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Ensure transparency and inclusion in the 2027 Census: CCG

In a letter to the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India, over 90 members of the Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG), a collective of former civil servants from the All India and Central Services have urged that the Census process be transparent and inclusive; that OBCs be specifically enumerated, DNTs be enumerated as also the 1369 mother tongues in India be also separately classified (through supervision of the Anthropological Survey of India

Delhi: Assembly passes resolution against Rakesh Asthana’s appointment as CP

Former Secretary to Government of India, E A S Sarma, writes to Cabinet Secretary raising concerns on this appointment

Centre claims that nobody died due to manual scavenging reported in the last 5 years!

In a written response submitted to the Rajya Sabha, Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry admits that the inhuman practice of manual scavenging is still prevalent in India with over 60,000 manual scavengers identified across the country

Covid-19: VHA demands sufficient beds and Maha gov’t help

The Nagpur-based hospital association demands adequate hospital beds and feasible facility and service charges to sustain health infrastructure

Who will decide how many children an Indian woman should bear?

Some Church Bishops encourage large families, while male Chief Minister ministers plan two-child laws, has anyone asked the women?

Pegasus Snoopgate: RS MP, Journalists move SC for court monitored probe

Reports of alleged snooping of human rights activists, politicians and journalists, using Israeli spyware Pegasus, surfaced one day before the monsoon session

Centre justifies withholding names of UAPA detainees citing “national interest”

MHA admits that Delhi Police arrested 9 people under UAPA last year, but refuses to disclose names

Tectonic Zone: Northeast

The British drew the borders, and changed them several times according to their purely administrative and military convenience

Nearly 50,000 atrocity cases registered under SC/ST Act in 2019: Centre

The conviction rate meanwhile howers at a mere 10 percent as per submission by the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment before the Rajya Sabha

Over 5,000 vacancies for judicial officers across India in 2021: Centre in LS

Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of vacancies at 1,053, against a sanctioned strength of 3,634 judicial officers

MHA once again gaslights public on NRC

Skirts question about RGI's notification of NRC by referring to notifications issued before final NRC was released, blames delays on Covid

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