Above the Fold: Top stories of the day
1. India and China signed deals worth $22 billion, including deals by the Adani Group, Bharti Airtel and Infosys, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his retinue complete a three-day trip to the country.
2. It's open warfare in Delhi now, with state chief minister Arvind Kejriwal taking away the powers of a bureaucrat and transferring him, which Lt Governor Najeeb Jung declared void immediately. Kejriwal has now asked the President for time to tell him what is happening in Delhi.
3. Modi moves from China to Mongolia today, before heading to South Korea to conclude his East Asian tour.
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Weekend Reads: One Year of Modi
1. Modi's own assessment of his one year in government includes claiming he has been targeted for "tireless" work and if this is a crime, he is happy to keep committing it.
2. Less than one in five respondents to a TOI-Ipsos poll said the government's work has been "very good" over the last year, but people are still very positive about Modi.
3. TN Ninan in the Business Standard says Modi deserves some slack and illustrates it with a simple question: Would you prefer another year of Manmohan Singh as prime minister?
4. Swapan Dasgupta offers up the establishment spin in the Hindustan Times, saying essentially that the shift over the last year has been moving from "despondency" to impatiently waiting for reforms, with Modi well placed for the long-haul.
5. Swaminathan S A Aiyar in the Times of India is happy that lots of businessmen are unhappy with the Modi government for refusing them access, because it is an indicator of a reduction in corruption.
6. Mihir Sharma in the Business Standard says incrementalism was not what was promised by Modi and not what was expected after he won 282 seats in the Lok Sabha. And yet that's what we've got.
7. Sandipan Sharma in FirstPost offers up an increasingly common view: that the first year of Modi has been no different than one more year of the United Progressive Alliance. Meanwhile, Surjit Bhalla in the Financial Express argues that this claim is the only way the Congress can claw its way back into the discourse.
8. A Ghiyasuddin on TwoCircles, says that after having much hope, the North-East once again feels let down and neglected by the government in Delhi.
9. In the Times of India, Shiv Visvanathan points out that Modi has been great at selling himself, because he is a "replica of his own dream and India's dream."
10. Kanika Gahlaut, in the Blink, examines Modi's first year in office based on his sartorial choices.
NDA Report Card: Scroll on Modi's first year
1. Ground report: One year of Modi government has washed away a decade of rural India's gains.
2.A look back at the most iconic images from last year's general elections.
3. A year later, Modi is like a new bride refashioning herself for a wealthy sasural, says Madhu Kishwar.
4. The Modi government has proven its critics wrong but only if the bar you have is that he has not turned India into a completely fascist state, writes Aakar Patel.
5. The last year has seen India riven with sharper social conflicts and minority worries, writes Ajaz Ashraf.
6. The biggest surprise has been the energy in opposition parties over the last year, writes Anita Katyal.
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1. India and China signed deals worth $22 billion, including deals by the Adani Group, Bharti Airtel and Infosys, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his retinue complete a three-day trip to the country.
2. It's open warfare in Delhi now, with state chief minister Arvind Kejriwal taking away the powers of a bureaucrat and transferring him, which Lt Governor Najeeb Jung declared void immediately. Kejriwal has now asked the President for time to tell him what is happening in Delhi.
3. Modi moves from China to Mongolia today, before heading to South Korea to conclude his East Asian tour.
To get Scroll's Daily Fix, a compendium of all you need to know for the day (and a little more) on your phone, download our Android app.
Weekend Reads: One Year of Modi
1. Modi's own assessment of his one year in government includes claiming he has been targeted for "tireless" work and if this is a crime, he is happy to keep committing it.
2. Less than one in five respondents to a TOI-Ipsos poll said the government's work has been "very good" over the last year, but people are still very positive about Modi.
3. TN Ninan in the Business Standard says Modi deserves some slack and illustrates it with a simple question: Would you prefer another year of Manmohan Singh as prime minister?
4. Swapan Dasgupta offers up the establishment spin in the Hindustan Times, saying essentially that the shift over the last year has been moving from "despondency" to impatiently waiting for reforms, with Modi well placed for the long-haul.
5. Swaminathan S A Aiyar in the Times of India is happy that lots of businessmen are unhappy with the Modi government for refusing them access, because it is an indicator of a reduction in corruption.
6. Mihir Sharma in the Business Standard says incrementalism was not what was promised by Modi and not what was expected after he won 282 seats in the Lok Sabha. And yet that's what we've got.
7. Sandipan Sharma in FirstPost offers up an increasingly common view: that the first year of Modi has been no different than one more year of the United Progressive Alliance. Meanwhile, Surjit Bhalla in the Financial Express argues that this claim is the only way the Congress can claw its way back into the discourse.
8. A Ghiyasuddin on TwoCircles, says that after having much hope, the North-East once again feels let down and neglected by the government in Delhi.
9. In the Times of India, Shiv Visvanathan points out that Modi has been great at selling himself, because he is a "replica of his own dream and India's dream."
10. Kanika Gahlaut, in the Blink, examines Modi's first year in office based on his sartorial choices.
NDA Report Card: Scroll on Modi's first year
1. Ground report: One year of Modi government has washed away a decade of rural India's gains.
2.A look back at the most iconic images from last year's general elections.
3. A year later, Modi is like a new bride refashioning herself for a wealthy sasural, says Madhu Kishwar.
4. The Modi government has proven its critics wrong but only if the bar you have is that he has not turned India into a completely fascist state, writes Aakar Patel.
5. The last year has seen India riven with sharper social conflicts and minority worries, writes Ajaz Ashraf.
6. The biggest surprise has been the energy in opposition parties over the last year, writes Anita Katyal.