-The Hindu Amnesty’s India head Aakar Patel alleges that FTs were often dismissive, used derogatory language, controlled their own procedures and applied them in arbitrary ways. Guwahati: Amnesty International India said on Wednesday that the Supreme Court and the Gauhati High Court had enabled the Foreigners’ Tribunals (FTs) to create a statelessness crisis in Assam. The global rights body made this observation in a briefing, ‘Designed to Exclude’, as it called for a...

-The Indian Express Justice Gogoi chose a moment, a few days before he remitted office, in a public function in Delhi, to vigorously defend the NRC in Assam. It is unusual for an incumbent Chief Justice to publicly declare his views on highly politically fraught matters. The country today stands at the brink of catastrophic human suffering and injustice, if the government implements, nation-wide, the National Register of Citizens (NRC), as...

-Business Standard Serious inconsistencies in data make revenue projection problematic States will need to be compensated for their revenue shortfall under goods and services tax (GST) even after 2022 — the sunset year for compensation under the law — because of slow revenue growth, a report commissioned by the 15th Finance Commission (FC) has noted. It shows that states would require compensation of at least Rs 1.67 trillion in 2024-25, because none of...

-Hindustan Times The better performing states and UTs are Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi and Chandigarh. Nearly 4% of the one lakh food and beverage samples analysed by the states and Union Territories last year were unsafe, about 16% were sub-standard and 9% were mislabelled, shows data released by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). This is the first time that...

-Livemint.com * As Andhra buys into English medium education, the language has become a symbol of progress in uncertain times * While there is a resistance to the imposition of Hindi in the south, English is embraced as it is less threatening with regard to racial and ethnic dominance, and more promising of an economic future The English language has been a great survivor in India. From being labelled as a scheming, rootless...