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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
TopicRTI Amendment Bill

Topic: RTI Amendment Bill

Indian Express probe says J&J ready to compensate US patients, but fights it out in India

Taran Deol -
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RTI bill debate rages in Rajya Sabha as Congress-led oppn demand sending it to select panel

PTI -
The opposition demanded moving a motion for referring the bill to a select committee before discussions while the government opposed it.

RTI amendments direct attack on people’s right to know, say former information commissioners

ThePrint Team -
7 former information commissioners of the CIC have condemned the RTI amendment bill and urged the government to withdraw it.

Why Modi govt is drawing flak for amendments to RTI Act

Moushumi Das Gupta -
While united opposition criticised the RTI amendments bill in Parliament, activists say it could cripple central and state information commissions.

Opposition slams Modi govt after Lok Sabha passes amendment to RTI Act

PTI -
The Opposition said that this was an attempt to undermine the law and make the election panel a toothless tiger.

Modi govt must assure everyone that changes in RTI won’t dilute rights of those who uphold it

Seshadri Chari -
Democracies become lame if citizens are denied openness, transparency and access to necessary information about the government they elect.

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Opinion

Akbar wasn’t a Hindu-made hero. Don’t use communal filters to frame his legacy

Hasnain Naqvi -
What made him ‘Akbar the Great’ was not the might of his armies alone, but the political architecture he built to sustain power over a subcontinent teeming with diversity.

Priyanka to Sharmila, Kanimozhi to Misa—KCR’s daughter Kavitha is fighting a bigger battle

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India sees the value of US defence ties, but MAGA-style tariffs threaten long-term stability

Economy

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

Shanker Arnimesh -
New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Defence

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

National Interest

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

Shekhar Gupta -
To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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