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TopicNaxalite

Topic: Naxalite

Naxals are Indian citizens. Ruthless force is not the way to solve the problem

Prakash Singh -
I am convinced that a more nuanced approach would have brought a good percentage of the Naxal fighters overground. Who are we killing? They are our own sons and daughters.

Tunnel discovered in Dantewada highlights new tactics by Naxals to evade security forces

ThePrint Team -
Security forces were notified about the presence of the tunnel during a search operation following ambush attack by Naxalites in Sukma.

Why Saturday’s ambush shows that Naxals still call the shots at Sukma-Bijapur border region

Prithviraj Singh -
Around 800 to 1,000 Maoists are still active at the Sukma-Bijapur border areas. The encounter Saturday occurred at Jonaguda village, which lies in this border region. 

Maharashtra looks at bending tender norms to fast-track infra projects in Gadchiroli

Manasi Phadke -
After 3 major incidents of Naxal attacks, Maharashtra has formed a district-level panel to take a call on bending tender norms where necessary.

With Chhattisgarh officer’s transfer to Kashmir, Modi govt signals return to muscular policy

Maneesh Chhibber -
BVR Subrahmanyam, as additional chief home secy of Chhattisgarh, oversaw state police’s ‘toughest war against’ Maoist insurgency.

The vague ‘urban Naxal’ was invented to avoid difficult questions on Modi’s vikaas

Harnidh Kaur -
Anyone whose work revolves around analysing, questioning and maintaining accountability of the government is now an ‘urban Naxal’ and an ‘enemy’.

To keep students in, security forces to be moved out of schools in Naxal areas

Kritika Sharma -
Modi govt to ensure that children in 173 Maoist affected districts can continue their education without any hindrance.

In charts: Chhattisgarh is the most dangerous state for security forces fighting Naxalism

Nikhil Rampal -
Almost four times as many security personnel die fighting Naxals in Chhattisgarh than the rest of India. 

Hurt in battle, but raring to go: A CoBRA commando recalls February Sukma ambush

Pragya Kaushika -
'I kept walking. I could not stop as it would mean the company also stopping for me.'

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Opinion

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

Gitanjali Das -
When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

Communism is based on self-deluding assumptions, it can’t be realised in practice: GN Lawande

Economy

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

Katharine Gemmell -
President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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