Massie: "I think it's ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House, and we're yelling 'election fraud'? I mean, we won all the damn elections."
@ShashiTharoor Govt just hiked passport fees from ₹1500 to ₹2500. So first it needs to be made free, which will create huge drain.
Second, only 6.5% hold a passport. Imagine the resources needed to give everyone one.
You are saying the same thing I am. If you don't have a passport or it is revoked, it doesn't mean you're not an Indian citizen, just that you can't travel abroad. If you don't have Aadhar/PAN, doesn't mean you're not Indian, just can't use financial services. If you don't have a voter ID, can't vote but doesn't mean you are not an Indian citizen. The list goes on... driving licence, GST certificate, DIN, etc.
Conversely, each of these is not a standalone proof of citizenship. India does not have a citizenship register, so for each document, a different set of proofs are considered, the most comprehensive among them being the passport. So yes, a passport is strong evidence of citizenship, but its primary purpose is to serve as a travel document, just as the primary purpose of a driving licence is to drive or the primary purpose of a voter ID is to vote.
To use your analogy: having a sale deed shows you own the property, but it does not prove domicile.
@shemin_joy@DeccanHerald FCRA has long become an extortion racket with officials landing up every few months to demand a bribe. It's just better to bring in funds through taxed corporate route. Problem is, big global NGOs are tied by their own national laws to provide only grants.
@phil_w888@UTMDAnderson Outweigh benefits is such a blanket statement. The benefits vary for 1bn who use nicotine and for some the benefits may outweigh the risks of low-risk alternatives.
@TheEconomist It's an error to claim Iran in its new role is a foe to both Saudi and UAE. Infact, Saudi-led OPEC is already more conciliatory towards Iran than the aggressive UAE. Iran could well join the Saudi camp, further isolating UAE, as well as Israel.
Good to see you've rested your earlier "responsible statecraft" position to acknowledge India blundered by leaning too heavily towards US-Israel. On Pak baiting, fact remains it bailed US & ME out of a messy situation, which won't be easily forgotten. Add to this that it's the only nuclear-armed Muslim nation and is selling war tech including Chinese fighter jets, the overall outlook looks positive.
@clashreport Malacca is tolled too, but it's paid as a maintenancee fee for the strait's upkeep. No one refuses to pay as it has become norm. Iran is proposing to do the same thing.
@virsanghvi I think this anticipation is felt by most people from developing world travelling to developed countries. Just that in India's case there is now a gap between perceived importance and ground reality.
A new study published in British Medical Journal finds Australia's U-16 social media ban has predictably failed. But this article argues that, just like in the case of the generational tobacco ban, we need more time to assess the outcomes.
This in my view simply delays a course correction, during which time things get much worse as subversive behaviour becomes codified and a new underground industry feeding off it takes hold.
Instead of applying the blunt hammer of prohibition which has rarely worked, we need policies that cure the disease, ie, pressure social media companies to cease or modify their dark algorithms which create negative outcomes among minors and adults.
https://t.co/OhVQQHOs3J
One Indian, genuinely respected by the world, engages with the big issue of this age. The genocide of children in Gaza by Israel. Justice Muralitharan, who was so strategically shunted out of Delhi high court, some years ago, has his say on global platform. Stay with spine erect, do not bend and cower and the world will stand by you.