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Supreme Court Chalks Out A Health Plan For Elephants

Supreme Court Chalks Out A Health Plan For Elephants

The Supreme Court has directed the Union government and states to establish specialised clinics for captive elephants and set minimum standards for...

yesterday 10

Free Press Journal

Editorial

The Strait Of Absurdity And Gulf Of Delusion

The Strait Of Absurdity And Gulf Of Delusion

Donald Trump’s reported depiction of the Strait of Hormuz as “new US territory” has drawn criticism over territorial overreach and escalating...

yesterday 10

Free Press Journal

Editorial

The BJP’s New Team Comprises Old Warlords

The BJP’s New Team Comprises Old Warlords

The BJP’s first organisational reshuffle since Nitin Nabin became party president brings 51 new faces among 65 office-bearers while retaining...

previous day 20

Free Press Journal

Editorial

Student Protests: All Questions, No Answers

Student Protests: All Questions, No Answers

Jharkhand’s cancellation of exams conducted by TDPL may end the 24-day protest over the JSSC-CGL paper leak, but it highlights India’s wider...

previous day 10

Free Press Journal

Editorial

Attack on Sukhbir Badal is disturbing, deepens unease in Punjab

Attack on Sukhbir Badal is disturbing, deepens unease in Punjab

It is striking that a state confronted by a host of pressing challenges, be it drugs, gangsters, a faltering agricultural economy and the continuing...

previous day 10

Indian Express

Editorial

60 days later, a US-Iran stalemate, a disturbing new normal

60 days later, a US-Iran stalemate, a disturbing new normal

It remains to be seen who will blink first, whether either side can gain decisive leverage to negotiate a settlement, or the deadlock becomes the new...

previous day 9

Indian Express

Editorial

When Delhi University chooses to shrink Delhi’s past

When Delhi University chooses to shrink Delhi’s past

The Delhi Sultanate paper opened a window to the political formations of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its omission renders connections to a rich and...

previous day 10

Indian Express

Editorial

60 days later, a US-Iran stalemate, a disturbing new normal

60 days later, a US-Iran stalemate, a disturbing new normal

It remains to be seen who will blink first, whether either side can gain decisive leverage to negotiate a settlement, or the deadlock becomes the new...

previous day 10

Indian Express

Editorial

When Delhi University chooses to shrink Delhi’s past

When Delhi University chooses to shrink Delhi’s past

The Delhi Sultanate paper opened a window to the political formations of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its omission renders connections to a rich and...

previous day 10

Indian Express

Editorial

In the margins of old books, what AI cannot replace

In the margins of old books, what AI cannot replace

The second-hand book industry was democratising knowledge long before AI. But to browse through books once prized by others and to find among them a...

previous day 20

Indian Express

Editorial

Dimagi Naxal: A New Phrase Coined By The PM For The Educated

Dimagi Naxal: A New Phrase Coined By The PM For The Educated

An opinion piece criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s use of the term “Dimagi Naxal” during his Independence Day address, arguing that such...

monday 20

Free Press Journal

Editorial

Bar Council Of India Chairman Must Hand In His Resignation

Bar Council Of India Chairman Must Hand In His Resignation

A commentary criticised BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra after he threatened action against NALSAR law graduates following their refusal to allow the...

monday 10

Free Press Journal

Editorial

Bar Council breaks the law to crawl, its chief must go

Bar Council breaks the law to crawl, its chief must go

The CJI’s rebuke isn’t enough. BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra has embarrassed himself and undermined the institution he leads

monday 20

Indian Express

Editorial

Attack on Sukhbir Badal is disturbing, deepens unease in Punjab

Attack on Sukhbir Badal is disturbing, deepens unease in Punjab

It is striking that a state confronted by a host of pressing challenges, be it drugs, gangsters, a faltering agricultural economy and the continuing...

monday 20

Indian Express

Editorial

Removing Roadblocks To Safety On Maharashtra Highways

Removing Roadblocks To Safety On Maharashtra Highways

Maharashtra has directed local bodies to remove highway encroachments within two months following Supreme Court directions on road safety. Dhabas,...

16.08.2026 20

Free Press Journal

Editorial

Monsoon Session Of Parliament Fails To Serve The People

Monsoon Session Of Parliament Fails To Serve The People

The editorial concludes that Parliament’s session failed by combining legislative haste with political disruption. It argues that Bills require...

