Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
FWICE is targeting Diljit Dosanjh over Sardaar Ji 3 featuring Pakistani actor Hania Aamir. It has written to PM Modi to strip him of citizenship and called for industry-wide boycott.
SC has recommended Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh HC N Kotiswar Singh, who is from Manipur & Acting Chief Justice of Madras HC R. Mahadevan, who is from backward community.
Pakistani Hindus, who want to become Indian nationals, also seek basics like schools & toilets in their settlements in Jodhpur — city that shelters bulk of their population in Rajasthan.
The Governing Body (Trust / Society) should be an independent body that ensures the vision of the not-for-profit schooling organisation is not compromised.
In 2022, over 71,000 Indians in US gave up their citizenship followed by Canada (60,139), Australia (40,377) and UK (21,457), according to MEA data. The figure for Canada is 18,000 for first 6 months of 2023.
According to MEA, 2.25 lakh Indians renounced citizenship in 2022, the highest since 2011. Those who renounced their citizenship went to 135 other countries.
Book launch of ‘Where the Madness Lies: Citizen Accounts of Identity and Nationalism’ by Kishalaya Bhattacharjee sparked conversations on citizenship, marginalisation, caste.
A bad turn in Venezuela would raise the same questions that have dogged the unlawful US strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean: Why now, and why at all?
The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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