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Topic75th Independence Day

Topic: 75th Independence Day

Maharashtra’s centuries-old stepwells to get a facelift, could be tapped as water source

Maharashtra culture department forms committee to conserve & document ancient water structures across the state. The plan is to first focus on 75 stepwells to mark 75th year of Independence.

75 years after Partition, 44% of Indians would back reunification with Pakistan, finds survey

CVoter-CPR survey aims to 'take stock' 75 years after Partition, asking people a series of questions on political, economic, social, and religious issues.

‘Bid to gain political mileage before Gujarat polls’ — Urdu press on Bilkis Bano convicts’ release

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

75th Independence Day celebrations may be over, but dissent is still not ‘free’ in India

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Raising air power violation is China’s mind game. India’s challenge is to call the bluff

India's issue isn't only about providing resources to the armed forces, but that political leadership must move away from sloganeering to outcome-centric on reforms.

‘Nerves of steel, exceptional courage’ — tales of valour of Army, IAF heroes honoured on I-Day

26-yr-old who laid down life, jawan who took on terrorist despite getting shot at — stories of armed forces personnel conferred with gallantry awards on 75th Independence Day.

On I-Day, both Modi & Manmohan talk of unity, youth, science. But in different tones

While PM Modi spoke about the commitment to national unity, Manmohan Singh warned it must not be undermined by 'authoritarian arrogance'.

In I-Day speech, Modi remembers freedom fighters of all religions, day after Owaisi challenge

AIMIM chief Owaisi had said at a public meeting Sunday that he hoped the names of Muslim freedom fighters would find mention in the prime minister's Independence Day address.

PM says ‘must vow not to insult women’, days after Shrikant Tyagi arrest for ‘assault’ on neighbour

While making his Independence Day speech Monday, Modi said ‘we have developed an ill habit of insulting women by our words, actions’. He also spoke on gender equality in household.

At Red Fort, PM says need to get rid of ‘parivaarwad’ & give opportunities to the deserving

On the 75th anniversary of India’s independence, the prime minister stressed the need for cooperative and competitive federalism in his 90-minute speech. 

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.