Author: Prasenjit Bose
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Unconditional Citizenship Denied: CAR, 2024 Sets a Dangerous Precedent
he Citizenship Amendment Rules, 2024 (CAR, 2024) notified by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India on March 11, 2024 is, simultaneously, a subversion of the secular basis of India’s citizenship law for the sake of communal, majoritarian vote-bank politics as well as a ploy to deceive lakhs of Bengali Hindu refugees from Bangladesh…
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Sitharaman Releases White Paper Attacking UPA, But Data Tells a Different Story
he Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has released a “White Paper on the Indian Economy” today, which purportedly seeks to “generate a wider, more informed debate on the paramountcy of national interest and fiscal responsibility in matters of governance over political expediency.” The White Paper criticises the “mismanagement and short-sighted handling of the public finances…