Topic: Modi govt 2019
Mehbooba won’t be free soon but more ‘Apni parties’ in 2nd phase of govt’s Kashmir policy
Release of NC leader Farooq Abdullah marked the beginning of the second phase, in which Modi govt wants to engage with politicians beyond the ‘old guard’.
Modi govt to go ahead with NPR using new questions, says they were present in 2010 too
Govt’s stand comes despite objections from states. Parliamentary Standing Committee advises caution, given the apprehensions in the country.
Allahabad HC remarks in Chinmayanand hearing unwarranted, bound to prejudice case
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Centre challenges Delhi court’s stay on hanging of December 2012 gangrape convicts
A trial court Friday stayed the hanging of the four convicts in the December 2012 gangrape, earlier scheduled for 1 February. The Centre has now approached the Delhi High Court.
How Economic Survey used ‘Thalinomics’ to defend Modi govt’s inflation management
The 2019-20 Economic Survey has found that veg thalis became 29% more affordable compared to 2006-07, while non-veg thalis became 18% more affordable.
The world has a message for Modi: Brand India is severely damaged
India’s image — and by extension Modi’s — has been damaged by a combination of identity politics and economic decline. But the world isn’t writing us off, not yet.
Modi govt wants to train pandits and pujaris, design curriculum to standardise rituals
Skill Development Ministry officials say Modi govt wants to sustain Vedic culture, and also create employment opportunities in India and abroad.
Modi govt moves SC to speed up hangings, change its 2014 guidelines on death row convicts
Govt contends that death row convicts are ‘taking judicial process for a ride’, and wants SC to specify a time period for curative and mercy petitions.
Limiting duty-free alcohol purchase is regressive. Govt must focus on bigger goals
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Stung by CAA-NRC backlash, Modi govt plans mega publicity campaign to boost image
Less than a year after winning big Lok Sabha majority, Modi govt goes into ‘damage-control’ mode ahead of important state assembly elections this year.
India and US must join hands during Covid-19 crisis, not increase nativist impulses
Katherine B. Hadda, former US consul general, Hyderabad, writes on the need for the US and India to unite during the Covid-19 crisis.
Modi’s 9-min candle plan Sunday: Needless spectacle or much-needed motivation for Indians?
PM Modi requested Indians to light candles, lamps or mobile torches at 9 pm Sunday for nine minutes in a show of solidarity in the fight against Covid-19.
Defence
IAF airlifts 6.2 tonnes of essential medicines, hospital consumables to Maldives
The consignment was airlifted to Male by an Indian Air Force C-130 aircraft, as part of 'Operation Sanjeevani'.
Modi’s India isn’t Mao’s China. Silly forecasts assume we’ll let corona kill millions of us
There are many scary scenarios about how badly we Indians may be affected or how many killed by Covid-19. But they presume we will do nothing to influence our fates.