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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
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Topic: NGT

The NGT needs to stop taking up frivolous and anti-people cases

Chandra Bhushan -
As executives are failing to protect the environment, more people are approaching the NGT for cases that don't fall under its ambit.

The NGT can’t please everyone, but needs to ensure its fair

Alok Prasanna Kumar -
The National Green Tribunal is unlike any other tribunal in India in two ways - the breadth of its jurisdiction and the scope of its powers

As Delhi air quality improves, NGT lifts ban on construction

Priyamvada Grover -
All previous NGT orders, including on odd-even exemptions, will stand; Delhi, UP, Punjab, and Haryana asked to chalk out comprehensive action plan in two weeks.

Talk Point: A representative govt can’t ignore women’s security in a city like Delhi

Ashutosh -
The government's responsibility is to ensure that those who are restricted from driving private vehicles, should have alternative modes of transport.

Talk Point: Scientifically, exemptions defeat the purpose of odd-even

Barun Aggarwal -
The reason why exemptions are given is because our public transport is unable to handle the demand, and is considered unsafe.

Talk Point: Being an emergency measure, odd-even cannot have exemptions

Polash Mukerjee -
The total number of cars moved off the roads during previous odd-evens was so small that pollution came down only by 7%.

Talk Point: Odd-even without exemptions is a stay-at-home scheme for the disabled

Nipun Malhotra -
The disabled were not originally exempt from odd-even. I was forced to file a PIL in the Delhi HC that granted us an exemption

Talk Point: A car is empowering to a woman, and no one should take that away

Pragya Kaushika -
Harassment on public transport made me buy a car, because it meant independence and safety. Can govt guarantee it?

Delhi government rolls back odd-even plan despite NGT nod

Priyamvada Grover -
The move comes after the green court asked government not to give exemptions to women drivers, two-wheelers.

Odd or even, data shows road rationing just not effective

Priyamvada Grover -
Experts call it an emergency measure, suggest long-terms solutions like augmenting public transport, to check air pollution in Delhi.
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Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

+TFP Ashutosh Varshney -
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

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Bihar ADG linking farmers to rising crime uncalled for. Data just doesn’t support such claims

Economy

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Defence

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

National Interest

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Shekhar Gupta -
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.

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