-The Hindu They are homemakers and grandmothers, doctors and Lawyers, students and teachers. They are all women and they have come out of their homes in massive numbers to protest the CAA. It’s our country, they say. It’s our children’s country. And nobody can take that away from us Women. Suddenly, they are visible. Great-grandmothers, grandmothers, mothers, teenagers, baby girls. They have slowly but surely reclaimed a corner of a public ground...
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Delhi Police chief gets powers to detain under NSA, cops say it's nothing new -Ananya Bhardwaj and Debayan Roy
-ThePrint.in Under NSA, a person need not be informed of charges for 10 days, can be detained without charge for up to 12 months and doesn’t get a Lawyer. New Delhi: The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi late Friday passed an order conferring the Commissioner of Police with the power to detain under the draconian National Security Act (NSA) for a period of three months — between 19 January and 18 April. This...
More »When farmers turn to play the market -Parthasarathi Biswas
-The Indian Express Between September and December, when retail onion prices soared from around Rs 30 to Rs 100-plus per kg (they have since fallen to Rs 50 or so), Paswan has similarly urged state governments through Twitter to “act” against alleged hoarders of the bulb. On January 7, Union Consumer Affairs minister Ram Vilas Paswan took to Twitter, to issue a stern warning to “hoarders”, whom he blamed for “creating artificial...
More »Malaysia concerned by India palm oil import curbs but to speak against New Delhi's actions: Mahathir Mohamad
-PTI * Mahathir said Malaysia may now need to find another solution after the boycott of its palm oil by Indian palm oil refiners and traders * India, the world's largest importer of vegetable oils, buys nearly 15 million tonnes annually KUALA LUMPUR: With India restricting the import of refined palm oil that has hit Malaysia, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday said he was concerned about it but that would not stop...
More »Explained: Centre-state disputes and Article 131 -Apurva Vishwanath
-The Indian Express What is Article 131, under which Kerala has moved SC against the CAA? How does this challenge differ from the other petitions filed against the Law? What aspects of India’s federal structure does the case throw up? On Tuesday, Kerala became the first state to challenge the Citizenship (Amendment) Act(CAA) before the Supreme Court. However, the legal route adopted by the state is different from the 60 petitions already...
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