-The Indian Express The CAB-NRC poses the gravest threat to India’s secular democratic constitution since India became a republic, and must be fought with a nation-wide civil disobedience movement. The contours of this struggle need to be worked out by We the People. Despite being under constant siege, the edifice of India’s Constitution has endured so far. The onslaught has intensified since the expanded mandate to the narendra modi government in May. However,...
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Modi govt likely to slash school education budget by Rs 3,000 crore citing funds crunch -Kritika Sharma
-ThePrint.in A sum of Rs 56,536 crore was sanctioned to the school education department in 2019-20, from which the finance ministry is likely to cut Rs 3,000 crore. New Delhi: The narendra modi government is likely to cut the school education budget for 2019-20 by Rs 3,000 crore on account of a “funds crunch”, ThePrint has learnt. Highly-placed sources in the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry — which oversees education — said...
More »Instead of gigantic statues, India should build modern schools and universities: Raghuram Rajan
-India Today Raghuram Rajan said India needs to build modern schools and universities that teach its children to be more tolerant and respectful of one another. Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has said Hindu nationalism does not just foment social tensions but also detracts India from its economic growth. Rajan said the narendra modi government is no exception to having a tendency "to want more power, especially given the...
More »Right to life most basic human right: Jaishankar to Sweden counterpart -Shubhajit Roy
-The Indian Express Sweden last week urged India to restore free movement and communication in Jammu and Kashmir. Days after Sweden raised the issue of human rights in Jammu and Kashmir, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told visiting Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde on Monday that the “right to life is the most basic human right” as he linked it to “cross-border terrorism”. This position is likely to form the template...
More »Economic growth slowest in 26 quarters -R Suryamurthy
-The Telegraph An over six-year low of 4.5 per cent The narendra modi government’s bluster on the state of the Indian economy was bottled on Friday after the National Statistical Office (NSO) came out with data that showed growth in the second quarter had sunk to an over six-year low of 4.5 per cent — the slowest expansion in 26 quarters. The sharp slowdown was triggered by a contraction in the manufacturing sector...
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