AAP Ki News E # 1110

19th August 2026

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Phanivikranth Kaja
August 19, 2026

AAP KI NEWS

Politics • Governance • Public Policy • People’s Issues

A week day political newsletter tracking governance, public policy and the changing face of Indian politics

THE BIG IDEA

AAP: Challenging the Status Quo

Shaking up the system. Creating political disruption. Challenging conventional politics.

आप सरकारें: शासन और सार्वजनिक नीति में नए प्रयोगों और उद्यमी शासन की दिशा में अग्रणी।

आप विपक्ष: जनता के मुद्दों को मजबूती से उठाना, जवाबदेही की मांग करना और गलत नीतियों का लोकतांत्रिक ढंग से विरोध करना।

Our focus: Governance • Public Policy • Accountability • People’s Issues • Political Change

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PUNJAB NEWS DELHI NEWS PEOPLE’S ISSUES INTERNATIONAL NEWS

CORRUPTION & GOVERNANCE WATCH NEWS THAT MATTERS

🟡 PUNJAB NEWS

Mohali women support centre becomes Punjab model.

Chandigarh University to map heritage trees in Mohali district.

Plan to set up a value chain cluster for cooking oil in Fazilka approved.

Major sewerage upgrade begins in Mohali.

District Library : Mansa

The Shaheed Bhagat Singh District Library in Mansa provides modern reading halls and thousands of books for students and competitive exam aspirants.
https://x.com/kesarikokeri/status/2089921593929760864?s=20


🔵 DELHI NEWS

"Plainclothes policemen barged into my home, broke the CCTV, and even took away the DVR." This is not enforcement; it is intimidation. Kuldeep Kumar MLA. He was kidnapped by Delhi Police & when Hebius Corpos case was about to be taken up. I was kept missing for 14–15 hours, and my family had no information about me either. My only crime was that I was raising my voice for justice for sanitation worker brother Anil.
https://x.com/KuldeepKumarAAP/status/2089740294803927533?s=20

🔴 CORRUPTION & GOVERNANCE WATCH

Additional sessions judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar handed out 17 death sentences in 7 cases between April 6 and July 17 this year in UP's Muzaffarnagar. He is the same judge who had ordered videographic survey of the Gyanvapi mosque. During his stint in Bareilly, judge Diwakar had

Allahabad HC Slams UP Govt For Taking Possession of 'Sugriv Kila' Temple Land In Ayodhya Without Paying Dues.
https://thewire.in/law/allahabad-hc-slams-up-govt-sugriv-kila-temple

🔎 INDIA: SYSTEM & ACCOUNTABILITY

Roughly one in three voters in Delhi faces the risk of deletion from the electoral list after the first phase of the special intensive revision closed on Monday with official data showing that the assembly constituency of Rohini was set to fare the best and Tughlakabad the worst.

NTA is cleaning house after UGC-NET errors, removes over 50 staff | The National Testing Agency (NTA) has removed more than 50 staff members and begun a major overhaul of its examination system after errors were found in three UGC-NET papers. The agency has also started hiring.

📰 NEWS THAT MATTERS

Bihar Govt Admits AK47 Use on Protesters but Says No One Was Injured.
The government said that four shots were fired into the air by one of the constables as he was trapped in the crowd.
https://thewire.in/government/bihar-govt-admits-ak47-use-on-protesters-but-says-no-one-was-injured

'Irony At Its Peak': Delhi University Post Graduate History Syllabus Drops Delhi Sultanate.
https://thewire.in/education/irony-at-its-peak-delhi-university-post-graduate-history-syllabus-drops-delhi-sultanate

Why Modi Dropping ‘Jai Hind’ From His Independence Day Speech Matters.
The most significant implication of the prime minister’s act of dropping Jai Hind is the persistent effort to replace Hind with Bharat for defining India.
https://thewire.in/politics/why-modi-dropping-jai-hind-from-his-independence-day-speech-matters

Between March and July, Govt Issued a Blocking Order Every 68 Seconds for Online Content: Report.
There has been a surge in blocking orders issued by the Union government to restrict online content sent to Instagram, Facebook and YouTube this year at a time when students across the country were protesting against exam leaks, with the biggest protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar in June and July.
This is compared to a total of 2,312 blocking orders between October 2024 and October 2025 to 19 online platforms sent through the Sahyog portal, translating to a daily average of six such orders a day, according to data accessed through an Right to Information (RTI) filing by Express last year.
https://thewire.in/rights/between-march-and-july-govt-issued-a-blocking-order-every-68-seconds-for-online-content-report

The demonetisation of 2016 was projected as a move towards a cash-less society. Ten years on, there are now 176 billion currency notes in circulation---three times more than dollar-bills (56 billion); six times more than Euro notes (30 billion).

🌍 INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Trump says Strait of Hormuz is open to shipping, Iran denies this
Vessel hit by unknown projectile in Hormuz, leaving one crew casualty, UKMTO says
Iran's Qalibaf says reopening of strait hinges on ending port blockade, sanctions and military threats.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-says-no-talks-planned-with-iran-tehran-says-strait-hormuz-still-shut-2026-08-18/

💬 EDITORIAL VIEW

As Punjab Elections are near, BJP Govt ., is sending AAP Leaders just like they did during the previous Lok Sabha Elections. So far 5 AAP Leaders are in jail on all fake cases. But Indian in is post Jantar Mantar Cockroach agitation.
BJP may have deleted Opposition Voters lists but Gen Z voters will make all the difference in the upcoming elections in 2027 & 2029.

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