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Avoiding breakdown: On GST council meeting

May 17, 2021 Divya Bharat 0 Comments acrimony, assembly polls, Avoiding breakdown, cash flow visibility, Centre-State equations, convening of the GST Council, editorial, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, GST on material to battle the pandemic, GST on sanitary napkins, India’s fiscal federalism framework, mobility restrictions, oxygen concentrators, pandemic-induced lockdown-dented 2020-21, re-elected State governments, relief supplies from abroad, special market borrowings, States’ GST compensation, vaccination sequencing, vaccine sourcing, west bengal cm

After a gap of over seven months, the GST Council will now meet on May 28, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Unwarranted arrest: On sedition charges against Raghu Ramakrishna Raju

May 17, 2021 Divya Bharat 0 Comments A.P. Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, alleged rampant conversion activities, Andhra Pradesh MP, Arnesh Kumar ruling, arrest, bail petition, charges of political vendetta, colonial-era provision, critics of the establishment, disaffection, disloyalty, editorial, exciting disaffection against the government, feelings of enmity, free speech, grave charge of sedition, imprison people for political writings in support of Indian independence, incitement to violence, K. Raghu Ramakrishna Raju, legal process, life imprisonment, need and relevance of the offence of sedition, offence defined in Section 124A IPC, police, police in different States, poor reflection of the understanding of the law among civil servants, prison term, prominent dissenters, Section 153-A, Section 505, sedition clause, speech-based offences, State governments, statute book, stoking hatred against communities, Supreme Court, threat to public order, Unwarranted arrest

The casual resort by the police to the sedition clause continues to cause concern The arrest of K. Raghu Ramakrishna

Using all options: On Covaxin licensing

May 16, 2021 Divya Bharat 0 Comments augmentation in production capacity, Bharat Biotech, BIBCOL, Covaxin, Covishield, editorial, Haffkine Bio-pharmaceutical Corporation, ICMR, immunity against SARS-CoV-2 and its variants, india, Indian Immunologicals Ltd, Karnataka, Maharashtra, national or an extreme emergency, NIV, other manufacturers, pace of vaccination, Patents Act, possibility of infection, producing Covaxin, public sector vaccine manufacturers, Russian-developed Sputnik V vaccine, second covid-19 wave, second dose, Serum Institute of India, single dose, South Africa, Supreme Court, technology transfer agreement, temporary waiver of provisions in the TRIPS Agreement to facilitate universal access to COVID-19 vaccines, universal and swift vaccination, Using all options, vaccination for 18-44 age group

As the second COVID-19 wave continues to ravage the country, it is now clear that universal and swift vaccination is

Artless and heartless: On Central Vista project

May 16, 2021 Divya Bharat 0 Comments architecture, Artless and heartless, conservation of the collections, economic, editorial, Government of India’s Central Vista redevelopment project, government’s disregard for public good, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, intolerance towards any public scrutiny, Lok Sabha election, National Archives Annexe, National Museum of India, national priority, new parliament building, Opposition, pandemic, showmanship, social and political spheres, the public

The govt. must respond to concerns about demolitions in Central Vista redevelopment The Government of India’s Central Vista redevelopment project

Out of line: On West Bengal Governor’s visit to violence-hit areas

May 14, 2021 Divya Bharat 0 Comments AIADMK regime, airing of differences, appeal to President, BJP-led Union government, bomb explosion, breach of constitutional propriety, condemning incidents of rare enormity, congruency between words and interests of the BJP, constitutional heads, Cooch Behar, critic of the Mamata Banerjee regime, derogation of the elected regime, editorial, electoral democracy, ending the violence, fresh election, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, in private and in confidence, Jagdeep Dhankar, M. Channa Reddy, moral urge, nandigram, norms of representative government, not offer public comment, Opposition exaggeration, Out of line, police firing, political statements, post poll violence, post-election violence, post-poll celebrations, recall the Governor, resounding victory, restoring order, restraint on gubernatorial propensity, setting aside restraints of constitutional office, shedding restraints of their office, show solidarity with victims, situations best handled by representative regime, tmc, transgression of the bounds of constitutional propriety, triumphalism and attacks on the losing side, violence-hit areas, visiting RSS headquarters in Chennai, West Bengal Governor

Governor Dhankhar’s visit to violence-hit areas is a breach of constitutional propriety There is little doubt that West Bengal Governor

