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Topic: Illegal immigrants

97% Indians have Aadhaar, Assam is lagging behind due to ‘illegal immigration’ issue

Ruhi Tewari -
Of 36 states and UTs, 25 record a 100% coverage; Modi govt has made Aadhaar the basis of all its welfare schemes.

Amit Shah’s ‘termite’ jibe: Human Rights Watch draws Nazi Germany, Rwanda parallel

Sankalita Dey -
Issue of Bangladeshi immigrants has been central to BJP’s agenda, and helped party score its first win in the northeast in 2016 Assam assembly elections.

Modi government adopts shrill note on NRC, says similar exercise for Rohingyas underway

Ruhi Tewari -
Corrupt fugitives will soon join their comrades in Ranchi jail, says BJP.

It is ‘illegal migrants’ vs students’ unions in Northeast India

Sankalita Dey -
State authorities and police are aware of this, and are even cooperating with students to check travellers’ documentation.

Why spend Rs 1,300 crore on NRC if you won’t send illegal immigrants back, asks former CEC

Sanya Dhingra -
Send those not on NRC list back to 'native' land, says H.S. Brahma, who headed a panel on Assam’s illegal immigrants last year.

Before NRC, these two Assam tribunals dealt with the illegal immigrants issue

Arjun Srinivas, HT -
The Foreigners Tribunal and the Illegal Migrants Determination Tribunal have historically determined the issue, but were marred by high pendency.

‘Assam is not a dustbin’: Assam Agitation veterans want illegal migrants out

Sankalita Dey -
Former CM and AGP leader Prafulla Kumar Mahanta says Assam is not a dumping ground for illegal migrants.

Govt does not have data on illegal immigrants in Assam: Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi

PTI -
Congress member Gaurav Gogoi also asked whether all the 40 lakh people in the National Registry of Citizens were foreigners. 

Process, purpose and politics: All you want to know about Assam’s NRC

Ruhi Tewari -
The complete draft of the NRC is expected to be released Monday, after which applicants will be given a chance to register their claims and objections.

When Trump meets Putin, and the rising stash in Swiss banks

Yashasvini Mathur -
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Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Johan Jose -
Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

Nitish Kumar’s journey from endurance to exhaustion

India’s think tanks double up as lobbyists, give no disclosures. Hurt policymaking

Economy

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

Tejas Bhatotia -
On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

Shekhar Gupta -
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.

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