-The Hindu The decision comes in the wake of apprehension that updating the NPR would eventually lead to the preparation of the National Register of Citizens Following the footsteps of West Bengal, the Kerala Government has decided to put on hold all proceedings for updating the National Population Register (NPR). The Government decision comes after The Hindu broke the news of updating of the register on Friday. The State Government has in principle decided...

-The Indian Express The chief ministers of five Opposition-ruled states — West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee, Punjab’s Amarinder Singh, Rajasthan’s Ashok Gehlot, Chhattisgarh’s Bhupesh Baghel and Kerala’s Pinarayi Vijayan — have already opposed both the CAB and NRC. Bhubaneswar, New Delhi: A WEEK after his MPs voted for the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday opposed a countrywide National Register of Citizens (NRC), swelling the number of chief ministers...

-The Indian Express Of late, there have been changes in the destination choices of Indian migrants. The preference seems to be for non-Anglophone countries despite the integration challenges. Migrants have made notable contributions to their countries of origin as well as destination. This is especially true for South Asia. To commemorate their efforts, the UN celebrates the International Migrants Day on December 18 every year. For several years, India has ranked the highest...

-The Hindu Won’t implement citizenship law or NRC, declares Mamata Stung by the brutal police action in Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University on Sunday, students hit the streets in Chennai, Puducherry, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Varanasi, Kolkata and Guwahati in solidarity, even as political leaders held rallies and dharnas against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) on Monday. In a rare moment for Kerala, the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) joined hands...

-The Telegraph Lower compensation beyond 2022 could be one way out A showdown is looming in Delhi over the GST, the country’s biggest tax revamp since independence that was implemented three years ago. Kerala finance minister Thomas Isaac has already fired the opening shots. He will be in the capital next Wednesday for a GST Council meeting and he’s declared that he will be heading to the Supreme Court if he doesn’t...