-The Indian Express What does the UP government so ferociously seek to protect — after having violated every possible fundamental right of its people? This article shall neither delve into whether a rape happened or someone simply went missing while going into the field, nor the atrocity of dragging someone by their dupatta while injuring their neck and spinal cord. The authors shall not devote space to how abominable the incident is....
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‘No plot’ to demolish Babri, all acquitted -Piyush Srivastava
-PTI/ The Telegraph Judgment concludes a 28-year-old chapter stemming from one of the darkest incidents in Indian history Lucknow: A special CBI court on Wednesday acquitted all 32 surviving accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case, denying any conspiracy by the assembled BJP and VHP heavyweights and blaming the vandalism on “anti-social elements” who had infiltrated the kar sevaks. The judgment concludes a 28-year-old chapter stemming from one of the darkest incidents in...
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-Newsclick.in Reforms in labour laws will not create jobs, if at all, the conditions of employment will be a “disaster”, they say. The labour codes approved by Parliament are the wrong solution for the wrong problem, experts and academicians argue, even as the Centre continues to harp on about bolstering investments and creating jobs through relaxing regulatory laws, now, more desperately in the wake of the pandemic-triggered disruptions. The wrong problem: labour laws...
More »Is This the Market Reform Indian Agriculture Needs? -Sudha Narayanan
-TheIndiaForum.in The rules of the game in markets have changed dramatically. But there are problems with the fundamental premise of the approach, there are doubts about the future of state intervention & there are major lacunae in the bills, all making the outcome uncertain. On 5 June 2020, amidst growing concern over the seismic collapse of the economy and the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government of India promulgated three ordinances...
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-The Leaflet The rate of passage of Bills per day was. 2.7 Bills, which is the best rate till now. THE Monsoon Session of the Parliament came to an abrupt end on September 23 following the rising number of COVID-19 cases. The session began on September 14 and, after 7 days of functioning, was adjourned sine die. Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Prahlad Joshi said that the productivity of Lok Sabha was approximately...
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