The Emergency (India)
ELI5: In India, there is currently a situation called an "emergency." It's like when your mom or dad calls a "timeout" because things are not going well and they need to figure out how to make things better.
In this case, the people who run the country of India (the government) have called an emergency because they think there are some really big problems that need to be fixed. They say that there are things like riots (when lots of people get angry and start fighting) and strikes (when people stop working to show they want something to change) happening that are causing trouble for the country.
But some other people think that the government is just using the emergency as an excuse to stop people from saying things they don't like. Right now, some people who speak out against the government or criticize them are being arrested, and some newspapers and TV channels are being censored (which means the government is making sure they only say nice things about them).
It's a complicated situation, and some people are afraid that the government is becoming too powerful and taking away people's rights. But the government says they're doing this to make things better, so we'll have to wait and see what happens next.
In this case, the people who run the country of India (the government) have called an emergency because they think there are some really big problems that need to be fixed. They say that there are things like riots (when lots of people get angry and start fighting) and strikes (when people stop working to show they want something to change) happening that are causing trouble for the country.
But some other people think that the government is just using the emergency as an excuse to stop people from saying things they don't like. Right now, some people who speak out against the government or criticize them are being arrested, and some newspapers and TV channels are being censored (which means the government is making sure they only say nice things about them).
It's a complicated situation, and some people are afraid that the government is becoming too powerful and taking away people's rights. But the government says they're doing this to make things better, so we'll have to wait and see what happens next.