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Nripendra Misra, principal secretary to the Prime Minister, called to ask me to craft a transaction to 'privatise' IDBI Bank by selling it to LIC. Our informal group—along with the secretary of the Department of Financial Services and the LIC chairman—designed the deal in tandem with the regulators, particularly the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India, and worked it out. IDBI Bank must be put back for sale again, writes @Subhashgarg1960. Read the full column: thequint.com/opinion/idbi-ba…

Several Muslim protesters and journalists reporting from the ground have alleged facing deliberate, communally charged slurs, and attacks from police as well as "right-wing goons", reports @theotherbose. Read: thequint.com/news/politics/a…

We have seen judges speak in office before. In January 2018, four senior judges held a press conference against their Chief Justice. Many disapproved. Yet nobody doubted the record they had made, and made in time. Kaul's account would have carried even greater weight had it come from a sitting judge, with the power still in his hands. @sanjayuvacha writes. Read here: thequint.com/opinion/justice…

What has happened to the French republican ideal, and why is its educational promise becoming a source of such profound discontent? Shelley Walia writes. Read: thequint.com/opinion/french-…

#WebQoof | An old video of a tornado in Odisha is being widely shared on social media with claims that it shows visuals of Cyclone Arnab. Read our fact-check here. thequint.com/news/webqoof/ol…

Dr Sequeira, along with anti-bauxite mining activist Laxman Naik, was arrested from his residence in Bhawanipatna, the district headquarters of Kalahandi, at around 11 pm on the night of 16 October and produced in the judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) court in Rayagada the next day. Charged as they were with serious crimes like attempt to murder [Sec 109 A), rioting armed with deadly weapon (Sec 191 (2) & 3), dacoity, armed robbery (Sec 310 (2)) and criminal intimidation (351 (3)], the JFMC court refused bail and they were sent to the Rayagada sub jail. Sandeep Sahu reports. Read the full report: thequint.com/news/dr-randall…

The next collegium, the next Chief Justice, the next young advocate will know that a side-room phone call is not a private matter. Someone was watching. Someone wrote it down. @sanjayuvacha writes. Read: thequint.com/opinion/justice…

#WebQoof | An old, unrelated video is being falsely shared as one showing visuals of the impact of Cyclone Arnab. Read our fact-check here. thequint.com/news/webqoof/ol…

In defeating Flavio Bolsonaro, a candidate favoured and reportedly aided by US President #Trump, #Lula’s victory has resulted in a major geopolitical upset and also broken the momentum of right-wing victories in Latin American countries such as those in Argentina, Ecuador Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica and Honduras. For #India, Lula’s victory is significant on several fronts, writes Manoj Joshi. Read the complete analysis: thequint.com/opinion/what-lu…

#MyReport | AMU has two parallel structures. The AMU Students’ Union is the main representative body, while Women’s College has its own student union for the undergraduate women enrolled there. A separate union gives women their own forum and their own elected leaders. But it also lets the main union function without being electorally answerable to a large section of women students. Zunaira Habib Alvi writes. Read here: thequint.com/my-report/amu-s…

#Brazil’s resistance to #US tariff pressure offers #India a parallel case of a major developing #economy seeking to preserve its strategic autonomy, writes Manoj Joshi. Read: thequint.com/opinion/what-lu…

Recent coverage revealed that Puri’s name has been discussed in the context of the “Epstein files,” which refer to documents released by the United States Department of Justice involving American financier Jeffrey Epstein. Email exchanges between Puri and Epstein, dating back to June 2014, were among the documents released in January 2026. Opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, have raised questions about these interactions. Read more: thequint.com/news/breaking-n…

#WebQoof | An old video is being shared to falsely claim that it shows the PLA capturing an Indian soldier after the recent skirmish in Arunachal Pradesh. Read our fact-check here. thequint.com/news/webqoof/ol…

#MyReport | "The Women’s College Students’ Union can raise issues within the college, but its role is limited to that space. The problems faced by students are not just college-level issues," writes Zunaira Habib Alvi, a student at AMU. Read: thequint.com/my-report/amu-s…

The sale has created a major storm which will gather more steam. Is the #IDBI Bank being sold cheap? Is the valuation price fair or is this a crony deal? @Subhashgarg1960 analyses. Read: thequint.com/opinion/idbi-ba…

#WebQoof | An AI-generated video is going viral on social media, claiming to show a real video of Israelis singing the Hindu Shloka 'Hanuman Chalisa' in Hebrew at a Tel Aviv beach in Israel. Read our fact-check here. thequint.com/news/webqoof/vi…

#MyReport | When I applied for leave, the principal told me that I first needed a written permission from the Election Commission’s ERO (Electoral Registration Officer). After three months of repeated requests, I was granted paternity leave. A Delhi government school teacher says he has had no days offs since he was appointed as a BLO in May. Watch the full story: thequint.com/my-report/delhi…

Dr Sequeira, along with anti-bauxite mining activist Laxman Naik, was arrested from his residence in Bhawanipatna, the district headquarters of Kalahandi, at around 11 pm on the night of 16 October. Sandeep Sahu reports. Read: thequint.com/news/dr-randall…

16 days. 433 posts. Over 11,000 accounts moving in tandem. How did Neha Bora’s past freelance gig and an anime T-shirt become 'proof' of a foreign regime-change plot? We mapped the hidden network behind the smear campaign. Read our analysis: thequint.com/news/webqoof/ne…