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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
TopicCitizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019

Topic: Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019

How a proposed Rs 3,000-cr fund cut could affect school education, teachers’ salaries

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

NIA arrests RTI activist Akhil Gogoi amid Assam unrest, charges him under amended UAPA 

RTI activist Akhil Gogoi, who has also been charged with waging war against the nation, could now be the first to be tried as a terrorist under new UAPA.  

Curfew relaxed in Guwahati & parts of Dibrugarh

Violent protests broke out in Assam with agitators engaging in pitched battles with the police, after the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was passed on 13 December.

Assam govt employees to cease work on 18 December in protest against citizenship law

The Sadou Asam Karmachari Parishad says they have always opposed the Bill and will continue to do so until the Act is revoked.

Modi risks losing focus on Indian economy as protests over citizenship law intensify

RBI has cut interest rates five times this year to support growth. Still, there’s little sign of a revival with consumer demand and investment remaining weak.

After citizenship law, Karnataka’s Muslims rush to mosques to update documents for NRC

Karnataka’s BJP govt says it will implement NRC when it is announced nationwide, and community leaders are helping Muslim families get documents in order.

Discovery of Pakistan – How Modi & Shah have dramatically re-hyphenated India with Pakistan

India invested 25 years after Cold War to de-hyphenate itself from Pakistan. Modi & Amit Shah have squandered those gains purely for domestic consumption.

BJP’s ‘historical inaccuracy’ to Gandhi’s second death and new face of women empowerment

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Like other Congress CMs, Kamal Nath says MP won’t implement citizenship law

Punjab’s Amarinder Singh and Chhattisgarh’s Bhupesh Baghel have also said they will follow the Congress’ stand against the controversial new law.

Bengal, Punjab & Kerala refuse to roll out citizenship law. But can they?

As protests against citizenship law rage on in the country, legal experts weigh in on if it’s constitutionally possible for states to resist implementation of the law.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.