-The Hindu SDMC’s education panel chairperson issues instructions to prevent ‘religious attire’ in schools Officials of South Delhi Municipal Corporation-run schools have been instructed to ensure that no students come to class wearing any “religious attire”. The directions, issued by the civic body’s Education Committee chairperson Nitika Sharma (BJP) to the SDMC’s Director of Primary Education on Friday, have come following a controversy over a girl student being asked to remove her hijab...

-Hindustan Times The court also ordered that life convicts who have undergone imprisonment of 10 years or more be entitled to bail, while those who have stayed for more than 14 years be considered by Allahabad high court for premature release, besides being released on bail. It is only the underprivileged people who have to languish in prisons as those belonging to the high society escape the country, the Supreme Court observed...

-The Hindu Students left stranded with dwindling supplies, says Association The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his urgent intervention to help stranded Indian students pursuing their medical studies in Ukraine. “Most of them cannot afford the escalated costs of air travel. Even those who can afford [the cost] cannot travel due to the adverse conditions there. The day-to-day rations are dwindling, creating severe hardships for their...

-The Hindu * What are the main provisions of the draft document? Is the Government going to monetise public data? The story so far: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) on February 21, 2022 released a policy proposal titled as, “Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy, 2022”. The policy aims to, “radically transform India’s ability to harness public sector data”. The proposals of the Draft Data Accessibility Policy has...

-The Hindu Rights, environmental activists have raised questions on the proposed plan that is likely to displace 5,000 families Prasenjit Bose, an economist and activist based in Kolkata, and eight others were arrested earlier this week from the Deocha Pachami coal project area in the Md. Bazar block in West Bengal’s Birbhum district. The nine persons— four from Kolkata and five locals from Md. Bazar — have been booked for unlawful assembly...