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Principles of secret ballot, free will compromised, electronic surveillance a possibility with Voting APP introduced by the ECI: Expert
Veteran in computer science and architecture of unique software, Madhav Deshpande seriously questions the Voting APP introduced by the Bihar State Election Commission for local body polls; He alerts Indians to the possibility of electronic surveillance, the constitutional principles of free will and secret ballot being violated in the manner in which the constructed software is being stored
An Open Letter: ‘I Have Small Eyes, Mr Prime Minister’
It doesn’t behove the stature of an Indian prime minister to deploy such racist language about any community, whether Indian or not. Why you could consider a course correction
Bengal: Is Govt-Aided School Education Heading For Privatisation?
Poor jobless families in Jangal Mahal area are being forced to pull out children from schools due to acute shortage of teachers and high cost of private education.
Pahalgam Tragedy: Indian delegations abroad
Have all teams been briefed the way Congress MP Shashi Tharoor spoke about unity, even as continued hate is being spread against Muslims back home?
US court slams spyware giant NSO with $168M Fine: a reckoning for Pegasus and implications for India
A landmark blow to the Global Surveillance Trade
Silent return of say’s law in economic discourse
This backdoor entry of Say’s Law is reflected in the absurd rationale of the neo-liberal economic order that’s pushing an ‘export-led growth’ strategy on smaller countries.
What the ‘Cauliflower’ in BJP Karnataka’s X Post Means
The reference is understood to point to the 1989 Bhagalpur anti-Muslim riots in which over 900 people were killed. In the village of Logain, 110 Muslims were buried in a farm and cauliflower saplings were planted over their dead bodies. In recent years, this reference has been revived by alt-right groups.
Matleb Ali declared Indian by Tribunal, ending a long fight to prove his identity
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With CJP’s intervention, the 10 th Foreigners Tribunal in Dhubri recognised Matleb Ali’s Indian citizenship, restoring his dignity and ending his battle against wrongful suspicion of foreigner status
UP: Ramayana, Vedic Workshops in Govt Schools Challenged
Why the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government’s move of using public funds for imparting religious instruction violates Article 28 of the Constitution.
In Contrast: Nehru’s Take on a Young, Dissenting Irfan Habib and the Modi Govt’s Treatment of Mahmudabad
India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru intervened to get a scholarship for a young Irfan Habib in spite of the fact that he was member of communist party.
NHRC, India takes suo motu cognisance of a media report regarding the arrest and remand to custody of a Professor of Ashoka University in...
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In a press release issued today, May 21, the NHRC has termed the arrest of Professor Mahmudabad as as a violation of han rights, directed the Director General of Police, Haryana to submit a report to the Commission within a week
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Principles of secret ballot, free will compromised, electronic surveillance a possibility with Voting APP introduced by the ECI: Expert
Veteran in computer science and architecture of unique software, Madhav Deshpande seriously questions the Voting APP introduced by the Bihar State Election Commission for local body polls; He alerts Indians to the possibility of electronic surveillance, the constitutional principles of free will and secret ballot being violated in the manner in which the constructed software is being stored
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