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Friday, July 18, 2025
TopicElectoral bond

Topic: electoral bond

Electoral bond data ‘sleeps with the fishes’ & a car’s eco-friendly love story

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

Justice Sanjiv Khanna on electoral bonds — ‘may have led to laundered money getting legitimised’

Justice Khanna was among 5 SC judges who struck down Electoral Bond Scheme. In his opinion, he questioned Centre's claim that scheme aimed to protect donors from retaliation, retribution.

Infringes on voters’ right to know, access for donors — why SC struck down electoral bonds

CJI-led bench disagrees with Centre’s argument that it is justified to infringe Right to Information of voters for larger purpose of curbing black money in electoral financing.

‘Eliminates black money from political funding’: Modi govt defends electoral bond scheme in SC

Apex court was hearing a bunch of public interest litigations challenging the scheme. Contention that this scheme affects democracy may not hold water, says solicitor general Mehta.

BJP government was not wise in pushing through electoral bond scheme

Electoral bond scheme in its current form is not the answer to long-standing issue of illegal donations to parties.

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Punjab govt must take Centre into confidence on new anti-sacrilege bill

What should be of concern is other states following suit and enacting separate laws to suit the political environment of respective states citing the Punjab bill as a precedent.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

In setback to Pakistan, US designates LeT front as terror group for Pahalgam attack. What is TRF

India has welcomed the move, calling it a 'timely & important step reflecting the deep cooperation between India and US on counter-terrorism'.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.