-The Hindu Nobody can be permitted to dilute right to free and fair polls: Bench. The Supreme Court on Friday held that in any election, be it to Parliament or State legislature, the maintenance of SECrecy of voting is “a must”. SECrecy is a part of the fundamental right of freedom of expression. The confidentiality of choice strengthened democracy, it stated. “In direct elections to the Lok Sabha or State legislature, the maintenance of...
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SECurity beefed up at Jantar Mantar in view of farmers’ protest
-PTI/ The Hindu Farm unions plan protest at Parliament SECurity at Jantar Mantar in central Delhi has been tightened in view of a protest by farmers against the Centre's against the three agricultural reform laws on Thursday, July 22, 2021, amid the Monsoon session of Parliament, officials said. Adequate SECurity arrangements have been made and police and paramilitary personnel deployed, they said. Jantar Mantar is a few metres away from the Parliament House where...
More »Rumana Sultana tops HS exams in Bengal, scores 499 out of 500
-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 »Civil Society Groups Write to President Opposing Population Control Bill
-TheCitizen.in There is no evidence of a population explosion in either India or Uttar Pradesh Women’s groups, health experts and civil society groups have written to the President of India raising concerns and opposing the Draft Uttar Pradesh Population Control Bill 2021. The bill’s main objective is to implement a two-child norm by punishing adults with more than two children, and rewarding those who comply. Following in the steps of BJP-governed Assam, the disincentives...
More »Yogi government spent Rs 160 crore on TV ads in one year, Network18 hit the jackpot -Ayush Tiwari& Basant Kumar
-Newslaundry.com The figures, disclosed under the RTI Act, show that Network18 was the biggest beneficiary of the UP government’s deep pockets in 2020-21. The Uttar Pradesh government spent a staggering Rs 160.31 crore on advertisements on TV news channels between April 2020 and March 2021, reveals a right to information reply by the state government. The RTI divided the state’s ad expenditure into “national TV news channels” and “regional TV news channels”. The...
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