrar Mahtab Alam Rizvis appointment, citing discrepancies in his qualifications, experience and recruitment records.

11 Aug 2026 3:24 pm
Melting Arctic ice is opening a window for India, and we need to act soon

A monsoon that sustains more than a billion people is being rewritten, one melting season at a time, in a sea most Indians will never see. That isnt a metaphor. Its a data point. It means Indias Arctic stake isnt mainly about trade or minerals. At its core, its also existential, in a way no allys is.

11 Aug 2026 11:40 am
Dear non-Left, don

The revelations of workplace harassment and abusive culture at Newslaundry expose a deeper crisis in Indian journalism: when principles become ideological weapons, accountability becomes selective.

10 Aug 2026 9:23 pm
AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal casts aspersions on the integrity of Supreme Court Collegium: The dissection of the veiled attack on recent judicial appointments

From supporting the Supreme Court Collegium to now casting aspersions on its integrity, AAP and Arvind Kejriwal have weaved alarmist narratives around the judiciary to lend credence to their conspiracy theory that the Modi government is somehow taking over the judiciary

10 Aug 2026 8:27 pm
Arfa Khanum questions Rahul Gandhi for criticising

Arfa Khanum Sherwanis reaction to Rahul Gandhi exposes the Lefts selective outrage and its willingness to overlook student suffering when political allies are in the dock.

10 Aug 2026 7:55 pm
How to plan your monthly budget that supports loan repayment

Adding small extra payments whenever possible can help you reduce your loan burden faster. However, ensure that prepayments do not affect your emergency savings or essential expenses. A balanced approach allows you to lower interest costs while maintaining financial stability.

10 Aug 2026 4:45 pm
Jharkhand student protest: Leftist cabal that made a hue and cry over alleged use of pellet guns by Delhi Police during CJP protest goes silent over Ranchi Police saying it will use pellet guns in

As the student protest intensifies in Jharkhand, the Ranchi Police has said that it will use pellet guns against student protestors in case of emergency.

10 Aug 2026 2:24 pm
The human cost of India

Paper leak incidents have turned Indias high-stakes examinations into a marketplace where money and connections routinely triumph over years of honest effort.

10 Aug 2026 1:25 pm
For the left ecosystem, rape now

The blurring of foundational categories of a society is a classic trait of the identitarian left, of which the trans ideology is a sub-part. The ideology treats all categorical boundaries such as man-woman, adult-child and even victim-perpetrator as an artificial construct imposed by a repressive society.

10 Aug 2026 10:32 am
As Modi govt cracks down on illegal foreign funding through FCRA Amendment Bill, read about 13 organisations whose licences were cancelled

Over the years, the government has taken action against several organisations after investigations or inspections exposed financial irregularities, misuse of foreign contributions, violation of FCRA rules or activities beyond their declared objectives.

10 Aug 2026 9:45 am
Newslaundry and Abhinandan Sekhri are sick and twisted: For hours after conviction of Tarun Tejpal, their article and tweet shaming his victim was live

The apology by Newslaundry and Abhinandan Sekhri are a scam and a lie - They defended Tarun Tejpal with the article and tweet being live hours after rape conviction

9 Aug 2026 9:21 pm
JNUSU, girlfriend Banojyotsana Lahiri and Harsh Mandar lied in the name of Adivasi Divas to glorify Umar Khalid? Why JNU cancelled the event

The request for the booking submitted to the university omitted to mention that the proposed discussion was about Khalid's book.

9 Aug 2026 8:38 pm
Congress loved rapist Tarun Tejpal: How Kapil Sibal donated 5 lakh to help Tehelka launch its print edition, Sonia Gandhi wanted to shield him

In November 2013, when the sexual assault case against Tejpal was dominating headlines, Sibal told The Sunday Express that he had donated Rs 5 lakh to Tejpal in 2003, when Tehelka was starting its print edition.

9 Aug 2026 8:17 pm
Gujarat HC refuses to grant relief to Christian woman who forced ASHA workers to convert: Here is what the court said

For 3 years, the ASHA workers were asked to stay back after government work and official health-related meetings were over. They were then spoken to about Christianity, encouraged to read the Bible and told that idol worship practised in Hinduism was wrong.

9 Aug 2026 5:51 pm
TheWire peddles, yet again, its interview with foreign-funded scamster bishop Joseph D

Concurring with Thapar, D'Souza claimed that if the Bill is passed, it would enable what he termed as he legalised loot of the Indian Christian community and the global Christian community.

8 Aug 2026 8:51 pm
The art of headline construction: How Indian Express conceded no wrongdoing yet insinuated corruption in RDI Fund

While 'The Indian Express' has been able to prove nothing, it did win the narrative war temporarily. Their clickbait headline convinced amateur political enthusiasts that a scandal exists where it doesn't.

8 Aug 2026 7:02 pm