The Supreme Court today upheld the 10 per cent reservation in all colleges and government jobs for the poorer sections of India’s so-called “upper castes”. Two judges — CJI UU Lalit and Justice S Ravindra Bhat – of the 5 in the bench, dissented. Reservation structured singularly on economic criteria does not violate the basic […]
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By Sushil Kutty Bharatiya Janata Party President Jagat Prakash Nadda must have hit bed Sunday evening with a satisfied smile, but not as wide as the one ‘K’ for King Chandrashekar Rao must have had on his lean face. Stand Nadda and Rao shoulder to shoulder and it will be Laurel & Hardy in desi […]
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By L.S. Herdenia The Indian Journalists Union has expressed serious concern over persistent attacks on media and the shrinking space for independent media in the country. In a resolution passed at the two-day plenary session at Chennai last week, the union appealed to the democracy loving people in the country to raise their voice against […]
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The Congress hit out at the ruling BJP on Sunday over its Himachal Pradesh poll manifesto, terming it a “cut-copy-paste” of their five-year-old promises and in parts borrowed from the grand old party’s 2022 election document. BJP president J P Nadda on Sunday promised Uniform Civil Code (UCC), 33 per cent reservation for women in […]
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By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has escalated the standoff with the Left democratic Front (LDF) Government by raking up the gold smuggling case to spite Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan. In an interaction with presspersons in New Delhi, Khan said he had not interfered in governance. “But now when I see all […]
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By Medea Benjamin and Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan Immoral, illegal, archaic, coercive, intimidating, criminal, absurd, reckless, brutal — even genocidal. These were some of the adjectives used by global leaders at the United Nations as they took to the podium at the United Nations General Assembly to rail against US policy toward Cuba. Then yesterday, […]
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A special court on Friday held BJP MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi and four others guilty of violation of the model code of conduct during the 2012 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. The special court for cases involving MPs and MLAs later ordered their release on probation for a period of six months. Joshi was a […]
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue of unemployment, saying the PM is handing over some thousand appointment letters when “millions of youth search for jobs”. Kharge said Modi came to power with a promise of two crore new jobs every year, but forget […]
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The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that the national anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ and the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ “stand on the same level” and citizens should show equal respect to both. While unlike the national anthem there are no penal provisions or official instructions about singing or playing ‘Vande Mataram’, the song […]
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By Prabir Purkayastha The Morbi pedestrian suspension bridge over the Machchhu River collapsed on October 30, leading to the confirmed death of 141 persons and injuries to more than 100. In this column, I will not repeat what is widely known regarding one of the worst bridge disasters in India. The question that needs to […]
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Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) supremo, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has appealed to all the constitutional institutions in the country to help ‘save democracy’ from the hands of the BJP which have been ruling the country for the past eight-half years. He alleged that the BJP’s main motto is to dethrone the non-BJP ruled […]
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Media OutReach – 3 November 2022 – Hexagon’s Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division today announced the release of the Decarbonisation Confidence Index Research report for the Asia-Pacific region. Vital and heavy industries including oil & gas, chemicals, power, construction and infrastructure, face enormous pressure to demonstrate meaningful decarbonising action. The report covers the constraints and opportunities for organisations to fulfil their ESG/sustainability commitments. The Decarbonisation […]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday sought a judicial commission under the Supreme Court to probe the Gujarat bridge collapse, which left at least 130 people dead. Accountability for the Morbi bridge collapse should be fixed, she said. The Bengal chief minister alleged that the BJP government in Gujarat has failed to help […]
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By K Raveendran With a new round of assembly elections, including that of Gujarat, round the corner, the freebies issue has occupied the centre-stage of political discourse. The matter is now before the Supreme Court, which has favoured an early hearing of a PIL in this connection by a larger 3-member bench. The court’s approach […]
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By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There are no signs of any let-up in the confrontation between the Left Democratic Front(LDF) Government and Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan. If anything, both sides have toughened their stance with the Governor reiterating that the appointment of 11 Vice-Chancellors was “irregular, illegal and void ab initio”. The Supreme Court order […]
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The Supreme Court will begin hearing cases related to the Maharashtra political crisis on Tuesday, including the disqualification of MLAs, the validity of the Eknath Shinde government, and the powers of speaker and governor. Earlier, the SC had rejected the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena’s plea to stay proceedings pending before the Election Commission of India […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Narendra Modi government has been misusing the sedition laws under section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code for quite some time. No amount of criticism from civil society could stop the BJP led governments at the centre and states from launching prosecutions against those who happened to oppose their arrogance […]
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By Olavo Passos De Souza On Sunday, October 30, Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva achieved a historic victory over the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. In the closest race since the restoration of Brazilian democracy in the 1980s, Bolsonaro became the first incumbent to ever lose reelection. The election divided Brazil between the defense […]
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By Clara E. Mattei Beneto Mussolini took over effective power in Italy in October 1922Just over a month after the Italian fascists’ March on Rome in October 1922, the parliamentary votes of the National Fascist Party, the Liberal Party, and the People’s Party (or the popolari, a Catholic party and predecessor of Christian Democracy) introduced […]
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By Nitya Chakraborty Latest reports that the BJP leadership has offered a few legislators of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti a total of Rs. 1,00 crore has created furore in the state capital Hyderabad and as usual the BJP leaders have denied this. But, this type of move by BJP is nothing new. In […]
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LOS ANGELES, US – Media OutReach – 27 October 2022 – De Beers’ global ambassador, Actress Lupita Nyong’o, shines in natural diamond designs from De Beers Jewellers at the world premiere of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever held at the Dolby Theatre. Image Courtesy: Getty Images Earlier this week De Beers was proud to announce Academy Award winning actress Lupita Nyong’o as its very first global ambassador featured […]
By Arun Srivastava Only after six days of the Supreme Court passing stringent orders to the police chiefs of Delhi, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh to file suo motu cases against hate speeches made by people from any religion, and warned of contempt action if the orders of the court are not complied with, the proactive […]
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New York, US – News Direct – 27 October 2022 – The Symphony platform has seen a 500%+ increase in traffic across its compliance-enabled messaging offering for WhatsApp, WeChat and SMS T. Rowe Price announced 200,000 new connections with JP Morgan counterparts on Symphony Over 250 financial professionals attended the event in person Symphony – the leading markets’ technology and infrastructure platform – showcased the power of […]
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s assembly seat was declared vacant by the Uttar Pradesh speaker this evening, formalising his disqualification as the MLA from the Rampur seat. Mr Khan, Vidhan sabha sources told NDTV, was automatically disqualified on Thursday, when he was sentenced to three years in prison for a 2019 hate speech against Prime […]
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