-ThePrint.in In recent years, sedition and UAPA have been weaponised against critics of the govt. National Crime Records Bureau’s recently-released data confirms this. A journalist from Kerala was accused of sedition and various offences under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, (UAPA) and arrested on the way to Hathras on October 7. In recent years, sedition and UAPA have been weaponised and used routinely against critics of various ruling governments. Data from...
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Pelting stones, egging on mob during riots: Delhi govt flags ‘police complicity’ videos -Sourav Roy Barman
-The Indian Express Delhi riots: One of the videos purportedly shows groups of policemen carrying arms and batons throwing portions of BRIcks alongside alleged rioters. The faces of the policemen as well as the rioters are visible. New Delhi: On October 5, the Delhi Government’s Home Department flagged a set of seven videoclips to the Delhi Police that include two of policemen purportedly throwing BRIcks alongside rioters and egging them on during...
More »India's Small Schools are Failing to Provide Equal Education to Rural Children -Tanoj Meshram
-News18.com The new National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020 hereafter) has rekindled the debate on the various kinds of problems in Indian education. One of the problems which has bothered me is the need for reforms in rural government elementary schools, more specifically the need for addressing the problem of sub-optimal schooling experiences and poor learning outcomes of poor rural children. The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2014 brought out...
More »The future of GST hangs in the balance -Praveen Chakrvarth
-The Hindu The Centre is best positioned to raise additional resources to BRIdge the GST compensation gap Today is the crucial meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council. It may not be an exaggeration to claim that today’s meeting could mark a milestone in the history of India’s fiscal federalism and shape the future of Centre-State relations. In 2017, the Centre made a promise to the States that a certain minimum...
More »Upper caste group holds meet in support of accused
-The Hindu Police lathi-charge RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary, workers. Ghaziabad: October 4 saw a large gathering of upper caste men in Hathras in support of persons accused in the gang rape and murder of a Dalit woman even as police lathi-charged Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) vice-president Jayant Chaudhary and his associates while they were on their way to meet the family of the victim. “The arrogant Yogi government wants to suppress the Opposition...
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