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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
TopicThe Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill

Topic: The Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill

Goyal’s gravity gaffe and a revolt in the states over traffic fines

Pia Krishnankutty -
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Gujarat’s encouragement for traffic violations, and Jagan pins mosquito bites on Naidu

Pia Krishnankutty -
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PM Modi looks for cover as lawmakers take hands off the wheel

Pia Krishnankutty -
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Can steep fines & jail time under Motor Vehicles Bill be enforced and deter people?

ThePrint Team -
The proposed Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2019 seeks to levy prohibitive penalty and stricter punishments for road-related offences.

Opposition wants select committee to take up triple talaq bill. Here’s what the panels do

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
The triple talaq bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha last year, was stalled in the Rajya Sabha.

On Camera

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Opinion

Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan don’t owe us their political opinion

Stela Dey -
The expectation that every Indian celebrity must behave like Meryl Streep or Leonardo DiCaprio is misplaced. This is not Hollywood.

Real question isn’t why songs like Sarke Chunar are made. It’s why we keep playing them

Modi’s three Iran blunders lead to one question—where’s strategic autonomy?

Economy

Use LPG judiciously, consider alternatives wherever possible—Govt amid supply crunch & shipping delays 

Udit Bubna -
With vessels stranded at Hormuz amid West Asia conflict, Centre ramps up production, cracks down on hoarding, and urges households to use alternative.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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