Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
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Topic: Democracy

Denying Parliament info citing ‘national security’ undemocratic. Govt moves need oversight

Lt General Prakash Menon -
In the tussle between weakening Parliament and power-hungry executive, Indians are losing their voice.

Delimitation shows India’s democracy continues to struggle in the face of Kashmir challenge

+TFP Praveen Swami -
The Delimitation Commission’s mapping of electoral constituencies for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir has reopened the communal wounds of the Dogra century.

‘Cannot get more democratic than this,’ says CJI Ramana on collegium system

Apoorva Mandhani -
Ramana said it was wrong to think that judges appoint judges in India; selection depends on many stakeholders, he said.

Imran Khan is another Donald Trump. But real danger is that Pakistan isn’t another US

Pervez Hoodbhoy -
US' robust system blunted the siege of Capitol Hill. In Pakistan, a lynch mob awaits opposition members at D-Chowk. Message is clear: don't vote on no-confidence motion.

India needs Congress for the sake of democracy. Just that Congress doesn’t need the Gandhis

Jaithirth Rao -
I believe in the current dispensation. But in the interests of our republic, it is important that we have a reasonably strong pan-Indian opposition party.

India rated ‘partially free’ for second consecutive year in Freedom House report

Sukriti Vats -
Pegasus spyware scandal, 'love jihad' laws & death of activist Stan Swami in custody are cited as some of the major factors for India's status.

Is this India’s ‘Amrit Kal’? As state polls go on, we must trace Representation of People Act

Sanjeev Chopra -
The elections in UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur are also ‘a mid-point referendum’ on the Narendra Modi government.

Nehru said there’s no middle road between fascism and communism. Bose thought otherwise

Rajat Roy -
In his writings and speeches, Subhas Chandra Bose was sarcastic about parliamentary system, calling it mid-Victorian democracy.

Bulli Bai, Sulli Deals show that we Indians don’t respect the dignity of people different from us

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

India’s first republic is all but dead. We the people need to shape the second one

Yogendra Yadav -
What we face today is not merely the result of an unscrupulous political force that has hijacked India. We are not victims of a bad accident.
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US President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on 16 August 2021. Biden defended his decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan | Samuel Corum | Bloomberg

US blames failure to shut Pakistan border for Afghan defeat. India, please take note

Praveen Swami -
The US could have used its coercive resources to compel Pakistan to shut down the Taliban’s transborder sanctuaries. It chose not to—costing its victory.
An electric vehicle is parked in a bay at a charging station in New Delhi | Representational image| Photo: T. Narayan | Bloomberg

EV makers are losing their sheen. Turns out, making future-forward cars is kind of hard

Cotton balls grow on a plant | Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg

Cotton, other crops shouldn’t meet fate of wheat. Govt needs an empowered group

Economy

Vendors at a store selling edible oils at Begum Bazaar in Hyderabad, India| Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg

Modi govt to allow duty-free import of soybean, sunflower oil, cool surging prices

Pratik Parija -
The government will permit purchases of 2 million tons each of the two vegetable oils per annum this fiscal year and the next, according to a notification by the finance ministry.

Defence

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Joe Biden at the Quad Summit, in Tokyo, Tuesday | ANI

Quad action against ‘illegal fishing’ may also target China’s Indo-Pacific ‘political activities’

Suchet Vir Singh -
Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness will use advanced & integrated satellite imagery & technology to combat illegal fishing & 'dubious operations' of Chinese maritime militia.

National Interest

Mandir or Masjid? New surveys not needed, just acceptance of truth & move towards reconciliation

Shekhar Gupta -
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.

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