Monday, 24 January, 2022
TopicEmergency

Topic: Emergency

I fought corruption, communalism and 17 transfers under 3 Haryana CMs: Ex-IAS officer

M.G. Devasahayam -
I could not compromise the principles of democratic governance. So I took voluntary retirement in 1985 with 15 years of service left, writes MG Devasahayam.

West read Emergency wrong. India’s democracy mattered little to US, UK, Russia

Rudra Chaudhuri -
Archival documents on the Emergency show the incredible ease with which national capitals across the world pivoted to the new realities of India’s constitutional autocracy.

Dark days of Emergency can never be forgotten, says PM Modi on its 46th anniversary

PTI -
We remember all those greats who resisted the Emergency & protected democracy, Modi tweeted, while sharing a link about several draconian measures taken by the then Congress govt.

Modi meeting J&K leaders purposeful. Both sides eager to resume political process without any condition

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

How Emergency made it to school textbooks during Congress raj

Yogendra Yadav -
The preface in the NCERT book on political science said it was a “tribute to the maturity of Indian democracy”. I wince as I read that now.

How Narendra Modi evaded arrest for 19 months by changing his name and look during Emergency

Arun Anand -
PM Narendra Modi gave a first-hand account of his struggle during the Emergency in his first book 'Sangarshma Gujarat' in Gujarati.

‘Will Gandhis apologise for Emergency?’ News Nation asks. Mirror Now on Sasikala political exit

Taran Deol -
A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

Emergency was a mistake, my grandmother said as much, says Rahul Gandhi

PTI -
In a conversation with Kaushik Basu, India's former chief economic advisor, Gandhi also said after 2014 the opposition is fighting the battle for India and not for getting power.

Malaysia declares state of emergency for the first time since 1969

Anisah Shukry -
The emergency decree gives Muhyiddin’s administration more power to tackle a surge in Covid cases and may allow the police and military to assist in public health measures.

Delhi HC seeks Centre’s reply on plea seeking damages to property forfeited during Emergency

PTI -
The suit has been filed by children of 94-year-old Veera Sarin, who recently approached the SC to declare 1975 Emergency unconstitutional.
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Demonstrators attempt to enter the US Capitol building during a protest in Washington, D.C., U.S., on 6 January 2021 | Eric Lee | Bloomberg

Texas attack shows a long, violent struggle for America’s soul is inevitable

Praveen Swami -
The shock of Covid 19—both economic and cultural—has strengthened the maniacal conspiracy culture with which the American Right is suffused.
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Subhas Chandra Bose wasn’t ‘anti-Savarkar’. Here’s how it’s more nuanced than you thought

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Indian drawing room talk on ‘merit’ stands demolished by Supreme Court NEET ruling

Economy

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Joe Biden administration set to put itself at centre of US cryptocurrency policy

Jennifer Epstein -
An executive order is being drafted which will soon set in place a govt strategy empowering US federal agencies to assess risks and opportunities posed by the digital assets.

Defence

Chinese army has found missing 17-year-old boy from Arunachal, Defence Ministry PRO says

ANI -
Indian Army had sought assistance from China's People Liberation Army to locate and return Miram Taron, who had gone missing on 18 January and was reportedly captured by PLA.

National Interest

Modi vs non-BJP CMs: When most popular isn’t all-powerful & why Centre-state ties will worsen

Shekhar Gupta -
Modi’s inability to win many states, and the huge popularity his rivals enjoy there, is pushing Indian politics in a more robustly federal direction.

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