16.08.2026 10

Free Press Journal

Editorial

Bar Council breaks the law to crawl, its chief must go

Bar Council breaks the law to crawl, its chief must go

The CJI’s rebuke isn’t enough. BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra has embarrassed himself and undermined the institution he leads

15.08.2026 20

Indian Express

Editorial

Kerch Strait warning, a call for vigilance

Kerch Strait warning, a call for vigilance

Amid the Russia-Ukraine war, the paralysis of export trade, with most shipowners suspending port calls and hesitant to make voyages amid skyrocketing...

15.08.2026 20

Indian Express

Editorial

Sumit Sarkar, the historian who looked from the margins

Sumit Sarkar, the historian who looked from the margins

From his first major work, The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal, he demonstrated how ordinary people could be simultaneously hierarchical and democratic,...

15.08.2026 20

Indian Express

Editorial

How independent does my state want me to be?

How independent does my state want me to be?

We often imagine that today’s generation has limitless opportunities. Yet many young people are trapped inside dreams they never chose for themselves

15.08.2026 20

Indian Express

Editorial

Bar Council breaks the law to crawl, its chief must go

Bar Council breaks the law to crawl, its chief must go

The CJI’s rebuke isn’t enough. BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra has embarrassed himself and undermined the institution he leads

15.08.2026 20

Indian Express

Editorial

Kerch Strait warning, a call for vigilance

Kerch Strait warning, a call for vigilance

Amid the Russia-Ukraine war, the paralysis of export trade, with most shipowners suspending port calls and hesitant to make voyages amid skyrocketing...

15.08.2026 30

Indian Express

Editorial

Sumit Sarkar, the historian who looked from the margins

Sumit Sarkar, the historian who looked from the margins

From his first major work, The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal, he demonstrated how ordinary people could be simultaneously hierarchical and democratic,...

15.08.2026 20

Indian Express

Editorial

Kill the Censorship

Listen to this article: In the aftermath of the nationwide protest by the youth, especially after July 20, the Modi government has become ever more...

14.08.2026 20

The Wire

Editorial

The Tata Group: What Ratan Tata Left Unwritten

The Tata Group: What Ratan Tata Left Unwritten

N Chandrasekaran’s decision not to seek a third term at Tata Sons reflects deeper governance challenges that emerged after Ratan Tata’s death. It...

13.08.2026 20

Free Press Journal

Editorial

The Justice Verma Case: Office No Shield For The Corrupt

The Justice Verma Case: Office No Shield For The Corrupt

The inquiry committee found all three charges against former Delhi High Court judge Yashwant Varma proved, including possession of unexplained cash,...

13.08.2026 20

Free Press Journal

Editorial

The next step to the Moon and an invite for India

The next step to the Moon and an invite for India

The cooperation on the Moon Base programme should help ISRO to achieve its own goals faster and more efficiently, and not abandon or delay them in the...

13.08.2026 10

Indian Express

Editorial

A Tribute To MP Parameswaran, A Life Ahead Of Its Time

A Tribute To MP Parameswaran, A Life Ahead Of Its Time

MP Parameswaran, who died in Thrissur at 92, is remembered as a pioneering popular science activist, author, and public intellectual. The piece...

12.08.2026 20

Free Press Journal

Editorial

Maharashtra Medical Crisis: A Rare Case Of Doctor Vs Doctor

Maharashtra Medical Crisis: A Rare Case Of Doctor Vs Doctor

Maharashtra’s registration of the first homoeopathic practitioner with the allopathic Maharashtra Medical Council has intensified the long-running...

12.08.2026 20

Free Press Journal

Editorial

Don’t Treat Students As Political Pawns

Don’t Treat Students As Political Pawns

An editorial argues that student protests in Ranchi over alleged JPSC and recruitment exam irregularities deserve investigation, just like earlier...

11.08.2026 20

Free Press Journal

Editorial

Assam Floods: A Season Of Sorrow For The State

The article states that severe floods in Assam exposed challenges linked to climate change, river management and environmental governance. It...

11.08.2026 20

Free Press Journal

Editorial

Strait-Jacket In The Strait Of Hormuz

Strait-Jacket In The Strait Of Hormuz

The US is facing limited options as Iran continues restricting movement through the Strait of Hormuz for over six months. Iranian Foreign Minister...

