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Wednesday, November 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

Sudan shows what happens when the world is happy to let mass killers rule

Praveen Swami -
Fourteen million refugees, and 25 million facing acute hunger, should be reason enough for the world to dismantle the dystopia in Sudan — even if the sadism of its rulers is not.

Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

SRK is more Johnny Depp than Depp

Economy

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Aneesa PA -
Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

Defence

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

National Interest

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

Shekhar Gupta -
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.

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