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SIR West Bengal: Most Form 7 requests lead to deletions; Form 6 additions remain low
Election Commission data shows that 89.56% of Form 7 requests resulted in deletions, while 20.73% of Form 6 applications resulted in additions. Separately, voters challenging their removal face pending tribunal appeals and reported problems with notices, documents and access to orders.
The case against Adani Group’s power supply project in Bangladesh reaches Calcutta High Court
This case is filed by 30 farmers of Murshidabad and the APDR
Fraternity @ Frontiers
Image Courtesy:currentaffairs.adda247.comOn December 21, 2020, the United Nations General...
Why has the Union govt pulled the plug on minority education schemes?
In the ongoing session of Parliament, the government states that they have no intention of reinstating the MANF scholarship, the Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme and the Padho Pardesh scheme for the minorities.
Women are the majority beneficiaries of World Bank-funded minority scholarships
The scheme emanating from this scholarship, benefits the youth who are school dropouts or those educated in institutions like Madrasas
Jafar Panahi, Jailed Iran filmmaker on hunger strike
Jafar Panahi, a renowned Iranian filmmaker imprisoned for the past 6 months, has announced a hunger strike to protest his ongoing detention, as reported by his wife Tahereh Saeidi on her Instagram page.
Electoral blow to BJP on Devendra Fadnavis Nitin Gadkari’s home turf
MVA's Sudhakar Adbale won the Nagpur seat and is declared winner in the MLC elections; MVA wins two of the five seats contested, counting on in others
‘Woeful allocation’: Union budget ‘neglects, condemns’ physically challenged persons
This year’s budget has been no different as far...
Union Budget a Statement of ‘Sheer Hopelessness’, say Farmer Leaders
SKM assails budget for “concealing data” about farmers’ incomes.
Can Sanskrit ever be India’s national language?
What the Constituent Assembly debates on the Language Question tell us
How correct are the claims of Modi government’s achievements of Amrit Kaal?
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