The US Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sceptical of President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs under an emergency authority, in a landmark case that could redefine presidential powers over trade.
It was the best of times for us aspiring to join the IAS, it was perhaps the worst of times for India since Independence.
In his latest articles – one in Project Syndicate and another in Malayalam daily Deepika — Tharoor described the 1975-77 Emergency as a “dark period” and cited “unspeakable atrocities” committed during that time.
A 30-member team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been deployed in East Singhbhum district to bolster disaster management and emergency response during the monsoon season.
Holding phone tapping as a violation of the fundamental right to privacy, the Madras High Court on Wednesday made it clear that the Indian Telegraph Act 1885 permits it only for instances of public emergency safety or public safety and not for normal criminal investigation.
The Delhi Legislative Assembly will hold a special symposium on Saturday, 28 June, to assess the impact of the Emergency imposed on Independent India during Indira Gandhi's regime between 1975 and 1977.
Addressing party leaders and workers in Patna on Thursday, he stated that following the imposition of Emergency in 1975, the people fought back, ultimately forcing Indira Gandhi’s concession of defeat.
Singh recalled the events of the Emergency imposed on June 25, 1975, calling it a black chapter in India’s democratic history, and compared the present situation in Jharkhand as even more dangerous.
Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Sonal Shanti accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of repeatedly undermining constitutional and democratic values over the past 11 years. He said the BJP continues to use the Congress as a scapegoat to conceal its own “dark truths.”
The Congress leader, who recently took charge as APCC president, appeared confident of the party’s revival prospects.
