A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint in the last 24 hours.

Sanya Dhingra reports on how the Archaeological Survey of India has spent more on its swanky new office than it did on 3,686 monuments in 2017. The ASI, meanwhile, claims the comparison isn’t fair since the building’s construction is a ‘one-time affair’.

Shivam Vij profiles Girish Maheshwari, who was arrested for “threatening” Congress spokesperson’s child with rape, and gives you a peak into his mind.

There were 29 accidents involving IAF aircraft that were reported between 2014 and July 2017, in which nine pilots were killed. Ratnadeep Choudhary writes on how the Indian Air Force seems to be losing fighter jets faster that they can be bought.