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Day July 7, 2015

Is India Headed Towards a Simplification and Dumbing Down of Its History?

By ATUL DEV | July 6, 2015 GOPINATH RAVINDRAN Last month, Gopinath Ravindran, the member secretary of the Indian Council of Historical Research since (ICHR), resigned from his post without completing his term. His decision was reportedly prompted by a disagreement with Y Sudershan Rao,… Continue Reading →

Students take mass oath against untouchability

VISHWA KUNDAPURA The Hindu Students took oath against untouchability in Kolar on Tuesday. Photo: Vishwa Kundapura. The Government Pre-University College grounds in Kolar witnessed the gathering of thousands of students on Tuesday to take mass oath to end the social… Continue Reading →

Top corporate house Essar “acquires” land in a midnight swoop #WTFnews

: “Result” of Central confusion on land acquisition law By Our Representative Taking advantage of the utter confusion prevailing at the top policy level on the Land Acquisition Act (LAA), 2013, for which an amendment ordinance was floated for the… Continue Reading →

Modi- In Democracy’s Name, Release Health Data- #censorship

  Withholding health stats amounts to censorship It is a matter of shame that India stands accused of censoring data on petty political grounds. The last two issues of The Economist have brought out results from the Rapid Survey on… Continue Reading →

To fight authoritarianism, we must first acknowledge its presence

The return of the shadow Anant Patwardhan’s film Prisoners of Conscience on political prisoners of the Emergency Written by Nandana Reddy |Updated: July 6, 2015 1:01 pm With each passing day, I can’t help but feel the gnawing sensation that the shadow of… Continue Reading →

Indian Communists laud Greek `no austerity’ verdict 

  New DelhiThe Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), now in session at Delhi, has issued the following statement: Greetings to Greek People The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) warmly congratulates the people of Greece who have given a resounding… Continue Reading →

OROP – Military’s Manpower Costs – Reality Bites

Reality Bites  EPW Vol – L No. 26-27, June 27, 2015 | Gautam Navlakha The financial implications of the “one rank, one pension scheme” for the armed forces, and other associated issues, are quite startling. Even if the government must accept the… Continue Reading →

Why it isn’t just Modi govt that’s soft on Hindutva terror

Special public prosecutor in the Malegaon blasts case, Rohini Salian’s disclosures are not merely about the present government – they are more about the non-secular character of the Indian state. ARUN FERREIRA AND VERNON GONSALVES When they came in November… Continue Reading →

Don’t insist on dad’s name for birth certificate: SC to municipal bodies

New Delhi: TIMES NEWS NETWORK The Supreme Court has directed munici pal bodies not to insist on the name of the father of a child born outside wedlock for birth certificates, which should be issued mentioning only the moth er’s… Continue Reading →

Mumbai has most out-of-school kids in Maharashtra 

SwatiShinde Gole `Provisional statistics of Saturday’s survey con ducted by the state education department shows that Mumbai has 18,625 outof-school children, the highest in the eight divisions in Maharashtra.The Mumbai figures do not include children in areas falling in the… Continue Reading →

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