-The Economic Times They raise economic growth in constituencies by about 1.8 percentage points per year more than male counterparts, says study. NEW DELHI: A study has found that women legislators in India are better at encouraging economic growth in their constituencies than their male counterparts. The findings come at a time when the Narendra Modi government is looking at ways to broaden women's participation in the economy. As per the study, conducted...

-The Hindu There is now an opportunity to temper the rancour in Tamil Nadu over ‘migrants taking over’ jobs meant for locals, thanks to the data on migration — inward and outward — from Census 2011. Chennai: Controversies witnessed in recent months over the recruitment of non-Tamils in government jobs in Tamil Nadu have triggered a perceptible rise in voices against migrants taking up jobs in the State. The slogans demanding ‘protection’ of...

-Scroll.in In July, the Union government had sent instructions to all state governments to set up detention centres in all major cities. The Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra government has identified land to build the state’s first detention centre for illegal immigrants, Mumbai Mirror reported on Saturday. The home department last week reportedly wrote to the City and Industrial Development Corporation, which is the planning authority for Navi Mumbai, and sought a three-acre plot in...

-The Hindu The Hindu joins BBC and others in global campaign against fake narratives The Hindu is partnering with the BBC and other leading global news and technology organisations in a new industry collaboration to tackle disinformation. The collaboration was announced by the BBC and the partners in the early hours of Saturday. Under this collaboration, news and technology majors will work together to protect their audiences and users from disinformation, particularly around...

-The Hindu House passes a resolution opposing NRC in Assam In an unprecedented show of unity, the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Friday passed a resolution opposing the National Register of Citizens ( NRC) in Assam. The resolution also categorically ruled out the possibility of any such exercise in the State. The development comes within a week of release of the final list of NRC, in which over 19 lakh people have been...