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In his first public remarks on the Sanatan Dharma row, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday accused the Opposition INDIA alliance of seeking to destroy it, and urged people to be vigilant against “attacks on us across the country”.
“Today, these people have started speaking openly. Tomorrow, these people are planning and will continue to plan attacks on us across the country. Every follower of Sanatan, everyone who loves this country…needs to be vigilant. They want to crush Sanatan and push this country back into 1,000 years of slavery,” he said
Meanwhile, the Opposition’s INDIA bloc on Thursday released a list of 14 TV anchors its parties will now boycott. The reason? These anchors, according to INDIA leaders, conduct “hate-filled” news debates. Find out more here
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🏋️ Not all track and field golds will logically progress to podiums at Paris Games, while in weightlifting, 40 of the 47 World records belong to Asians bringing the sport on an even keel with the Olympics.
The Indian Express crunches the numbers to see how Indians stack up, and offers a reckoner of the value of Asian Games medals across different sports.
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Ahead of the special session of Parliament next week, there is disquiet in a section of the establishment, including the Election Commission, over a provision in Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023.
Why? The Bill, listed for discussion and passage, seeks to downgrade the service conditions of the three election commissioners and, consequently, threatens to erode their authority. Read our report for more
An NIA special court in Lucknow on Thursday awarded a death sentence to two persons for the killing of retired school principal Ramesh Babu Shukla in Kanpur in 2016. The convicts, Atif Muzaffar and Mohammed Faisal were said to be members of a group influenced by the ideology of the Islamic State.
A day after two Army officers and a Deputy Superintendent of Police were killed in a gunbattle in Anantnag district of South Kashmir, the search operation to track the militants continued amid intermittent firing on Thursday. According to sources, Israeli Heron UAVs, quadcopters and sniffer dogs were deployed in the dense forest area to aid the search.
Responding to Farooq Abdullah’s statement after the attack, M N and Manish Sabharwal write: “Pakistan has no legitimate claims on Kashmir anymore than it has on Hyderabad or Bhopal. But the Valley became the vessel for Pakistan’s anger at itself after the idea of Pakistan died at birth when most Muslims stayed back in India.”
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After convincing Apple to support navigation technology NavIC in some new iPhone 15 models, the Union government may mandate manufacturers to embed the homegrown GPS alternative in all smartphones sold in India by 2025.
It has been over nine months since Jaahnavi Kandula, a 23-year-old student from Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district, was killed in an accident in the US, but for the family, the ordeal doesn’t seem to end. The latest news that a Seattle Police Department detective insensitively joked about how she was struck by a police car, and that she had limited value and a cheque of $11,000 should suffice, has reopened the family’s wounds.
In our opinion section today, Vanya Vaidehi Bhargava writes on Jawan and the return of SRK nationalism: “‘Pathaan’ was unsettling in invoking militaristic violence in the unquestioning service of a Bharat Mata. ‘Jawan’ recalls a nationalism where the diverse humanity of India’s people is evoked.”
In his book MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman, journalist Ben Hubbard described the Saudi Crown Prince as “one of the most dynamic and scrutinised leaders in the world…”. Prime Minister Modi described Saudi Arabia as one of India’s most important strategic partners. So, why does Saudi Arabia matter? Read our explainer to know
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📽️ In this week’s ‘Post Credits Scene’ column, Rohan Naahar puts forward his take on the documentary, ‘While We Watched’. “Vinay Shukla’s profile of Ravish Kumar (and a country in crisis) works as a dystopian thriller, a character study about loneliness, and also a newsroom drama. But more than anything else, it’s the best war movie of the year,” he opines
🤫 Delhi confidential: Although Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has adopted all TB patients in his hometown — Palitana in Gujarat — under the Centre’s Ni-Kshay mitra programme, he is not always available. In his absence, his brothers and their children take over the responsibility. Not only do they distribute the kits and speak with the patients, they also make sure the minister receives a monthly bill.
🎧 In today’s episode of 2 Things podcast, we discuss the agenda of the special session of the parliament and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comments on the Sanatan Dharma row. We also talk about how a right-wing activist allegedly cheated a Karnataka businessman of five crore rupees after assuring him of a BJP ticket.
Arushi Bhaskar and Anamni Gupta
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