Punjab has curtailed office hours due to an unprecedented power shortage although there’s no shortage in India’s power market or capacity. This is the state’s inability to afford more power and it originates in the politicised freebies and subsidies. This has bankrupted power distribution companies and made our industry uncompetitive.
Delhi HC order on stray dogs having right to food is sensitive and reassuring
Delhi High Court order that stray dogs have a right to food and citizens the right to feed them is sensitive and reassuring. Street dogs have it tough, for lack of shelter and food. Empathetic citizens should not face backlash for feeding them. Court has done well to emphasise that.
Xi is now talking of ‘broken heads and bloodshed’. Not the language of a modernising leader
Last month, Xi Jinping wanted China’s image to be “trustworthy, lovable and respectable”. That mask is off. Now, he warns of “broken heads and bloodshed”, underlining China’s problematic rise under him. This isn’t the language of a lovable modernising leader. China deserves better for its own sake, and the world’s.
NIA court’s remarks in Akhil Gogoi case is a significant check on misuse of UAPA
The NIA court’s remarks on the UAPA charges against Assam activist-politician Akhil Gogoi constitute a significant check on the reckless misuse of the law. This should be a precedent for others languishing in prisons on trumped-up charges. Protesting CAA was a fundamental right of citizens, it wasn’t a seditious act.