-The Hindu Data from Assam and Uttar Pradesh show that fertility rates have been reducing over time Population policy is suddenly in the news in India with Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled States such as Assam and Uttar Pradesh proposing to bring in or bringing in draft legislation aimed at controlling their populations. The Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilisation and Welfare) Bill of 2021 promotes a two-child policy, according to which those people having...
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Mateen Jamadar scores 600 out of 600 in Karnataka PUC exam
-muslimMirror.com New Delhi: Mateen Jamadar, a student belonging to a village in Karnataka’s Gulbarga city, has made his family and community proud by scoring 600 out of 600 in the state’s pre-university course (PUC/intermediate) exam. He had obtained 619 marks out of 625 in the 2018 SSLC exam. Mateen’s father Nabisaab Jamadar is a mason. They live in a slum in their village. Several prominent personalities have hailed Mateen’s remarkable success. Officials of...
More »Population populism: Assam’s population control policy: A misguided approach? -Akhil Ranjan Dutta
-Down to Earth The attempt on the part of the incumbent government, to project the Bengali muslim community as a civilisational threat to Assam’s indigenous communities is not going to help Debates on population control gained momentum in the state of Assam after the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government assumed power in the state in May 2021. From the beginning of his tenure, the chief minister has been asserting that his government stands for...
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-IANS/ Siasat.com Rumana had ranked fifth in the 2019 Madhyamik exams by securing 687 marks out of 700 Kolkata: Though the West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) — the board responsible for conducting Higher Secondary exams in the state — did not release any merit list because no formal exams were held this year owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the marks scored by the students on the basis...
More »Tablighi Jamaat: Orders against Times Now, two other channels show how self-regulation can work -Swathi Shivanand
-Scroll.in The News Broadcasting Standards Authority held the news outlets guilty of violating journalistic norms in their coverage of the religious group. The orders last month by the News Broadcasting Standards Authority holding three private news channels guilty of violating journalistic norms in their coverage of the Tablighi Jamaat Covid-19 cluster is a welcome move, even if long overdue. The orders against News18 Kannada, Suvarna News and Times Now are an indication...
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