-TheWire.in Organised by the All India Kisan Sabha, the farmers' and workers' demands range from an upward revision of minimum wages to remunerative prices for peasants. New Delhi: On August 29, Vijoo Krishnan, joint secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), was nervous. He reached the Ramlila Maidan in the evening and found it almost entirely submerged under water due to consistent rainfall and poor drainage mechanisms. “I thought to myself,...
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Cong piles Gujarat firm heat on Modi
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Congress on Monday demanded that the State Bank of India declare the Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation bankrupt as it sought to puncture holes into "dream merchant" Narendra Modi's "Mr Clean" image, armed with an RBI circular on Resolution of Stressed Assets. Senior party leader Jairam Ramesh said the February 12 Reserve Bank circular mandated that any company that owed more than Rs 2,000 crore to banks on...
More »Several ministries back need to enumerate nomadic, denotified tribes in next Census -Shalini Nair
-The Indian Express The Commission has asked for according Constitutional protection to these groups, bringing them under the umbrella of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and assured sub-quotas. New Delhi: In response to the January 2018 report by the National Commission for Denotified, Semi Nomadic, and Nomadic Tribes (NCDNT), several ministries have backed the need to enumerate these communities in the next Census so as to get an accurate estimate of...
More »How CJIs have involved senior colleagues in major cases: a study -SrinivasaN Ramani & Varun B Krishnan
-The Hindu Representation of collegium members other than the CJI is among the lowest during Chief Justice Dipak Misra’s term Chief Justice Dipak Misra’s role as Master of the Roster was called into question by the other four judges in the Supreme Court collegium in January. While their complaint was about cases being “assigned selectively” to benches of “preference”, how have members of the collegium been represented in major cases (those with...
More »How online army became lifesaver for flood-hit Kerala -KP Saikiran
-The Times of India THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (Kerala): Of late, stories about social media have been not very encouraging, as it was increasingly turning out to be a platform spewing venom. But, during last week’s flood, it turned out to be a lifesaver for hundreds - literally. A group of social media enthusiasts, who have already been connected through Facebook harnessed the immense potential of the platform. An active volunteer group of 6,000 was...
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