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Tuesday, August 4, 2026
TopicV-Dem

Topic: V-Dem

India’s academic freedom lowest since 1900—worse than during the Emergency

Soumya Pillai -
India ranked among the bottom 10-20 per cent of countries globally on academic freedom, according to the latest V-Dem Academic Freedom Index.

Jaishankar’s problem is stark – no amount of external PR can cover up India’s truth

Yogendra Yadav -
Freedom House and V-Dem are no gold standards of democracy rating. But Jaishankar must know that just pointing out Western hypocrisy won’t cover India’s reality.

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Opinion

Modi govt is giving more teeth to a paper leak law that has so far bitten none

Ashok Lavasa -
Two years later, we are made to believe that this time the amendments will be the panacea. A law deters only if it is effectively enforced.

India once mocked Manmohan Singh for silence. Now it misses the accountability he stood for

Taxing India’s gaming industry into oblivion won’t cure gaming-related social ills

Economy

Turkey seeks to capitalise on strategic location to attract the rich from London & Dubai

Alexander Sazonov -
Ankara recently announced it’s ushering in a range of tax incentives for monied expats and investors abroad.

Defence

Nationalism cannot be the preserve of only armed forces: Former CDS slams defence white labelling

Snehesh Alex Philip -
White labelling is a term used to describe the practice of supplying foreign-origin systems as indigenous products with little or no value addition.

National Interest

Modi govt response to Gen Z protest shows a rare vulnerability. It’s an opportunity for Opposition

Shekhar Gupta -
The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.

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