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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
Centre seeks another extension till January 2022 to frame CAA rules
CAA aims to grant Indian nationality to persecuted minorities of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan except Muslims
Mumbo-Jumbo will Voodoo you!
Has the Voodoo of national security been cast to enfeeble and erase fundamental rights?
India’s Deep State: Is any citizen safe?
Crucial questions raised at online discussion co-organised by Free Speech Collective , NWMI and SabrangIndia on the implications of Pegasus Project, targeted surveillance and violation of privacy by the Indian Gov’t
No data on forest area under dispute: Centre in RS
In a written reply, the environment minister, Bhupender Yadav, told Rajya Sabha that the Union has not laid down any criterion to define forests
Turmoil in the North East: 5 killed as conflict re-erupts on Assam-Mizoram border
The age-old border dispute had been put on the back-burner due to Covid-19, but now requires urgent resolution
Pegasus scandal: Justice Lokur part of West Bengal’s inquiry commission
The two-member panel also includes Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya
Indian children grossly underweight or stunted across Indian states
41 percent children underweight in Bihar, 46 percent stunted in Manipur between 2019 to 2020 as per Centre's submission during the ongoing monsoon session; Centre could provide data only for 22 States and Union Territories
Parliament: Deluge of excuses, denials, disruptions dot 1st week of Monsoon Session
A stream of excuses and denials by government in Parliament compel citizens to keep a watchful eye. Here is a list:
No intention to bring in two child policy, fertility rates have declined: Centre in LS
At the same time UP has introduced a draft bill on population control and 3 BJP and 1 JD(U) Lok Sabha members have moved Private Members’ Bills on population control
UP’s damage to property law contravenes SC guidelines
The Supreme Court had, in a judgement in 2009, directed that for claiming compensation, the high court should appoint a Claims Commissioner and the court would finally decide the amount after hearing both parties.
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