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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
Covid-19: Finally, PM steers a U-turn on vaccine policy after SC seeks plan
Free vaccines for all has been a demand raised by many states, Opposition leaders including four CMs consistently asked the Centre to start free mass vaccination
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Arrests, bombs and comebacks: A-B-C of weekend politics in Bengal
Image Courtesy:telegraphindia.comOn Saturday night, Calcutta Police arrested Rakhal Bera,...
Great Number Game of Vaccine Funding: Zero Allotment = Rs. 35000 Crores !!!
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Bengal Redux: ‘They have no idea about us: we were born and raised in struggle, forged in mass movements…’
The unseemly centre-state tussle over the recently retired chief secretary of West Bengal has been initiated by the Centre and the govt would be wise to end this now
Covid-19 vaccines: How did 9 pvt hospitals corner 50% doses?
According to government data the “cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has exceeded 22.78 Cr” by Saturday
Delta variant, a. k.a B.1.617.2, is 50 percent more contagious: UK study
Even as positivity rate dipped below 10 per cent now, experts have warned that India cannot take it easy yet
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Two paper mills that have been defunct for over five years, employees lost their only source of income
EXCLUSIVE: PM must intervene, stop misinformation campaign, recognise Covid martyr medics: IMA chief
Indian Medical Association (IMA) president Dr JA Jayalal tells SabrangIndia that attacks on doctors are a big worry, as is delay of compensations to medics martyred to Covid-19, and misinformation being spread about vaccines
Justice Mishra’s appointment as NHRC Chief shows govt’s disregard for human rights: CJAR
The Prashant Bhushan-founded CJAR issued a strongly worded statement pointing out Justice Mishra’s controversial judicial legacy
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