“There are an increasing number of keyboard warriors who say things in exercise of their freedom of speech to just gain traction and to stay relevant in public… What should India do to curb it? The method opted by the state must be covered within the fold of the restrictions. It must not have the effect of chilling free speech. A balance must be drawn to ensure that the means adopted are proportionate to the infringement of the right.”
Former chief justice DY Chandrachud on hate speech (November 11, Times of India)
“Indian citizens lost Rs.120 crore to ‘digital arrest’ scams just in the first four months of the year; the losses from the entire range of cyber crimes — from ‘digital arrests’, sextortion, OTP scams to investment scams — were a staggering Rs.1,776 crore.”
India Today cover story titled ‘Beware of the new big con’ (December 2)
“We are committed to providing school education to every section of the society in accordance with the National Education Policy. In this regard, our government has approved 28 new Navodaya Vidyalayas across the country. This will expand residential and quality school education on a large scale.”
PM Narendra Modi on X (December 7)
“Air pollution is not an issue only for Delhi. It’s a matter of national emergency. The other big myth is that people believe pollution happens mostly in winters. We are breathing bad air 365 days around the country, and the air quality is declining every year.”
Dr. Harsh Vardhan Puri, lung transplant surgeon, Medanta the Medicity, Gurugram (Mint, December 7)
“Indian school education is in quite a terrible state. Research studies have revealed high absenteeism, and barely half the teachers were teaching at the the time of surveys.”
Swaminathan A. Aiyar, economist and columnist, in an essay ‘Big learning gaps but bright spots emerge’ (Times of India, December 8)
