Reading Comprehension from The Hindu: (The Aircraft Accident) : The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s preliminary report on the Air India Boeing 787 air crash in Ahmedabad, on June 12, 2025, was released last week, on July 12. The report remains inconclusive, with critical uncertainties on whether pilot action was inadvertent or deliberate. I would argue … Read more
Reading Comprehension From The Hindu: What does it mean to live in a democracy if your name no longer appears on the electoral roll? In Bihar today, this question has attained chilling salience. Lakhs of citizens face an imminent threat of disenfranchisement solely because they may be unable to meet the onerous, shifting, and arbitrary … Read more
17 May Editorial translation Catch up with game of drones : ECONOMIC TIMES Paragraph 1 In the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, India’s calibrated retaliatory strikes deep into Pakistani territory have reset parameters of conflict engagement between New Delhi and Islamabad. By deploying standoff weapons from within its airspace and leveraging unmanned aerial vehicles … Read more
Today editorial 24 APRIL 2025 translation feature Pahalgam Attack—A Wake-Up Call RESPPONDING THE TERROR ATTACK IN PAHALGAM : SOURCE (THE HINDU) Editroial Paragraph 1:The recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, isn’t just another tragic headline, it’s a sharp reminder of the region’s ongoing security challenges. The timing of the attack, right as the … Read more
Digital child abuse, the danger of AI-based exploitation (THE HINDU) R ecently, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology of the British Government, along with the AI Safety Institute (now called the AI Security Institute), released the first-ever International AI Safety Report 2025 (updated February 18, 2025). It flags the imminent risk of the generation, … Read more
Waqf Bill to Be Tabled in Lok Sabha Today, Set for 8-hour Discussion : (ECONOMIC TIMES) New Delhi (editorial) : The Waqf (Amendment) Bill will be tabled in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, shortly after the Question Hour, followed by an extensive eight-hour debate. Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju confirmed the schedule on Tuesday, … Read more
INDIA bloc as a beginning of democratic renewal (THE HINDU ) The battle to secure India’s democracy and safeguard its constitutional values cannot be won through politics as usual. The ruling party thrives on centralisation and subversion of institutions, narratives, and decision-making. The Opposition must embrace the opposite: decentralisation, open dialogue, respect for norms, and … Read more
THE HINDU : The introduction of the high-profile National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, has hidden the reality of a government that is profoundly indifferent to the education of India’s children and youth. The Union Government’s track record over the last decade has convincingly demonstrated that in education, it is concerned only with the successful implementation … Read more
Auto Inc Fastens its Seatbelts,No Homecoming Braces for Trump Tariff Impact (ECONOMIC TIMES) THREAT OF FRESH 25% LEVY SERVES AS SPEED BREAKER New Delhi: Tata Motors’ Jaguar Land Rover unit and component makers such as Bharat Forge, Samva- rdhana Motherson, Sona BLW and Ramkrishna Forgings are among those that could be hit by the 25% … Read more
The ‘Great Abandonment’ of Afghanistan ( THE HINDU ) editorial The showdown in the Oval office between United States President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last month and the subsequent developments were watched everywhere, but they have echoed the loudest for Afghans around the world, many of whom live in exile. The comparisons … Read more