Anybody who has been involved with politics at any level in India knows that a simplistic analysis of voter behaviour – while it may make for attractive headlines – is inherently inaccurate, writes @SarimNaved. https://t.co/jjzeEQSBCG
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‘Modi Magic’ Is Nothing But BJP PR Amplified by Media
Anybody who has been involved with politics at any level in India knows that a simplistic analysis of voter behaviour – while it may make for attractive headlines – is inherently inaccurate.
#Politics | The time has come for Shudra-OBC leaders across the nation to unite and lead the country with positive democratic welfarism and putting a firm end to communalism in the name of OBC politics, writes Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd.
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Siddaramaiah: A Rational OBC Counter to Modi’s Communal OBC Politics
The time has come for Shudra-OBC leaders across the nation to unite and lead the country with positive democratic welfarism and putting a firm end to communalism in the name of OBC politics.
The order was passed on a petition alleging that six Myanmarese minors, kept in jail along with their mothers and grandmothers, were unlawfully detained even after serving their prescribed sentences.
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Manipur Human Rights Body Orders Release of Myanmarese Refugees Who Were Detained Beyond Jail Term
The order was passed on a petition alleging that six Myanmarese minors, kept in jail along with their mothers and grandmothers, were unlawfully detained even after serving their prescribed sentences.
The three-judge bench granted Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) an extension of time till August 14 to submit its report, even as the matter will be listed next on July 11. | @vvenkatesan
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Adani-Hindenburg: SC Asks Registry to Make Copies of Expert Committee’s Report Available to Parties
The three-judge bench granted Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) an extension of time till August 14 to submit its report, even as the matter will be listed next on July 11.
Abhishek Banerjee had filed a petition seeking recall of an earlier court order allowing the agencies to question him. Justice Amrita Sinha on Thursday dismissed this petition. https://t.co/0ag4qGl95L
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Calcutta HC Allows ED, CBI to Question TMC's Abhishek Banerjee in School Recruitment Scam Case
Abhishek Banerjee had filed a petition seeking recall of an earlier court order allowing the agencies to question him. Justice Amrita Sinha on Thursday dismissed this petition.
Sheetla Singh and Jan Morcha have, in so many ways, protected us from the all-pervasive scourge of revisionist and targeted hate. | Teesta Setalvad
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Bearing Witness to Catastrophe and Collapse: The Indomitable Sheetla Singh
Sheetla Singh and Jan Morcha have, in so many ways, protected us from the all-pervasive scourge of revisionist and targeted hate.
The top court insisted that it will have to hear all the accused before it can stay their acquittal.
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Supreme Court Orders Release of Four Jaipur Blasts Accused Acquitted by High Court
The top court insisted that it will have to hear all the accused before it can stay their acquittal.
#Politics | Apart from the local factors and campaign strategies, this assured win points to the way forward for the Indian National Congress Party as far as its ideological core is concerned, writes Devender Singh.
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https://t.co/80mKPgz1zV
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The Karnataka Assembly Election Marks the Consolidation of Congress’s Ideological Core
Building on the declarations in the Udaipur and Raipur Conclaves and the Bharat Jodo Yatra, the recent polls suggest that Congress has arrived at a definitive narrative to take to the Indian people till, during, and (hopefully) beyond 2024.
The court said that the decision of the West Bengal government to ban the movie prima facie suffers from overbreadth
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Supreme Court Stays West Bengal's Ban on Controversial Movie 'Kerala Story'
The court said that the decision of the West Bengal government to ban the movie prima facie suffers from overbreadth
Goldman funds sold about 11.7 million shares in Adani companies in February, according to Bloomberg data. These funds are registered as promoting environmental, social and governance goals under European Union rules.
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Goldman Sachs’ ESG Funds Cut Exposure to Adani Firms Amid Hindenburg’s Fraud Allegations
Goldman funds sold about 11.7 million shares in Adani companies in February, according to Bloomberg data. These funds are registered as promoting environmental, social and governance goals under European Union rules.
