Topic: Citizenship Bill protests
Video showing thousands protesting in Mumbai against CAB is actually from Bangladesh
The widely-shared video is of a gathering on the occasion of Eid-e-Milad un Nabi in Chittagong in November.
Cornering Mamata Banerjee in 2021 assembly polls won’t be easy. BJP lacks a pan-Bengal face
If the question, “If not Modi, who?” worked for the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, then “If not Didi, who?” may come to haunt it in West Bengal in 2021.
Anti-CAB protests in Assam force PM Modi into crisis management mode, BJP plans campaign
Modi tweets to assure Assamese people they shouldn’t worry about the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill passed by Parliament, but BJP plans campaign to undo damage.
Unleashing Frankenstein’s monster & democracy’s best joke as Modi says Assam will flourish
The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.
Govt extends suspension of internet services in Assam by 48 hours as protests intensify
Thousands of people in Guwahati defied curfew and took to the streets protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which was passed by the Parliament on Wednesday.
Protests against citizenship bill continue in Guwahati despite curfew, police open fire
Police said protesters hurled stones and bricks at them as they broke curfew to protest on the streets a day after the citizenship bill was passed by Parliament.
Express finds ‘brute majority’ in CAB, Ravish Kumar on detention camps
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How France-Turkey’s probable but unlikely conflict has been shaped by Erdogan’s politics
In episode 604 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains the recent France-Turkey conflict and the deeper implications of this row.
Tax revenues decline 22% in April-September, at one-fourth of full year target
Tax revenues declined 22 per cent from the year-ago period to Rs 4.58 lakh crore and were at 28 per cent of the full year target of Rs 16.36 lakh crore in the April-September period.
Defence
Army develops WhatsApp-like app for personnel to dodge risk of communication leaks
The Secure Application for Internet supports secure voice, text and video-calling services for Android platforms over the internet. It is end-to-end encrypted.
Trump or Biden? Doesn’t matter to India-US ties as they’re in a full, strategic embrace
Pompeo & Esper’s visit to India for the 2+2 talks is proof that old hypocrisies are history, and supreme national interest has again driven a strategic choice.