-The Hindu Why has the final NRC list not been notified yet? What are the contentions of the BJP led Government of Assam? The story so far: In response to a Right to Information (RTI) application by The Hindu, the State Coordinator, National Register of Citizens (NRC), Assam said that 1032 doubtful cases in the final draft of NRC, Assam have been referred to the concerned district commissioners for necessary action. The...
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Understanding the NCRB data on suicides with caution
The increase in the total number of suicides committed in India during 2020 in comparison to the previous years has hit the headlines recently. While some media commentators have stated that the economic distress (caused by job loss, income loss, failure of business, and growing hunger, among other things) in 2020 could have led to more suicides being committed, others have said that home isolation and deteriorating mental health (associated...
More »After 5 years of demonetisation, black money is very much around -Dinesh Unnikrishnan
-MoneyControl.com The Narendra Modi government expected demonetisation to extinguish at least Rs 3-4 lakh crore of black money. However, RBI data show that 99% of the money that was invalidated came into the banking system. Meanwhile fresh seizures of black money continue. On November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared on national television and said that all Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes would become invalid at midnight. The announcement at...
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--TheLeaflet.in THE West Agartala police station sent a notice under Section 41 of the CrPC, informing advocate Mukesh, a lawyer based in Delhi, of the case registered against him u/s 13 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967 (UAPA). A similar UAPA notice has been sent to advocate Ansar Indori of the National Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (NCHRO). Both lawyers were part of a recent fact-finding team to Tripura. The...
More »As schools re-open, address language & mathematics competences at different grades, adopting a socio-emotional development approach, suggests NCEE
-Press release by National Coalition on the Education Emergency dated 2nd November, 2021 * India’s 250 million children returning to school after 18 months of school closures and devastating learning loss * The NCEE warns that re-opening schools cannot be “return to school” as normal, and lack of a comprehensive approach will deepen the existing education inequality * Education recovery efforts require a multi-year, radically new approach, NCEE says NEW DELHI: The overwhelming majority...
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