We are conscionable days distant from the 75th Republic Day erstwhile India comes unneurotic to showcase its vibrancy and might. Every year, the authorities awards the champion marching contingent and tableaux successful the parade that follows the historical way from the Rashtrapati Bhavan to the Red Fort. Last year, the Delhi Police clinched the apical prize. They are not acceptable to springiness up the spot. This time, they person an antithetic helping hand—artificial intelligence (AI). As the Delhi Police keeps its oculus (or AI?) connected the prize, each the different contingents amended ticker out!
On that note, let’s get to today’s edition.
Big Story
Donald Trump is backmost successful power, and how! Making bully connected the promises helium made successful the run-up to the 2024 statesmanlike elections, Trump signed a flurry of enforcement orders connected Tuesday. In enactment with his “America(n) first” policy, the President sought to revoke birthright citizenship.
Trump’s bid is aimed astatine blocking automatic citizenship for children calved successful the United States to non-citizens and unlawful residents. It would interaction H-1B visa holders, impermanent visa holders, and undocumented immigrants.
Double-edged: The determination has added to the anxieties of Indian Americans, 1 of the fastest-growing migrant populations successful the US. Indian professionals and students whitethorn nary longer privation to question opportunities successful the US, fixed that the aboriginal of their children and families would stay uncertain. The diminution could besides origin the US system to stumble arsenic Indians lend importantly to tech, healthcare and education.
Hold on: As galore arsenic 22 Democratic states and civilian rights groups have moved the court to artifact Trump’s agenda. They reason that his bid violates the Constitution, which says that anyone calved successful the US would beryllium considered a citizen. Trump’s medication has a antithetic reading. It says that the Constitution’s provisions bash not widen to those successful the US illegally oregon temporarily.
Road ahead: The courts whitethorn yet person the last say. If they were to regularisation successful favour of the petitioners, Trump would request to effect a Constitutional amendment, a cumbersome signifier that past took spot successful 1992.
Unease: Trump’s crackdown connected amerciable immigrants has besides enactment a shadiness connected 20,000 “undocumented” Indians successful the US, who whitethorn now look deportation.
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Decision 2025: The conflict for the nationalist superior is accelerated approaching. How is Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) expected to fare? Well, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi is assured of their victory. She has been astatine the helm for 4 months aft a beleaguered Arvind Kejriwal decided to springiness up the throne. Her assurance comes from keeping the Delhi authorities “on track” contempt the BJP’s attempts to “destabilise” it. Atishi sat down with The Indian Express to speech elections and beyond.
From the Front Page
Cross-question: It has been conscionable implicit a period since Parliament referred the Bills connected the ‘One Nation, One Election’ connection to a associated parliamentary committee (JPC). The JPC has returned with several questions. Among those: What would beryllium the existent savings from specified an exercise? What happens successful cases of irregularities astatine a polling booth? The Law Ministry has sought a effect from the Election Commission.
Special Ops: At slightest 14 suspected Maoists were killed wrong a tiger reserve successful Chhattisgarh successful an brushwood that ended aboriginal Tuesday. Among the dormant was a apical leader, who had orchestrated respective high-profile attacks and carried a Rs 1 crore bounty.
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Have faith: The much-touted consecration of the Ram Temple successful Ayodhya could not fetch the ruling BJP a resounding triumph successful the 2024 elections. Subrata Mitra emphatically says, “..electorally, Ram could not beryllium sold twice.” Several disputes implicit spiritual structures are adjacent successful line. What intent bash they solve? The question is arsenic overmuch for the ruling enactment arsenic for the federation to answer.
Trump-ed: We aren’t rather done with Donald Trump yet. The President has withdrawn from the World Health Organisation, impacting its funding, enactment and planetary healthcare. His 2nd move, to propulsion retired of the Paris Agreement, would undermine the world’s combat against clime change. The 2 actions connected his archetypal time arsenic President are acceptable to person the astir important interaction connected the world.
And Finally…
In Rajasthan, the honour of riding a mare to one’s wedding was traditionally reserved for the precocious castes. Times person changed, and truthful person these restrictions. But not entirely. Just 2 years ago, the authorities constabulary revealed that astatine slightest 76 cases had been registered successful 10 years wherever Dalit grooms were stopped from riding a horse. Narayan Khorwal of the Scheduled Caste Regar from the Lavera colony decided not to instrumentality chances astatine his daughter’s wedding. When her groom got connected the mare for the accepted ‘Bindoli’ ceremonial connected Tuesday afternoon, the procession was followed by the watchful eyes of 200 cops.
Before you go, don’t miss today’s occurrence of the ‘3 Things’ podcast, wherever we speech astir the RG Kar lawsuit verdict and the latest update connected the Saif Ali Khan case.
That’s each for contiguous folks. Until tomorrow,
Sonal Gupta
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