-NDTV.com Those already facing sedition charges can approach courts for bail, the Supreme Court said New Delhi: The sedition law will be paused until the government completes its review, the Supreme Court said today in a landmark order that impacts hundreds charged under the colonial-era rule. Those already facing sedition charges can approach courts for bail. Here's your 10-point cheatsheet to this big story: 1. All pending cases will be kept in abeyance while...
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The women who went MISsing in our demographic dividend -Vivek Kaul
-Livemint.com Indian women are getting better educated and having fewer babies but not taking enough paid jobs In the small talk that well-to-do middle-aged Indian men tend to make in their drawing rooms over a cup of tea, they often blame our huge population as the root cause of all our problems, social, economic and political. Their solution is population control. In their heads, it’s a case-closing argument. The mother of all...
More »Hold Sedition Law Till Review? Supreme Court Wants Centre's Reply Tomorrow -Sukirti Dwivedi
-NDTV.com Supreme Court Sedition Hearing: On Monday, two days after firmly defending the sedition law and asking the Supreme Court to disMISs challenges to it, the government said it had decided to review the legislation. New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked the government to reply by tomorrow on whether the sedition law can be paused and people charged under it can be protected while the colonial-era law is being reviewed. A...
More »India’s target to have 20% ethanol blended in petrol by 2025 could affect its food security -Tanvi Deshpande
-IndiaSpend.com/ Scroll.in Achieving the target won’t drastically reduce eMISsions nor will India achieve energy security because of it. For India to meet its target of 20% ethanol blended in petrol by the year 2025 (commonly known as the E20 target), it will have to bring in more land under cultivation of feedstock – agricultural products that can be converted into ethanol – land that can be better utilised for the generation of...
More »Modern India must have police force which meets democratic aspirations of people: Naidu
-PTI/ The New Indian Express Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu called for particularly strengthening the police units at the grassroots who are the first responders in most cases. NEW DELHI: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday asserted that a progressive, modern India must have a police force which meets the democratic aspirations of the people and called for a renewed thrust to implement police reforms. Addressing a gathering here after releasing a...
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