Five must-read stories—February 16  

ISRO achievements remarkable but it must tame ‘naughty boy’ GSLV

India has long proven its proficiency in the kind of rocket that launched a record number of satellites at one go on Wednesday, but the country’s future growth in space will depend exclusively on its success with the indigenous Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) programme that is now far from perfect. A Hindustan Times report.

Provide subsidised foodgrain even without Aadhaar card, says Karnataka High Court

A week after the Centre decreed that an Aadhaar number would be mandatory for people who wish to avail of subsidised foodgrain from ration shops, the Karnataka High Court, responding to a petition, has directed the appropriate government departments to provide subsidised foodgrain to the petitioner without the production of an Aadhaar card, reports The Wire.

'Dainik Jagran' has been accused of mixing business with politics before

Political scientists have noted how mass-produced newspapers with vast commercial interests to protect will conform more closely to the reigning state ideology and power structures. Dainik Jagran seemed to fit the pattern, reports Scroll.in.

Patients overcharged by billions each year

An injection or a syringe costs around ₹2 to make, but the common Indian patient buys it at five times the sum. The single-digit "profit" on an injection may seem trivial till one notes that three billion injections are sold across India annually, revealing that patients as a group are overcharged by billions of rupees every year, reports The Times of India.

Trump says US not committed to two-state Israel-Palestine solution

US President Donald Trump has dropped a two-decades old US commitment to the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel as part of a permanent Middle East peace agreement, reports The Guardian.