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Best of BS Opinion: Illegal surveillance, co-operation ministry & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday

In tune with freedom

Book review of The Spirit of Enquiry: Notes of Dissent

Illegal surveillance

Govt must reveal who is targeting Indian citizens

Best of BS Opinion: Repeal UAPA, bankruptcy process needs a re-look & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Friday

Repeal UAPA

The statute has no place in a democracy

Repeating recent history

The poor quality of public health infrastructure should no longer surprise us. It is our democratic choice, writes Mihir S Sharma

Philippine democracy scion, former president Benigno Aquino dies

Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, son of pro-democracy icons who helped topple dictator Ferdinand Marcos and had troublesome ties China, died Tuesday, a cousin and public officials said

Best of BS Opinion: The search for news media, economic recovery & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Friday

The search for news media

The pathetic state of India's news media - particularly news TV - leaves it at the mercy of international media and a few Indian brands that have the capacity to cover a story like the pandemic

India's pledge of good behaviour

Its endorsement of the G7's Open Societies Statement will give the world a larger say in human rights violations in the country

Best of BS Opinion: The price of a life, the virus unravels, and more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday

Basic notion of democratic reforms a national security issue in US: WH

The basic notion of democratic reforms and voting rights in the US is a national security issue, Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has said

'Democracy itself is in peril', says Biden, commemorates America's war dead

US President Joe Biden said that Democracy itself was in peril in the US and around the world

The next three years

It is possible to imagine a different future for India

India a dysfunctional anarchy?

It is the people who lost as the government scored self-goals

Myanmar's great leap back

The coup underlines the limits of quasi-democracy

Best of BS Opinion: Mosques in the rear-view mirror, Covid-19 crisis & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Policymaking in the age of the virus

In India, there's currently evidence the Centre has not managed a smooth vaccine rollout. It is now falling back on blaming states, which are facing vaccine shortages

Democracies around world, including India, facing threat: US Congressman

The issues that divide the Indian people and its institutions also threaten to hinder needed progress on common challenges, such as vaccinating the global population against the Covid-19 pandemic

West Bengal polls: Mamata Banerjee's anti-BJP front bid gets tepid response

Banerjee said the time had come for a "united and effective" struggle against the BJP's 'attacks' on democracy and the Constitution