-TheWire.in The apex court had insisted that an RT-PCR test report and death certificate showing that the death has occurred within 30 days are the only requirements to receive compensation. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has lashed out at the Gujarat government for constituting a “scrutiny” committee for the disbursal of ex-gratia compensation for COVID-19 deaths, overreaching the court’s direction, therefore making the process “cumbersome”. According to LiveLaw, the state government had issued...

-The Hindu Rollback of farm Laws spurs groups in Assam, event planned on December 12. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement on repealing the three contentious farm Laws has revived groups against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Assam with a protest planned on December 12. The CAA seeks to fast-track the granting of citizenship to non-Muslims who fled religious persecution in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan and took refuge in India till December 31, 2014. A...

-Rediff.com Militant labour policies compounded a poor security environment for capital in West Bengal and encouraged the business community to relocate. constraining the private sector’s right to hire freely could well be the coup de grace. As with Calcutta/Kolkata, it will probably take a decade for Gurgaon/Gurugram to feel the difference, says Kanika Datta Gurgaon, the city that accounted for a significant amount of Haryana’s GDP long before it became Gurugram, is...

-IndiaToday.in The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has written an open letter to PM Modi, saying that they will end the ongoing agitation only after the Centre discusses six pending demands of the farmers. The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to resume talks to resolve six pending demands of the farmers apart from waiting for withdrawal of farm Laws in Parliament. In its...

-Newsclick.in There are too many reasons why people, especially farmers, are angry with the Yogi-Modi ‘double engine’ government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement that his government will repeal the three farm Laws came with just a few months left for crucial Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, which were crucibles of the year-long farmers’ struggle against these notorious Laws. It is but natural that the connection between the announcement and the...