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Day August 2, 2017

Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case: CBI court discharges Gujarat ex-IPS DG Vanzara

  The controversial police officer was arrested on April 24, 2007 by CID crime in connection with the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case. Vidya | Former IPS officer DG Vanzara was arrested in April , 2007 in connection with Sohrabuddin Sheikh… Continue Reading →

How The Aadhaar-PDS Linkage Has Compounded The Ration Woes Of Jharkhand Villagers

Old problems remain, along with some new ones. Saksham SinghResearcher, Development Economics and Policy The linking of Aadhaar with the Public Distribution System (PDS) was hailed as a major step to reduce pilferage of entitlements under the National Food Security Act…. Continue Reading →

Chalo Mansa: Cradle of Left in Punjab calls for Dalit-Left unity to challenge BJP

RAJEEV KHANNA|  Representational photo (AFP PHOTO/NARINDER NANU) Mansa, the nerve centre of the Left in Punjab’s Malwa region, saw a call for coming together of the Dalit and Left forces in the country. The aim is to raise the banner… Continue Reading →

Mumbai’s toilet scam stinks: Both MCGM and MHADA repaired the same blocks, reveals RTI

Moneylife Digital Team Both the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) or BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) spent money on repairs of the same toilet blocks in the city, reveals a reply received… Continue Reading →

Niti Aayog’s Appraisal of the Twelfth Five Year Plan: Low manufacturing growth holds back job creation

Higher focus on capital-intensive and high-skilled sectors in India has led to fast growth only in segments such as automobile and telecom which do not employ low-skilled workers; as a result of this, vast majority of workers remain concentrated in… Continue Reading →

A Reply to Vasundhara Raje – Sorry, What You Wrote on Lynchings is Far Too Little, Far Too Late

ARUNA ROY – ON VASUNDHARA RAJE’S TOI EDITORIAL The Rajasthan chief minister should seek refuge not in the ambiguity of Kurosawa but in the wisdom of Martin Luther King. Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. Credit: Reuters The headline of a recent op-ed… Continue Reading →

IGIMS Patna asks about VIRGINITY, number of WIVES in BIZARRE marital declaration form #WTFnews

In an obnoxious step, the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in Patna, has asked their women candidates “if they are virgins” in a marriage declaration form. Out of three such bizarre declarations, one reads as: “That I am bachelor/widower/virgin.” Are… Continue Reading →

The Relegation Of Tagore: BJP is now Lynching India’s History

by Ananya Guha It is learnt that the latest wrath has fallen upon Rabindranath Tagore and by who else but by lacqueys of the powers that be. It is both not surprising and surprising as well. One felt that a… Continue Reading →

Taking on Adani is not just about climate change. It’s taking back power from corporate plutocracy

Sebastian Job The Adani Group almost seems like a crudely drawn corporate villain. And we should be thankful for the chance to reclaim the fight Sebastian Job is honorary associate in the department of anthropology at the University of Sydney… Continue Reading →

State’s claim that only wrong-doers need privacy shocks the Supreme court

A Summary of the Final Day of the Nine-Judge Constitution Bench Hearing The 9-Judge Constitution Bench concluded hearings to settle the question of whether there exists a fundamental right to privacy in India. The bench has reserved its judgment over… Continue Reading →

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