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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

Pfizer donates USD 70 million worth of Covid-19 drugs to India

Donation includes medicines identified for Covid treatment, but does not include vaccines as Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has not been cleared by the Indian government yet

Vaccine policy detrimental to right to health; SC asks Centre to revise

In a detailed order, the apex court inter alia dealt with vaccine policy and the rationale behind the vaccine pricing while questioning differential prices for Centre and states

Covid-19: Delhi HC seeks info on government’s preparations to tackle fresh surge

The court also asks Delhi government to file status report on installation of PSA oxygen plants, questions Center on O2 concentrators awaiting customs clearance

J&K admin terminates gov’t employees in interest of “security of the state”

The order passed in late April authorises the administration to dismiss employees without inquiry

Devendra Fadnavis cuts short hospital visit in face of heckling

Former Chief Minister turns around on his visit to a hospital in Nashik as people inside the hospital boo the Opposition leader

Delhi: FIRs against farmers resume as Assembly election vote counting concludes!

Shortly after announcing a week-long lockdown, the Haryana government filed FIRs against farmer leaders near Kundli border

Covid-19: Karnataka unable to dispose of the dead, even as people struggle to survive

The capital city is running out of space to cremate/bury their dead and the medical infrastructure is crumbling

Puducherry: AINR Congress-BJP wins UT, but who will be the CM?

The Puducherry Assembly results brought joy to the Bharatiya Janata Party which till now did not have a footprint in the UT

Akhil Gogoi wins big despite being behind bars!

The political prisoner’s campaign was run by his well-wishers and octogenarian mother

Kerala: LDF wins 97 seats, UDF 41; BJP score Zero

Bharatiya Janata Party is rejected by the most educated state in the country; ‘metroman’ E Sreedharan's political foray gets derailed

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