Topic: Student protests
Thai govt likely to get more aggressive to end anti-monarchy protests, but that could backfire
Though insulting the Thai royal family is punishable by law, criticisms started on social media and then on the streets, and PM Prayuth Chan-Ocha is struggling to shut it down.
Yogi says UP govt will fill up vacant posts after huge student protests on unemployment
Students have demanded action against rising unemployment, and CM Yogi Adityanath has ordered officials to start recruitment in 3 months, appoint people in 6.
Kerala High Court bans all student-led agitations in college, school campuses
Noting that educational institutions are not for protests, the HC said no one has the right to violate the fundamental rights of other students.
Students upset with Modi govt since Vemula suicide, economy & CAA added fuel: Najeeb Jung
Speaking to ThePrint, former Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung says the anti-CAA protests are secular so far and should remain so.
The one taboo word that Amit Shah and Narendra Modi supporters hate today
Even though India was built on it, if you say this word in Mumbai or JNU or in protests, you are called anti-India and anti-national.
Railways suffered Rs 84 crore worth property damage in anti-CAA and NRC protests in Bengal
The Railway went to the Calcutta High Court regarding huge losses incurred between December 13-14 in protests related violence in West Bengal.
Modi-Shah’s BJP govt has failed India’s youth and is now stuck fighting them
Six months after returning to power with a huge mandate, Modi govt is losing the youth — its most ardent voters who are now pessimistic, hopeless and even angry.
Delhi Police likely to act against student holding Kashmir poster at St Stephen’s protest
The woman was seen holding a poster that says ‘Kashmir Aazad Karo’ during a protest at St Stephen’s college against JNU violence, CAA.
Why I didn’t call myself a JNU-ite for 37 yrs. But now something has changed: Yogendra Yadav
Even though I carried a jhola and had a beard, I didn’t associate with Left politics in JNU. Then a desperate Modi regime zeroed in on the university.
Jamia clarifies no student died from injuries sustained during CAA protest violence
Following the violence of 15 December, word about a student dying in a hospital had spread. However, the hospital said one person had died from chicken pox.
How France-Turkey’s probable but unlikely conflict has been shaped by Erdogan’s politics
In episode 604 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains the recent France-Turkey conflict and the deeper implications of this row.
Tax revenues decline 22% in April-September, at one-fourth of full year target
Tax revenues declined 22 per cent from the year-ago period to Rs 4.58 lakh crore and were at 28 per cent of the full year target of Rs 16.36 lakh crore in the April-September period.
Defence
Army develops WhatsApp-like app for personnel to dodge risk of communication leaks
The Secure Application for Internet supports secure voice, text and video-calling services for Android platforms over the internet. It is end-to-end encrypted.
Trump or Biden? Doesn’t matter to India-US ties as they’re in a full, strategic embrace
Pompeo & Esper’s visit to India for the 2+2 talks is proof that old hypocrisies are history, and supreme national interest has again driven a strategic choice.