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Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) Post in Sukla Sen https://www.facebook.com/groups/109358664039/permalink/10162853114949040/?rdid=V3y1cmGw46as9TUp 
This piece, rather shockingly, simply ignores the huge elephant in the room.
Not for once it discusses the implications of two nuclear neighbours engaging in an all-out military clash and its bone-chilling possibilities.
But from one who is virtually arguing for larger military expenditure by India, despite India being one of the two top importers of armaments  https://www.business-standard.com/external-affairs-defence-security/news/ukraine-replaces-india-as-world-s-largest-arms-importer-shows-sipri-data-125031001154_1.html  this is probably only to be expected.Ukraine replaces India as world's largest arms importer, shows Sipri data
Indian arms imports fell by 9.3 per cent between 2015-19 and 2020-24, driven at least in part by India's growing capability to design and manufacture its own weapons

Students, professors & civil society members have written to President of India, slamming Harisingh Gour University's decision to confer D.Litt degree on Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya.

https://theprint.in/india/mp-university-students-protest-honorary-degree-for-hindu-seer-accuse-him-of-being-divisive-casteist/2606431/ 

The protesters allege that Rambhadracharya is a polarising figure who has made “derogatory remarks against Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Buddhism and Dalit communities” in several public speeches.

by Iram Siddique

28/04/2025

https://www.businesstoday.in/personal-finance/tax/story/indias-direct-tax-collection-for-fy2025-fiscal-hits-target-with-17-growth-473701-2025-04-25  Direct tax collection for FY2025 fiscal hits target with 17% growth
India's provisional net direct tax collections for 2024-25 reached Rs 11,82,875 crore, marking a 17% growth over the previous year, and achieving 100.78% of the budget target. 

'A 40% IPL tax could build 10 IITs': Bengaluru professor questions India’s vision priorities https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/economy/story/a-40-ipl-tax-could-build-10-iits-bengaluru-professor-questions-indias-vision-priorities-473764-2025-04-27 In IPL 2023 alone, BCCI reported a ₹5,120 crore surplus, with revenues touching ₹11,770 crore, mainly powered by media rights. With projected revenues for 2024 and 2025 reaching ₹12,000–₹13,500 crore annually, the scale is only growing.   Professor Mayank Shrivastava from IISc Bengaluru points out that if a simple 40% tax were applied just on BCCI’s IPL profits, nearly ₹15,000 crores could have been raised over three years—enough to fund 10 new IITs or create a national deep-tech innovation corpus. "Add franchise profits (₹800–₹1,200 crore/year), and another ₹320–₹480 crores could be collected annually. In total, nearly ₹6,000 crores per year could be redirected into research, just from the IPL ecosystem," he writes.