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We need institutions that can hold officials accountable: SC judge
2 weeks, 5 days ago

We need institutions that can hold officials accountable: SC judge

The Hindu  

“The constitutional vision or preambular objectives cannot be realised if we do not invest time and effort in working our institutions. At the lecture organised by the National Law School of India University, he discussed the importance of Fourth-Branch Institutions recognised by the Constitution, such as the Election Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General, Public Service Commissions, and other Statutory bodies. …

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100 Days of Modi 3.0: 5 Takeaways
4 months ago

100 Days of Modi 3.0: 5 Takeaways

The Diplomat  

The recently concluded Lok Sabha election results heralded the return of coalition politics in India as the Bharatiya Janata Party lost its single-party majority in the Parliament. The demand for a national caste census is the top weapon in its armory for blunting the BJP’s attempt to consolidate the Hindu vote bank. The cry for a caste census and greater …

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HistoriCity | Dhaka: At the crossroads of revolution
5 months ago

HistoriCity | Dhaka: At the crossroads of revolution

Hindustan Times  

Dhaka’s recent political convulsion follows an oft-seen pattern, where a seemingly placid polity suddenly explodes with violence. Islam Khan became the first Nawab of Dhaka and named the new town Jahangir Nagar after his eponymously named foster brother and Mughal emperor Jahangir. From the 17th century onwards, Dhaka grew rapidly as a centre of trade and Mughal rule in this …

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Miss South Africa finalist faces xenophobic online abuse over Nigerian heritage
5 months, 1 week ago

Miss South Africa finalist faces xenophobic online abuse over Nigerian heritage

The Independent  

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Our digital age and the exercise and contestation of power
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Our digital age and the exercise and contestation of power

Hindustan Times  

Over the last 30 years, digital innovation has been met with vacillating opinions on whether technology is emancipatory or tends to benefit those with political and/or economic power. In the context of innovations in Artificial Intelligence in the early 2020s, this brief tackles the question: In a digital age, what is new in who exercises power over whom? It focuses …

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Justice Gavai cautions HC judge against canvassing for elevation to SC, lack of punctuality
6 months, 1 week ago

Justice Gavai cautions HC judge against canvassing for elevation to SC, lack of punctuality

Hindustan Times  

In a stern word on judicial conduct, Supreme Court judge BR Gavai admonished certain high court judges for various lapses, including canvassing for their elevation to the apex court, and failing to adhere to punctuality and efficiency in their duties. “While cooperative federalism is essential for maintaining India’s unity and integrity, competition, contestation or friction between the different federal units, …

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Changing schools of thought
6 months, 1 week ago

Changing schools of thought

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Textbooks often serve as the first window into the world beyond the classroom, shaping young minds with stories of history, culture, and contemporary figures. The uproar at Sindhi High School over the inclusion of actor Tamannaah Bhatia – who, incidentally, was in Bengaluru recently – in a Class 7 textbook has sparked a debate that extends beyond the pages. …

Why foreign policy needs to be part of poll debate
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Why foreign policy needs to be part of poll debate

Hindustan Times  

As India’s global imprint continues to grow, it has become difficult for political parties to ignore the external dimensions of the nation’s rise. Characteristically, the Bharatiya Janata Party manifesto sees foreign policy as a tool to advance India’s civilisational legacy abroad. While there is a grain of truth in the consensus narrative, the revisionist literature on the history of India’s …

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'India's moment in the sun': Army chief on role in Indo-Pacific region
9 months, 3 weeks ago

'India's moment in the sun': Army chief on role in Indo-Pacific region

India Today  

Army Chief General Manoj Pande on Friday said smaller and larger countries expect New Delhi to play a more proactive role in the Indo-Pacific region amid Beijing's assertiveness, calling it "India's moment in the sun". Speaking at the India Today Conclave on the topic "India and the Indo-Pacific, Threats and Opportunities", General Manoj Pande said India's geostrategic location gave it …

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Challenge in the Indian Ocean
11 months, 1 week ago

Challenge in the Indian Ocean

Hindustan Times  

The Indian Ocean region has become restive, with the war in West Asia finding an echo in the waters surrounding India, including a surge in attacks on merchant ships and attempted hijacking of vessels. While India has been involved in anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia since 2008, the current situation has required the deployment of 10 frontline warships …

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Harvard's top-level exit: Politics has trumped academic principle
1 year ago

Harvard's top-level exit: Politics has trumped academic principle

Live Mint  

In a world of viral video clips and memes, academics who find themselves exposed to political scrutiny often seem ill-equipped for it. At a Congressional hearing last month on alleged anti-Jewish expressions on campus, a Republican Senator had posed Gay a yes-or-no question: “At Harvard, does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Harvard’s rules of bullying and harassment—yes or …

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Big Picture: INDIA and its dharma sankat
1 year, 4 months ago

Big Picture: INDIA and its dharma sankat

The Hindu  

The Opposition INDIA bloc is made up of numerous parties, more than 24; no one knows exactly how many. Last week saw the Congress, the INDIA bloc’s anchor, being cornered by the DMK, which reiterated its decades-old view that the Sanatana Dharma is comparable to a contagious disease that needs to be eradicated. The loud protest of the Congress in …

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Why Centre needs a broad roadmap to bring back normalcy in Manipur
1 year, 4 months ago

Why Centre needs a broad roadmap to bring back normalcy in Manipur

Firstpost  

It is now well over hundred days that Manipur has been on the boil due to the ethnic violence between Meites and Kukis, the two main communities. While the immediate trigger was opposition by Kukis to the Manipur High Court directive on inclusion of Meiteis in ‘Schedule Tribe’ list, the tension, however, was brewing over the past couple of months. …

