INDIA (National Affairs)
Modi in US, UNGA summit Live Updates: Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh inalienable parts of country, says India at UNGA
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/narendra-modi-joe-biden-kamala-harris-quad-new-york-washington-unga-live-updates-7528491/
Modi’s image in SC mails raises eyebrows; apex court objects, Govt rushes to remove
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/supreme-court-narendra-modi-mails-7533076/
Assam eviction drive: Under tin sheets, belongings strewn, families say ‘As good as being dead’
Where the families lived till Thursday morning – for 40 years, they claim – now stretches vast barren ground, barring pieces of broken roofs and tin sheets. A lone chest of drawers stands incongruously erect.
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/guwahati/assam-eviction-drive-under-tin-sheets-belongings-strewn-families-say-as-good-as-being-dead-7533016/
Naga talks: so far, what now
Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi has resigned as interlocutor for peace talks with Naga insurgent groups. Why has the peace process for a Naga Accord been stuck, and what is the way forward?
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/naga-peace-talks-nagaland-insurgent-group-7533021/
‘Staff ducked for cover, judge ran to chambers’: Witnesses recall Rohini courtroom horror
The petition also prayed that X-Ray machines, CCTV and metal detectors already installed in various district courts be made operational since they were not functioning.
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/witnesses-recall-rohini-courtroom-horror-gogi-shooting-7532876/
INDIA (Community Affairs)
Mohan Bhagwat is right: British are to blame for India’s Hindu-Muslim division
Faizan Mustafa writes: If RSS is interested in true nation-building, it should prevent ruling dispensation from continuing the colonial policy of divide and rule.
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/rss-mohan-bhagwat-hindu-muslim-divide-british-7532872/
Violence during Assam eviction drive is born out of divisive politics. Govt must reach out
Assam’s people have paid the cost of uncompromising identity politics with bloodshed before. It must walk away from that path of confrontation.
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/assam-government-bengali-muslim-community-eviction-drive-7532914/
Muslims should bow to ‘Indian culture’; Ram, Krishna, Shiva were their ancestors: UP minister
Minister of state for parliamentary affairs Anand Swaroop Shukla also said that the Modi and Adityanath governments at the Centre and state have raised the flag of Hindutva and “Indian culture” in the country and defeated the mindset of making the world an Islamic State.
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/muslims-bow-indian-culture-ram-krishna-shiva-ancestors-up-minister-7531386/
UPSC 2020 results—Nearly 35% drop in successful Muslim candidates
https://www.milligazette.com/news/4-national/33921-upsc-2020-resultsnearly-35-drop-in-successful-muslim-candidates/
Uttar Pradesh: Bajrang Dal members brutally assaulted by Muslim mob in Bulandshahr, police says fight not communal
https://www.opindia.com/2021/09/bulandshahr-bajrang-dal-gau-rakshaks-muslim-mob-assault-police-arrest-jahangirabad/
Conversion racket case: AMU students protest against arrest of Islamic scholar Kaleem Siddiqui
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/conversion-racket-case-amu-students-protest-against-arrest-of-islamic-scholar-kaleem-siddiqui-101632507310046.html
FOREIGN
Huawei CFO flying back to China after deal with US prosecutors
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/25/huawei-cfo-flying-back-to-china-after-deal-with-us
MUSLIM WORLD
US senators urge State Dept to confront Bahrain’s ‘repression’
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/24/us-senators-urge-state-dept-to-confront-bahrains-repression
EDITORIAL
Complex count: On caste census
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/complex-count-the-hindu-editorial-on-caste-census/article36659029.ece
A flicker of hope: On declining COVID-19 numbers
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/a-flicker-of-hope/article36659042.ece
OPED ARTICLES
Why China has decided against saving Evergrande
Jahangir Aziz writes: It is the strongest signal yet that no corporate is ‘too big to fail’ and that there are no state guarantees for them.
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/evergrande-chinese-government-economy-communist-party-7532938/
ECONOMIC / BUSINESS / FINANCE
RBI allows banks to sell fraud loans to asset reconstruction companies
https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/banking-finance/rbi-allows-banks-to-sell-fraud-loans-to-asset-reconstruction-companies/2337273/
TWEETS
The Cognate @TheCognate_
Bijoy Bania, the photographer who trampled the body of Moinul Haque in Assam’s Darrang, was arrested. He works for the District Administration to document the ongoing government eviction drive.
https://twitter.com/TheCognate_/status/1441292161194938372
Mohammad Salman @writesalman
Enough is Enough #WeAreAllMoinulHaque @sioindia calls for nationwide protests against the state-sponsored killing of Muslims in Assam by Hindutva terrorists. #HindutvaTerror.
https://twitter.com/writesalman/status/1441375563684274194
Gaurav Gogoi @GauravGogoiAsm
Irresponsible reporting from the @IndiaToday group. Reporting the people who are being evicted as illegal Bangladeshi. The statement is neither factual and nor based on draft NRC list. Expect facts and not propaganda from the media group.
https://twitter.com/GauravGogoiAsm/status/1441266979269054464
