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Thursday, November 7, 2024
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

India-China border can’t be changed. Formalising LAC as the redline is the answer

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
The India-China crisis has led to a de facto delineation of the 1959 Claim Line in Ladakh. Why can’t this delineation be extended to the rest of the LAC and the McMahon Line?

Kamala Harris was neither fit nor prepared. She couldn’t own or disown Biden legacy

Guess who got US election results right? Thailand’s Moo Deng

Economy

US President-elect Trump vows to slash trade deficit with India. How trade fared under him vs Biden

Keshav Padmanabhan -
India-US trade in first 3 yrs under Biden was $122 bn, while it was $83 bn in Trump’s first term. Average trade surplus in India’s favour grew from $18 bn under Trump to $31 bn under Biden.

Defence

India, Bangladesh Army chiefs discuss issues of ‘mutual interest’

ThePrint Team -
Video call between two Army heads is their first interaction after political upheaval in Bangladesh forced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India in August.

National Interest

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

Shekhar Gupta -
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.

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