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TopicCriminalisation of politics

Topic: Criminalisation of politics

‘Laws expire at UP border’: In the MP/MLA courts of the ganglands, cases come to crawl

+TFP Apoorva Mandhani -
Acting on SC's orders in 2018, such courts were set up across India. And while UP has MP/MLA courts in almost all districts, 1,377 cases are pending in these as of November 2022.

SC tells parties to publish candidates’ criminal records, directs EC to monitor compliance

Bhadra Sinha -
Supreme Court says all its appeals to lawmakers to prohibit involvement of those with criminal backgrounds in politics have 'fallen on deaf ears'.

Aadhaar verdict is welcome, despite Chandrachud dissent

Rajgopal Singh -
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Russian buffer for crude, but India’s LPG imports vulnerable as Iran conflict chokes Strait of Hormuz

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India imports roughly 80–85% of its LPG requirements, with bulk sourced from Gulf suppliers, almost all of it coming through the Strait of Hormuz.

Defence

India has ordered more Polish drones, Indian firm keen to set up munitions factory in Poland—Warsaw’s envoy

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi: India is right to pursue and strike terrorists where they are, as during Op Sindoor, Poland’s Ambassador to India Dr Piotr Antoni...

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Pakistan is fighting a two-front war. I saw it coming 15 yrs ago

Shekhar Gupta -
The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.

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