Cease the fire: On indiscriminate bombing of civilians in Gaza

May 14, 2021 Divya Bharat 0 Comments Air strikes, artillery, casualty of children, Cease the fire, central city of Lod, deepened occupation, editorial, expanded Jewish settlements, fears of a civil war, gaza, Germany, Hamas’s militant infrastructure, Indian national, indiscriminate bombing of civilians in Gaza, international appeal, Iron Dome defence system, Israel-Palestine conflict, Israel’s high-handedness in East Jerusalem, Israel’s population centres, Israel’s right to defend itself, Israeli armed forces, Israeli civilians and soldiers, Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jewish settlers, move to evict Palestinian families, occupied territories, Palestinians, President Reuven Rivlin, resentment and frustration, riots between Jewish vigilantes and Arab mobs, rocket firing by Hamas, second intifada, Sheikh Jarrah, state of emergency, u.s.

Israel’s right to defend itself does not extend to indiscriminate bombing of civilians in Gaza From Israeli armed forces storming

Temporary respite: On latest retail inflation and industrial output data

May 13, 2021 Divya Bharat 0 Comments Assembly elections, cereals, Consumer Price Index data, dairy products, deflationary trend, double digits, editorial, eggs, factory shutdowns, food and beverages category, global crude oil, haulage costs, IHS Markit’s PMI survey, IIP, impact of the lockdown, Index of Industrial Production, industrial output, industrial production, industrial production numbers, inflation dataprices, international commodity prices, meat and fish, milk and milk products, monetary policy makers, National Statistical Office, nationwide lockdown, NSO, oils and fats, Petrol and diesel prices, price stability, pulses and products, pump prices of petroleum products, retail inflation and industrial output data, second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, socio-economic burden, softer food prices, steps to boost demand, supply disruptions, Temporary respite, transport and communication, vegetables

The latest retail inflation and industrial output data from the National Statistical Office (NSO) offer some relief from the pall

Assam brew: On transfer of power in Assam

May 13, 2021 Divya Bharat 0 Comments areas bordering Bangladesh, assam, Assam brew, Assam’s electoral rolls, Assamese nationalists, autonomous tribal regions, Bengali and Assamese speakers, Bengali Hindus, Bharatiya Janata Party’s central leadership, bjp, burden on State finances, central law, champion of pluralism, citizenship, Citizenship Amendment Act, compassion and realism, congress, deletion of illegal voters, editorial, electoral strategy, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Hindu consolidation, ineligible inclusions, interior areas, key strategist and troubleshooter for the BJP, new citizenship regim, northeast, polarising figure in Assam, re-verification of the Assam National Register of Citizens, sarbananda sonowal, Supreme Court, tea garden workers, unreasonable exclusions, welfare schemes, women

Himanta Biswa Sarma cannot continue with the BJP’s evasive position on citizenship The transfer of power in Assam, from Sarbananda

Protecting prisoners: On overcrowding of prisons

May 12, 2021 Divya Bharat 0 Comments alleged complicity in riots, anti-terrorism laws, Arnesh Kumar vs State of Bihar, bail, bail denial, Bhima-Koregaon case, class of prisoners, congested jails, Disease, editorial, follow-up action, high occupancy levels, high-powered committees, hospitalisation, Imprisonment practices, infection, interim release of eligible prisoners, nation-wide lockdown, pandemic, parole for a specified period, periodical extension of custody and hearings, police, political activists in Delhi, political prisoners, prison overcrowding, prison staff, prisoners, prisoners testing positive, Protecting prisoners, regular testing and medical treatment, release on personal bond, right to life and health of prisoners, Section 436A of the Cr.P.C., states, Supreme Court, transporting remand prisoners to court, uncontrolled second surge, undertrials, unnecessary arrests

Imprisonment practices need a relook so that the police do not effect unnecessary arrests If overcrowding of prisons has been

State action: On Centre’s role in COVID-19 fight

May 12, 2021 Divya Bharat 0 Comments absence of newer effective treatments, bihar, Central Ministers, Centre, critical medical equipment, editorial, expansion of vaccine drive to all adults, facilitator, faltering vaccination drive, Ganga, havoc on the migrant workforce, India’s national positivity rate, India's economy, leisure visits to public entertainment spaces, masking up, maximum number of daily doses, million doses of vaccine, national lockdown, Oxygen crisis, oxygen tankers, positivity, potential third wave, religious gatherings, rural India in lethal proportions, social functions, State action, states, testing kits, uttar pradesh, vaccination, vaccines

Instead of dictating how States deal with the pandemic, the Centre must be a facilitator . Source link

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