Erecting an iron curtain: Modi government bans articles and books written by retired security officials, without prior permission; In democracies, such material bring much needed transparency and accountability without compromising security concerns of the state

No room for dissent: Yogi government files sixth FIR against former IAS officer who has been questioning the state government on its Covid strategy and other policies; his troubles started last year when he questioned the Covid testing strategy

Covid concerns: CBSE Class 12 board exams cancelled, results to be declared based on ‘well-defined criteria’, although the details of this criteria have not yet been announced

Seven years after Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated, both Telangana and the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh continue to suffer bifurcation blues as most of the promises made by the Centre to both the states in the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, remaining unfulfilled

Climate change: Rising sea surface temperature intensifying cyclones, says IMD chief