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The Hindu Editorials snapshot

Editorial 1

Mob Rule: On Migrants, Rising Hate Crimes in India

Recent violent mob attacks across India targeted migrants wrongly labelled as Bangladeshi or Chinese foreigners despite being Indian citizens from states like Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Odisha, and Tripura, including lynching of Ram Narayan Baghel in Kerala on December 17 over theft suspicions, Juel Sheikh beaten in Odisha on December 24, a Bengali vendor assaulted soon after, an Odia man machete-attacked on a Tamil Nadu train, and student Anjel Chakma stabbed in Dehradun on December 28 after racial slurs, dying later. These incidents amid Northeast othering, minority intimidation, and birthday disruptions reveal escalating suspicion based on looks, language, or origin, with police arrests insufficient as BJP’s anti-infiltration rhetoric emboldens mobs ahead of Assam-West Bengal polls. States and Centre must condemn such hate firmly, enforce law strictly to protect diversity and end impunity.

Editorial 2

The Water Divide: On Water Contamination, Piped Supply in India

A water contamination crisis in Indore, Madhya Pradesh—India’s repeatedly cleanest city for waste management—has killed at least four including a baby (unofficially 14) and sickened over 2,000 with 200 hospitalised and 32 in ICU from municipality supply, blamed on delayed new lines amid a second Madhya Pradesh incident after Bhopal jaundice cases, highlighting failures despite Swachh Bharat and Jal Jeevan Missions where 96% households use “improved” sources per NFHS yet lack quality checks at delivery. Access means little without assured purity, demanding strict enforcement of guidelines, pipe repairs, contaminant tests for chemicals and sewage, monitoring, and awareness to curb high water-borne disease burden in 147 crore population and prevent more tragedies from old infrastructure.

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The Indian Express Editorials snapshot

Editorial 3

Concerns of Gig Workers Must Be Heard, Addressed Fairly

Gig workers in India have surged to 7.7 million in 2020-21 per NITI Aayog, projected to 23.5 million by 2029-30, powering platforms like Zomato (5.5 lakh delivery partners), Blinkit (3.39 lakh), and Uber (over 1 million drivers), but face issues like unstable wages, opaque pay, long hours, unsafe conditions, and strikes against 10-minute deliveries by Swiggy, Zomato, Zepto workers. Government labour codes define gig workers, mandate 1-2% aggregator turnover to social security funds for insurance, health, maternity benefits, and form advisory committees, but avoids micromanaging like delivery times amid abundant labour and limited jobs. Companies must recognise workers as core to success, negotiate transparent pay and safer practices balancing profits with fair solutions for sustainable growth.

Editorial 4

The Rats Ate the Ganja, Your Honour

In a Jharkhand drugs case, the court acquitted accused after police claimed rats ate 200 kg of seized ganja evidence, as noted in station diary, casting doubt on seizure handling, echoing similar rat excuses in Mathura 2022 for 500 kg cannabis and Houston 2024 where rodents enjoyed stored marijuana, per forensic reports. This highlights a pattern of absurd alibis like dogs eating homework or endless grandmothers’ funerals for absences, undermining justice with “doctor’s notes” as currency in a culture of evasion where rodents supposedly aid criminals by destroying proof. Such stories demand verified facts to counter the menace of drug-addicted rats or mere tall tales.

Vocabulary from the Editorial: 1

Word	Simple Meaning	Synonym	Antonym
Lynched	Killed by angry mob	Mob-killed, extrajudicial	Legally punished
Bogey	False fear or myth	Scarecrow, phantom	Reality
Emboldened	Made bold or fearless	Encouraged, heartened	Discouraged
Incendiary	Causing anger or violence	Inflammatory, provocative	Calming
Perpetual	Never-ending or constant	Continuous, endless	Temporary
Blot	Stain or disgrace	Shame, mark	Honour
Stridently	Loudly and aggressively	Forcefully, harshly	Mildly
Extrajudicial	Outside legal process	Illegal, vigilante	Judicial

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