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The clichéd phrase asserted by the Prime Minister of India on every foreign visit, amidst international criticism against his government for alleged human rights abuses, religious intolerance and democratic backsliding in the country is that India is “the mother of democracy”. India is the largest democracy. Indeed the proudest achievement of our nation in its […]
At the Union government’s behest, YouTube has blocked Indians from viewing an Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) documentary episode about the government’s alleged role in killing Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the broadcaster said on Wednesday (March 27). YouTube emailed the ABC on Sunday (March 24) saying it had received an order from the Union information and broadcasting […]
The cause behind the accident is being investigated but Maryland’s governor Wes Moore has said the ship’s crew sent a mayday call reporting it had lost power shortly before the collision. All 22 crew aboard a cargo ship that brought down a bridge near the US east coast city of Baltimore on Tuesday (March 26) were […]
New Delhi: Days after the State Bank of India released data on electoral bonds after Supreme Court orders, transparency activist Anjali Bhardwaj has noted that the data shows that the invisible alphanumeric codes on each bond slip was tracked by the SBI – contrary to what the Narendra Modi government had explicitly claimed. In theory, electoral bonds allowed […]
Jalandhar: A letter issued to the Punjab government by the Union health ministry seeking an action taken report over the in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment undergone by Charan Kaur, who is renowned Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala’s mother, has invited sharp reactions from millions of his fans and well-wishers from across the globe. In the letter, which was […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has refused to stay the controversial legislation that removes the Chief Justice of India from the selection panel which will appoint election commissioners. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta heard petitions by Congress leader Jaya Thakur, the Association for Democratic Reforms, and others, questioning the new Chief Election […]
This “update” came after many people on social media pointed out how this colour segregation could be used to target those eating non-vegetarian food. Food delivery company Zomato has come under criticism for its decision to introduce a “pure veg fleet” of delivery vehicles, which will not deliver food from any restaurants that serve egg, […]
Narendra Modi is everywhere this election season; he is campaigning offline, online and would reach the quantum realm in a jiffy if it helps the National Democratic Alliance win those 400-plus MP seats for the upcoming parliament elections. The WhatsApp messages from the prime minister sending us a letter to reply to him with feedback […]
Two of India’s most senior and most highly regarded lawyers have sharply differed over whether the Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019 (CAA) violates the constitution and also over whether the rules notified on Monday (March 11) should be stayed till the 200 plus challenges to the Act, which have been admitted by the Supreme Court, […]
At least three companies, Kamna Credits and Promoters Pvt Ltd., Innocent Merchandise Pvt Ltd. and Renuka Investment Finance Ltd, that have bought electoral bonds to fund political parties for the elections have featured in the Ministry of Finance’s annual lists of ‘high-risk non-banking financial services (NBFCs)’ for violating rules under the Prevention of Money Laundering […]
Four firms linked to Kolkata-based industrialist Mahendra K Jalan and his family purchased electoral bonds worth Rs 616.92 crore between April 2019 and January 2024, data released by the Election Commission of India (ECI) under the Supreme Court (SC)’s instructions revealed This makes the group the third-highest political funder, after the Tamil Nadu-based lottery firm […]
“SBI in an RTI reply confirmed that these unique numbers were recorded and it is used for audit trail. The finance ministry responded to my story saying that the unique hidden number is a security feature. So both are true, it is a security feature and also used for audit trail.” Even as we try […]
There is clear evidence for a K-shaped economic recovery for India over the last few years, in the post Covid period. The Monthly Per Capita Consumer Expenditure (MPCE) data recently made available, from 1999-2000 to 2022-23, indicates a significant upward trend in the consumer expenditure levels of households across both rural and urban areas. This […]
The AAP’s allegations come as the Congress and the AAP have reached the final stages of reaching seat sharing agreement in states including Delhi, Gujarat and Goa and is expected to make an announcement soon. New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union government is planning to arrest […]
With the movie Origin, released last month across the US, Dr B.R. Ambedkar has made an entry on the big screen in Hollywood. The film directed by Ava DuVernay is based on Isabel Wilson’s book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. As Ambedkar’s writings have spread across the world, there is a new-found interest in […]
Turning points have come but rarely in the ten years of the Narendra Modi government, given its astounding success in maintaining an iron-clad, surveillance-driven grip on every institution in the country. The Supreme Court verdict of February 15 that outlawed electoral bonds is emphatically one of them, and needs to be recognised as another chance […]
New Delhi: Government data has revealed that 2.38 lakh educated people in Gujarat are unemployed and have registered themselves for employment with various departments. Even more stark is the number that only 32 young people got government jobs in the state in the last two years, The New Indian Express has reported. This data was revealed in response […]
The release of new FAQs (frequently asked questions) by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on January 30 and now superseded by another version on February 7 is a very welcome step. Importantly, this is the first time ECI has released at least some technical details about the electronic voting machines (EVMs). The clarification that […]
Jalandhar/Chandigarh: In the wake of the scheduled ‘Delhi Chalo’ farmers’ protest on February 13, the Haryana government on Saturday evening announced the suspension of mobile internet services from February 11 to February 13 in Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa including Dabwali districts. Farmers from Punjab and Haryana under the banner of the newly […]
New Delhi: Highway construction slowed down during the current fiscal year, and has met only 45% of its target of 13,800 km, as per a news report in LiveMint. This is despite the Union government earmarking a record Rs 2.16 trillion capex in the first nine months of the year. The report quoted data from the Ministry of Road […]
