-The Indian Express The activists said they “strongly condemn the university authorities and the brutal police action on students sitting on a strike since 22nd of September protesting against the sexual harassment within the campus”. More than 40 rights activists and teachers on Sunday wrote to the President, Prime Minister and the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh to register their concern on the violence on the Benaras Hindu University campus where...
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Soli Sorabjee, Former Attorney General of India, interviewed by Anuradha Raman (The Hindu)
-The Hindu The former Attorney General about recent landmark judgments of the Supreme Court, the credibility of the court, and the sedition law Former Attorney General of India, Soli Sorabjee, was given the Padma Vibhushan 15 years back for his defence of the freedom of expression and protection of human rights. Now, at 87, Mr. Sorabjee says he is looking forward to making his arguments in a pending case on Aadhaar. Excerpts...
More »Is Rajasthan's Sikar the New Mandsaur? Entire Town Rises to Support Farmer Agitation -Tushar Dhara
-News18.com Nearly every section that constitutes the socio-political economy of Sikar district has turned up to lend support to the farmers' protest, be it students, anganwadi workers, the city bus union, the autorickshaw union, the small traders association or the pump set workers. Sikar: Something unusual is happening in Sikar. For the past 10 days, an agitation is being held at the farmer mandi of the district headquarters here. But what is...
More »CBSE orders psychometric test of all school staff -Sumaiya Yousuf
-The Times of India BHOPAL: Breaking its silence five days after the murder of a child at Ryan International School in Gurugram, the CBSE on Wednesday announced that the onus of safety of students on campus lies solely with school authorities. The CBSE said this in response to a Supreme Court query in the aftermath of the Gurugram school murder. On Wednesday, the board sent a circular on 'safety of children' to...
More »Fact Check: India's growth did slump to 5.7%, but not due to 'technical reasons' as Amit Shah claims -Mayank Jain
-Scroll.in BJP chief’s claim that growth rate declined due to change in the methodology doesn’t hold much water. Data released on August 31 marked the sixth straight quarter of slowing growth for the Indian economy as the gross domestic product growth rate slipped to 5.7% in the first quarter of the current financial year. It was a sharp decline from 7.9% growth seen in the same quarter last year. Attempting to explain the...
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