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Keep an eye on the turbulence in Pak
1 year, 4 months ago

Keep an eye on the turbulence in Pak

Hindustan Times  

With the appointment of first-time senator Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, as a caretaker premier of Pakistan to oversee the upcoming polls, the government of the neighbouring country has officially transitioned into an interim arrangement that will hold before the national polls likely early next year. The reasons for the new administration — agreed mutually by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Opposition leader …

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‘Blame-Game Between Govt Authorities Highly Deprecated’: Calcutta HC Directs Accountant-General To Refund Amount Deposited By Litigant In 2004
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Blame-Game Between Govt Authorities Highly Deprecated’: Calcutta HC Directs Accountant-General To Refund Amount Deposited By Litigant In 2004

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court today directed the West Bengal's Accountant General to refund an amount of Rs 66,000 to a litigant who was made to deposit the said amount in relation to a civil proceeding back in 2004. In rebuking the “procrastination on behalf of the authorities” in refunding the petitioners deposit even after the case had been settled out-of-court …

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Chaos and coalitions - The Hindu
1 year, 5 months ago

Chaos and coalitions - The Hindu

The Hindu  

Political parties are realigning, unsettling old equations across India. Between the two alliances that made their respective shows of strength last week, one could count 64 parties — 38 at the National Democratic Alliance meeting that endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a third term in 2024, and 26 at a gathering that vowed to work jointly to defeat him. …

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Why the Pacific islands are key
1 year, 7 months ago

Why the Pacific islands are key

Hindustan Times  

Off the northeastern coast of Australia in the Pacific Ocean is a smattering of islands, which form the frontline in the battle to survive in a warming Earth, and the associated vagaries of rapid sea level rise and rash changes in climate phenomenon. Yet, these small islands — sandwiched between the United States, China and Australia — also serve another …

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Biden appoints Indian-American Neera Tanden as top domestic policy advisor
1 year, 8 months ago

Biden appoints Indian-American Neera Tanden as top domestic policy advisor

Hindustan Times  

President Joe Biden appointed a top Indian-American Democratic Party figure, Neera Tanden, as his domestic policy adviser on Friday, making her the first Asian-American to lead any of the top White House advisory councils in history. Neera Tanden In a statement, Biden said, “I am pleased to announce that Neera Tanden will continue to drive the formulation and implementation of …

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An open letter to the Indian film industry
2 years ago

An open letter to the Indian film industry

The Hindu  

In 1938, Charlie Chaplin started work on The Great Dictator. India’s film industries are now a site of ideological and political contestation, as The Kashmir Files and Pathaan controversies highlight. Motivated by their ideological imperatives, these regressive forces need to constantly reinforce two things to their core vote bank, namely that broad-minded, outspoken and disruptive actors/filmmakers cannot shape India’s image …

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Accepting the new normal in the Indo-Pacific contestation
2 years ago

Accepting the new normal in the Indo-Pacific contestation

The Hindu  

As 2022 comes to an end, the world is embracing a ‘new normal’ where new fault lines are being reconfigured in the Indo-Pacific. As tensions between an aggressive China and an emerging India intensify, New Delhi’s Quad partners are also making inroads in its backyard, ushering significant changes in the region. China’s widening outreach The contestation for South Asia and …

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Kashi-Tamil Sangamam May Strengthen India’s Emotional Unity, Reduce Politically Crafted North-South Divide
2 years, 1 month ago

Kashi-Tamil Sangamam May Strengthen India’s Emotional Unity, Reduce Politically Crafted North-South Divide

News 18  

The Kashi-Tamil Sangamam, a month-long event to explore and re-emphasise the integral relationship between Kashi and Tamil culture was inaugurated recently by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi during his inaugural lecture underlined this motive while requesting to come out of ‘bhasha bhed’ and explore emotional unity between Kashi and Tamil culture. This Kashi-Tamil Sangamam may produce different results – first, …

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GST Council an avenue for ‘political contestation’ across party lines: SC
2 years, 7 months ago

GST Council an avenue for ‘political contestation’ across party lines: SC

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday, in its judgment, took note of the bitter tug-of-war between the Centre and the Opposition-ruled States over various issues, from constitutionally mandated Goods and Services Tax compensation for State governments to interest rates, when it said the GST Council was an “avenue” for “political contestation” across party lines. ‘Both enjoy a veto’ “The structure of …

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GST Council Has Unequal Voting Structure, Can Be An Avenue For Political Contestation : Supreme Court
2 years, 7 months ago

GST Council Has Unequal Voting Structure, Can Be An Avenue For Political Contestation : Supreme Court

Live Law  

While holding that the recommendations of the Goods and Services Tax Council are not binding on the Centre and the States, the Supreme Court has highlighted the unequal voting structure and the possibility of political contestations in the Council.The Court noted that the recommendations of the GST Council are not based on a unanimous decision but on a three-fourth majority …

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How 1971 Bangladesh liberation war emboldened Indian Navy’s three-dimensional firepower
3 years ago

How 1971 Bangladesh liberation war emboldened Indian Navy’s three-dimensional firepower

Firstpost  

Liberating Bangladesh was a necessity for the protection of human values and the lives of fellow citizens next door. As one of the important arms of Indian armed forces, the navy made war plans to apply its power in all three dimensions — surface, sub-surface and air — to achieve the national objective and in the process establish the efficacy …

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