Tuesday, 9 August, 2022
TopicEmergency

Topic: Emergency

India’s founders kept repressive laws in the book. Today’s politicians show how wrong it was

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
Most parties today are using the law to stifle dissent. Worse, nobody is doing anything significant to oppose it—not the media, and certainly not the judiciary.

BJP, Modi’s ‘total politics’ stems from insecurity. They still don’t rule the power elite

Dilip Mandal -
Yogendra Yadav is wrong. BJP might have a hegemonic position in politics and economy, but it's not the same in moral and intellectual spaces.

Modi govt’s assault on democracy is more sinister than the Emergency. Look at the differences

M.G. Devasahayam -
While the Emergency was brutal and sudden, Modi govt's moves are far more insidious and systemic and will undermine our society for a long time.

I.S. Johar — the fun-loving, unconventional actor who became India’s first BAFTA nominee

Sukriti Vats -
Johar might be remembered for his comical roles, but he was also an astute political satirist who spared none – Gandhi family or Zia ul-Haq.

Ukraine to impose state of emergency after Putin’s recognition of two breakaway regions

Daryna Krasnolutska -
Russia’s recognition of separatist-controlled areas in the Donbas region and its sustained military presence on the border with Ukraine have sparked a security crisis for the West.

Covid isn’t behind us, but the world’s next big health emergency is already here

Therese Raphael -
Covid has led to 5.6 million deaths, but antimicrobial resistance is likely to log 10 million deaths annually by 2050. Its treatment has led to antibiotics' overuse, which has spiked drug resistance.

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

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Opposition leaders protest outside Parliament | Representative image | ANI

Confused, aimless—why Opposition parties live up to Ronen Sen’s ‘headless chicken’ remark

D.K. Singh -
From ‘compromising national security’ to 'playing havoc' with institutions, the Opposition continues to attack Modi while failing to reflect on own actions.
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After Mammootty and Mohanlal, who? Fahadh Faasil is the new poster boy of Malayalam cinema

US Special Forces and NATO troops in Afghanistan | Representational image | Commons

US interests in Af-Pak now just ‘transactional’. People can fight their own battles

Economy

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‘We are cracking down’— how Modi govt plans to make it tougher for states to fund freebies

Shubham Batra -
The Narendra Modi government is looking at ways to check states’ spending on handouts like free electricity and rations. The first step is to tighten the noose on state borrowings.

Defence

Women Army officers outside the Supreme Court in New Delhi on 17 February 2020 ( representational image) | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

First batch of 19 women cadets join NDA, set to begin training this week

Suchet Vir Singh -
The cadets will train for three years at NDA, Khadakwasla for the 148th course. The Supreme Court last year paved the way for women to take the NDA test for the first time.

National Interest

In Kashmir 3 years on, 3 positive changes, 3 things that should’ve happened & 3 that got worse

Shekhar Gupta -
Kashmir as a crisis has fallen off our headlines and from the top of our collective minds. Which is precisely the most important change for the better.

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