Why are some universities in Australia rejecting applications from students from 5 Indian states?

Why are some universities in Australia rejecting applications from students from 5 Indian states?

Some universities are no longer processing applications coming from Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, UP, Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir citing ‘fake documents’ as reasons for high dropout rates. Sonia Agarwal’s report

Pakistani army has covered Imran’s rebellion and now wants lakhs of acres of land in Cholistan

Imran’s breakdown of PTI still shows sympathy for Pakistan’s military, threatening to invoke Army Act against protesters and giving a spin on Jai Jawan Jai Kisan, Shekhar Gupta writes.

Gita Press at 100—The cultural powerhouse makes Hinduism relatable, affordable, portable

Geeta Press has got its strongest patron in the form of PM Narendra Modi, who is scheduled to visit Gorakhpur next week. The Hindi publishing house’s moment has never been more aligned in the national saga, Sagarika Kisu reports.

Modi’s Parliament inauguration was an elaborate mimicry. It showed the hypocrisy of New India

The founders of the first republic were devoted to building institutions. Guardians of the Second Republic dedicated to establishing a cult of personality, Kapil Komireddy writes.

Move over Sengol. Why is there so much hue and cry about the Chola dynasty in India today?

Chola is now a Hindu nationalist hero. And the BJP is keen to associate itself with this image. But the resurgence of the Cholas in political memory is strange, Anirudh Kanisetty writes.

The acceptability of Rahul Gandhi as PM has almost doubled since 2014. More than half are non-Congress

The proportion of people willing to vote for the Congress ‘if elections were held tomorrow’ has increased. But this seems to be coming at the cost of ‘other’ parties, not the BJP. Write Suhas Palshikar, Sandeep Shastri, Sanjay Kumar and Vibha Attri.

Manipur hoisted the first flag of ‘independent’ India. Now this is BJP’s biggest internal security challenge

In a small NE state you never do 3 things: weaken local leaders, divide and rule, promote uniformity, Shekhar Gupta writes.