This is a year in which rain and hail in the months of March and April had given rise to serious concerns over the wheat harvest. A report says the government has procured 26 million tonnes. Its target was 34.15 million tonnes. https://t.co/gtXXNOdytY
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Union Government's Wheat Procurement Falls Short of Target
This is a year in which rain and hail in the months of March and April had given rise to serious concerns over the wheat harvest. A report says the government has procured 26 million tonnes. Its target was 34.15 million tonnes.
Apart from the local factors and campaign strategies, this assured win points to the way forward for the Indian National Congress Party as far as its ideological core is concerned. | Devender Singh
https://t.co/80mKPgz1zV
https://t.co/80mKPgz1zV
The Wire
The Karnataka Assembly Election Marks the Consolidation of Congress’s Ideological Core
Building on the declarations in the Udaipur and Raipur Conclaves and the Bharat Jodo Yatra, the recent polls suggest that Congress has arrived at a definitive narrative to take to the Indian people till, during, and (hopefully) beyond 2024.
India’s ultra-high-net-worth individuals worth over $30 million are estimated to rise by 58.4% over the next five years, rising from 12,069 in 2022 to 19,119 individuals by 2027.
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India’s Millionaires Set To Rise While Masses Hit By Joblessness, Inflation
India’s ultra-high-net-worth individuals worth over $30 million are estimated to rise by 58.4% over the next five years, rising from 12,069 in 2022 to 19,119 individuals by 2027.
Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and K.V. Viswanathan took oath of office today as Supreme Court judges, following the Union government’s notification of the Collegium’s recommendations. https://t.co/BoNHrmFNw9
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With Two Swearing-ins Today, Supreme Court Now at Full Strength of 34 Judges
Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and K.V. Viswanathan took oath of office today as Supreme Court judges, following the Union government’s notification of the Collegium’s recommendations.
The ongoing agitation by women wrestlers is a moment of churning for women in India and a learning opportunity for the Delhi police, the Sports Ministry and the sports federations in India. | Abhiruchi Ranjan
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Wrestling Patriarchy: The Herculean Task of India's Sportswomen
As Indian women take their rightful place in the world of sports, have the sports federations and the government ensured the necessary mechanisms for their equality, dignity and bodily integrity? Or are these women still playing in a man’s world?
It's interesting to analyse how a Union minister, who was against decriminalising gay sex, has been made the law minister at a time when the Supreme Court is hearing crucial petitions on same-sex marriage in India.
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New Law Minister Had Tabled Private Bill to Overrule Decriminalisation of Homosexuality in 2012
It's interesting to analyse how a Union minister, who was against decriminalising gay sex, has been made the law minister at a time when the Supreme Court is hearing crucial petitions on same-sex marriage in India.
Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan is in a standoff with authorities who have surrounded his house. In his first interview since a police deadline expired, Khan told DW an "unprecedented crackdown is taking place."
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‘I Expect to Be Rearrested,’ Says Pakistan’s Ex-PM Imran Khan
Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan is in a standoff with authorities who have surrounded his house. In his first interview since a police deadline expired, Khan told DW an "unprecedented crackdown is taking place."
As hate and toxicity swirl in our midst, with so much of this poison just a clickbait video or WhatsApp forward away, one realises how careful, really careful, we need to be with our own kids.
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Parenting in an Age of Narratives Over Facts
As hate and toxicity swirl in our midst, with so much of this poison just a clickbait video or WhatsApp forward away, one realises how careful, really careful, we need to be with our own kids.
Siddaramaiah then left the JD(S) and flirted with the idea of forming a regional party to champion the cause of the AHINDAs (an acronym for Alpasankhyaka, Hindulida, Dalita). Hindulida in Kannada means backwards. | Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
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Siddaramaiah: A Rational OBC Counter to Modi’s Communal OBC Politics
The time has come for Shudra-OBC leaders across the nation to unite and lead the country with positive democratic welfarism and putting a firm end to communalism in the name of OBC politics.
In this article, Rahul Bajaj and Tanishk Goyal set out their vision for creating a more accessible India that persons with disabilities and their allies should pursue in the next 12 months. https://t.co/DbJNEgQHk0
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India Has Made Progress in Improving Accessibility, But Needs To Up the Ante
India can legitimately cherish the good progress in accessibility that it has achieved in the past 12 months. But these are but a step in the direction of enabling persons with disabilities to enjoy the rights and freedoms that those who are able-bodied routinely…