10.08.2026 20

Free Press Journal

Editorial

Air India Is Turning The Clock Back, Not Turning It Around

An opinion article questions Air India’s post-privatisation revival strategy after Tata Sons extended its turnaround timeline and appointed Tewolde...

10.08.2026 20

Free Press Journal

Editorial

India’s Road To Progress Is Crumbling

India’s Road To Progress Is Crumbling

Parts of the ₹4,200-crore Kanpur-Lucknow Expressway developed cracks, erosion and surface slippage within three weeks of opening, an editorial...

09.08.2026 30

Free Press Journal

Editorial

Colourful Festivals Can Also Be Eco-Friendly

Colourful Festivals Can Also Be Eco-Friendly

PM Narendra Modi recently advocated eco-friendly Ganesh idols in Mann Ki Baat amid concerns over pollution from Plaster of Paris idols and toxic...

09.08.2026 20

Free Press Journal

Editorial

Dear CEOs, Gen Z is watching — your silence has a price

Dear CEOs, Gen Z is watching — your silence has a price

Gen Z’s demands for fair economic opportunity and better governance are demands for the conditions that make growth possible. They are, in a sense,...

08.08.2026 30

Indian Express

Editorial

Fix the boardroom, the rest will follow

Fix the boardroom, the rest will follow

The solution is not more pages; it is fewer, sharper ones — a risk heat map instead of a risk register, a handful of leading indicators instead of a...

08.08.2026 30

Indian Express

Editorial

Mohan Bhagwat’s Wisdom Comes Belatedly, After The Damage Was Done

Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks supporting students’ right to peaceful protest came after police action had already taken place against demonstrators...

07.08.2026 20

Free Press Journal

Editorial

It Is High Time The Government Honoured Its Promise Of Statehood To Jammu & Kashmir

Seven years after the abrogation of Article 370, the piece calls on the Centre to honour its repeated assurances to restore full statehood to Jammu...

07.08.2026 20

Free Press Journal

Editorial

Behind Tejpal verdict, survivor’s long journey

The Bombay High Court judgment convicting Tejpal and sentencing him to 10 years of imprisonment is significant for what it says about the slow,...

07.08.2026 30

Indian Express

Editorial

Love me like AI does

As artificial companionship grows more persuasive, the real contest may not be between humans and machines, but relationships that demand...

06.08.2026 20

Indian Express

Editorial

RBI needs to keep a steady hand amid uncertainty

There is considerable uncertainty over the monsoon and El Nino. This could have implications for both kharif as well as rabi crops. Oil prices also...

06.08.2026 20

Indian Express

Editorial

Supreme Court safeguards for live-in partners are much-needed and long-overdue

Violence in intimate relationships remains one of India's most pervasive yet under-reported crimes. NFHS-6 found that over 22 per cent of ever-married...

06.08.2026 20

Indian Express

Editorial

Remo Fernandes leaves the stage larger than he found it

As he bid farewell to the stage due to health reasons, it was a reminder of his timeless catalogue that brought much delight to generations of...

06.08.2026 10

Indian Express

Editorial

Reserve Bank Of India’s Repo Rate Seems To Be A Substitution

The RBI's decision to keep the repo rate at 5.25% relies on attracting dollar inflows instead of raising interest rates to support the rupee. The...

06.08.2026 20

Free Press Journal

Editorial

Love me like AI does

As artificial companionship grows more persuasive, the real contest may not be between humans and machines, but relationships that demand...

06.08.2026 20

Indian Express

Editorial

RBI needs to keep a steady hand amid uncertainty

There is considerable uncertainty over the monsoon and El Nino. This could have implications for both kharif as well as rabi crops. Oil prices also...

06.08.2026 20

Indian Express

Editorial

Supreme Court safeguards for live-in partners are much-needed and long-overdue

Violence in intimate relationships remains one of India's most pervasive yet under-reported crimes. NFHS-6 found that over 22 per cent of ever-married...

06.08.2026 30

Indian Express

Editorial

Lifeblood Of Democracy Is Political Disagreement Not Personal Abuse

Political disagreement strengthens democracy, but personal abuse and excessive use of criminal law weaken public institutions. The recent Tamil Nadu...

05.08.2026 20

Free Press Journal

Editorial

Supreme Court Wants Government To Move Towards Universal Insurance

The Supreme Court has urged the government to move towards universal vehicle insurance and strengthen enforcement against uninsured vehicles. It...

05.08.2026 20

Free Press Journal

Editorial