-The Hindu The Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown resulted in a drop in traditional crimes like theft, robbery, and assault on women and children in 2020, but there was a drastic jump in disobedience to government orders, primarily arising due to violations of COVID-19 norms, official data showed. According to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on 'Crime in India – 2020', a total of 66,01,285 cognisable crimes...
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Editorial: In a stew
-The Telegraph The Centre’s efforts to introduce reformist laws to reinvigorate the business ecosystem can often be stymied by the states through regressive legislation Labour reform in India has always been a prickly subject and any attempt to amend legislation sparks outrage and resentment among one or the other group of stakeholders in the economy. When the Narendra Modi government crunched 29 Central laws into four labour codes last year, India Inc...
More »Burnt body of Bihar missing journalist writing on ‘fake’ clinics found on highway: Report -Sohini Goswami
-Hindustan Times Two days before he disappeared, the Right to Information (RTI) activist had written a post on Facebook in which he mentioned such clinics. A 23-year-old journalist working on a scam involving medical clinics in Bihar’s Madhubani district was found dead days after he went missing. His burnt body was reportedly found tossed by the roadside near a village in the district. An NDTV article said Buddhinath Jha or Avinash Jha was...
More »Body Of Bihar Journalist, RTI Activist Found Burned, Tossed By Roadside -Manish Kumar
-NDTV.com CCTV footage shows Buddhinath Jha leaving home at 9.58 pm on Tuesday, wearing a yellow scarf around his neck; he walks past a police station and is not seen again Patna: The body of a 22-year-old journalist and RTI activist, who was kidnapped four days ago, was found on Friday evening - burned and tossed by the roadside - near a village in Bihar's Madhubani district. Buddhinath Jha, alias Avinash Jha, was...
More »Globalisation and its discontents, in Haryana -Roshan Kishore
-Hindustan Times From January 15, 2022, a law giving 75% reservation for Local residents in private sector jobs will come into effect in Haryana From January 15, 2022, a law giving 75% reservation for Local residents in private sector jobs will come into effect in Haryana. To be sure, the policy will only apply to jobs where the monthly salary is up to ₹30,000. The announcement has already triggered a rethink among...
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