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Barricades and detentions fail to stop Delhi protesters marching against CEC
CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby, former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, SFI activists, lawyers, journalists and AISA leader Neha Bora were among those detained as protests targeted Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan
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Stark abdication by an absent state, paucity of basic necessities & poor, unhygienic conditions in relief camps: Manipur
A team of Karwan-e-Mohabbat visited five relief camps to assess the humanitarian crisis and highlight the suffering and demands of the internally displaced in Manipur; report makes recommendations for state and union governments and citizens groups to step forward to heal the wounds inflicted
Madras Bar Association urges return to original names of India’s criminal laws: Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita
In a resolution passed at the an extraordinary general body meeting of the Madras Bar Association, advocates have claimed that the names of the three newly introduced bills on criminal laws violates the spirit of the Constitution of India
Asserting the principle of federalism, Kerala CM releases revised textbooks restoring chapters removed by NCERT
CM Pinarayi Vijayan flags bias in new national curriculum, reintroduces chapters on Mughals, assassination of Gandhi.
While Modi plays the OBC card, backward castes & Adivasis remain excluded from Central University
The premier educational institutes of the country continue to exclude marginalised communities. According to the latest figures, the constitutionally-mandated reservation policies are not fully implemented in 45 central universities.
Indian Ulema Must Oppose Anti-Blasphemy Laws
They must expunge them from their texts
Sky is the Limit: Invaluable contribution made by women scientist in moon mission
Chandrayan 3 a success due to Ritu Karidhal Srivastava, Kalpana K., and many other women scientists, symbolises India's space prowess and the growing role of women in space exploration, paves way for young minds
Massive minority scholarship (Ministry of Minority Affairs) scam raises questions about actual beneficaries
Fake institutions, exaggerated numbers who have claimed scholarship funds all point to a huge corruption snag in funds disbursal in a ministry of the union government
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