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  1. Oct 3

    On Gandhi Jayanti Modi’s Police Descends on Anti-SIR Protest | The Wire Wrap

    On Gandhi Jayanti, as opposition parties took to the streets of the national capital to demand CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over the ongoing contentious SIR Delhi Police arrived with 4000 personnel and detained over 500 people. In Mumbai, the cockroach Janta Party held a massive demonstration against the CEC. The Wire’s Sravasti Dasgupta discusses the implications of the protest in conversation with Seema Chishti, Editor, The Wire; Anjali Bhardwaj, Transparency Activist; Jomy Thomas, Bureau Chief,Malayalam Manorama

    On Gandhi Jayanti Modi’s Police Descends on Anti-SIR Protest | The Wire Wrap

  2. Sep 18

    UPI 'Tax', US Tariffs Loom Over Modi's Birthday

    Prime minister Narendra Modi celebrated his 76th birthday on Thursday with an unprecedented scale of nationwide grandeur where BJP state governments sought to outdo each other with their spectacles of light and sound shows and prayers for Modi However the celebrations made no mention of the challenges being faced by his government including the up to 100% tariffs being placed by a US legislation on India as part of sanctions for purchasing Russian oil. Or the new 'tax' on UPI transactions that the Modi government is placing on citizens amid rising inflation All this just days after the BRICS summit was held in Delhi where the Modi government sought to show unity standing alongside Russian president Vladimir Putin Putin and Chinese president Xi Jinping. The Wire's Sravasti Dasgupta is joined by Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editor, The Wire and Ajay Srivastava, founder Global Trade Research Institute

    UPI 'Tax', US Tariffs Loom Over Modi's Birthday

  3. Sep 7

    SIR Deletions and Chest-Thumping on GDP | The Wire Wrap

    The latest draft voter rolls released after the third phase of the Election Commission's special intensive revision have brought the scale of deletions back in focus. And while the Modi government is celebrating 7.8% quarterly GDP growth figures, this number has come under scrutiny. Jahnavi Sen is joined by former Union agriculture secretary Siraj Hussain, Associate Professor of Economics at Zakir Husain College Shirin Akhter and journalist and data analyst Aparna Bhattacharya to discuss these issues.

    SIR Deletions and Chest-Thumping on GDP | The Wire Wrap

  4. Sep 5

    Students' Rise, Modi-Shah Sit Out Parliament | The Wire Wrap

    While the union government sought to enter the monsoon session armed with a series of defections and a possible delimitation plan, the session ended with prime minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah sitting out the entire session without delivering any statement on the police action on protesters on July 20. The government was also not able to pass any of its contentious bills including delimitation, while the FCRA Bill, 2026 too was sent to a joint parliamentary committee (JPC). While the opposition has claimed victory succeeding in putting the government on the backfoot, students' anger has risen in Jharkhand's Ranchi against irregularities in exams with protests continuing for over 20 days. Meanwhile the union government has notified the questionnaire for the 2027 household census which includes a question on details of caste. The Wire's senior political correspondent is in conversation with Seema Chishti, editor, The Wire and Amit Baruah, senior journalist. Watch: Links to read https://thewire.in/government/minister-forced-to-resign-delimitation-plan-foiled-youth-protests-opposition-push-modi-shah-on-back-foot https://thewire.in/politics/what-is-the-point-of-going-inside-says-amit-shah-after-missing-parliament-since-july-20 https://thewire.in/politics/modi-govt-has-previously-used-terms-firing-bullets-for-pellet-gun-use https://m.thewire.in/article/politics/as-thousands-march-to-assembly-over-paper-leaks-jharkhand-arrests-public-service-commission-chief/amp https://thewire.in/government/govt-notifies-questionnaire-for-household-schedule-of-census-2027

    Students' Rise, Modi-Shah Sit Out Parliament | The Wire Wrap

  5. Aug 7

    Post Jantar Mantar: Women face doxxing, police intimidation and harassment

    In the weeks following the recent student protests, the demonstrations may have faded from the headlines, but for many of the women who participated, the consequences have not. During the protests, images and videos of women protesters being forcefully detained and handled by the police circulated widely, prompting questions about the treatment of women demonstrators and the use of force against them. In the days that followed, several protesters also alleged online abuse, doxxing, intimidation and, in some cases, harassment of their families. At the same time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks about "forgiving daughters" have sparked a wider debate about how women who dissent are viewed in India today. What does it mean to be a woman protester in India? Do women face a different kind of policing, scrutiny and retaliation for exercising their democratic right to dissent? To discuss these questions, I'm joined by Gurmehar Kaur of the Indian Youth Congress and Danish Ali, Joint Secretary, JNUSU, who was a part of the protest and whose family says it faced harassment following her participation in the protests.

    Post Jantar Mantar: Women face doxxing, police intimidation and harassment

  6. Jul 31

    Modi's Reels and More Tech Won't Fix the Education Crisis | The Wire Wrap

    Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan was forced to resign under sustained public pressure, but BJP leaders continue to celebrate his tenure rather than grapple with the serious concerns raised during the youth movement. The Wire's Jahnavi Sen is joined by Saroj Giri, Associate Professor of Political Science at Delhi University, and Surajit Mazumdar, Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, to talk about what really ails the education system, what should be done, and why students' voices can't be suppressed.

    Modi's Reels and More Tech Won't Fix the Education Crisis | The Wire Wrap

  7. Jul 17

    Manipur Violence, No Questions for Modi and More Changes to SIR | The Wire Wrap

    Violence continues in Manipur, with at least 26 people being killed in the last four months. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s refusal to take questions from journalists is under scrutiny again. And the Election Commission appears to have quietly changed the rules for new voters trying to enrol. The Wire's Managing Editor is joined by transparency rights activist Amrita Johri and journalists Vrinda Gopinath, Greeshma Kuthar and Helle Lyng. Read more about these issues on The Wire's website: https://thewire.in/politics/rs-250-petrol-rs-5000-lpg-cylinders-kangpokpi-pays-the-price-of-manipurs-latest-blockade https://thewire.in/media/no-press-conference-narendra-modi-australia-new-zealand-rule https://thewire.in/rights/three-phases-of-sir-how-ec-has-applied-varying-rules-for-the-nationwide-voter-roll-revision

    Manipur Violence, No Questions for Modi and More Changes to SIR | The Wire Wrap

  8. Jul 10

    Modi's Silence on Ram Mandir Theft and Govt's Failed Silencing of Satluj | The Wire Wrap

    The special investigation team put together by the UP government to probe the theft and embezzlement taking place at the Ayodhya has submitted its interim report, which comes with some answers and many questions. Meanwhile Honey Trehan’s film Satluj, earlier named Punjab95, was released on Zee5 only to be pulled down less that 48 hours later. The Wire's Managing Editor Jahnavi Sen is joined by senior journalists Saba Naqvi and Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, The Wire’s special correspondent Akanksha Kumar and film critic Tatsam Mukherjee to discuss all of this.

    Modi's Silence on Ram Mandir Theft and Govt's Failed Silencing of Satluj | The Wire Wrap
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