Tag: current affairs – India

Ex-Civil Servants Urge Election Commission to prod SBI to Furnish Information on Electoral Bonds Before Lok Sabha Polls

As many as 79 former civil servants, representing Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG), described the State Bank of India’s request for time until June 30 to release donor data as ‘wholly unjustified’. This was before the resignation of one of the Commissioners) New Delhi: As many as 79 former civil servants, under the banner of Constitutional Conduct… Read More Ex-Civil Servants Urge Election Commission to prod SBI to Furnish Information on Electoral Bonds Before Lok Sabha Polls

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The National Human Rights Commission is a Wolf in Wolf’s Clothing

NHRC office-bearers are handpicked to ensure that the charter of human rights remains merely on paper. Although meant to protect the citizens, the rights body has instead resorted to covering the government’s violations.  M.G. Devasahayam Democracy, the highest form of human rights, is at peril in India today. The 2023 V-Dem Institute at the University… Read More The National Human Rights Commission is a Wolf in Wolf’s Clothing

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Released from jail after a decade, Professor Saibaba says ‘it’s a miracle to be alive’

NB: The High Court said the sanction for prosecution granted under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) was null and void; and had been given by the state authority without ‘application of mind’. It also said the report by the independent authority recommending invocation of UAPA provisions was a ‘cryptic and a laconic half page… Read More Released from jail after a decade, Professor Saibaba says ‘it’s a miracle to be alive’

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SBI limps before Supreme Court, but bolts for gov’t when asked to get electoral bond data

http://www.reporters-collective.in deep-dive journalism. in many languages and formats. without fear. The State Bank of India (SBI) is dragging its feet in providing details of those who played secret santas to political parties and gifted electoral bonds. But what makes its limp a suspect is that the bank had displayed stunning agility in fulfilling similar government… Read More SBI limps before Supreme Court, but bolts for gov’t when asked to get electoral bond data

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दिल्ली माइनस उमर ख़ालिद | Delhi minus Umar Khalid

प्यारे दर्शकों, उमर ख़ालिद ने सुप्रीम कोर्ट से अपनी याचिका वापस ले ली। बार-बार स्थगित होने के बीच ज़मानत का इंतज़ार अंतहीन हो चुका है। सुप्रीम कोर्ट हमारे विश्वास की अंतिम सीढी़ है। वहां से कोई अपनी याचिका लेकर लौट जाए, उसकी चुप्पी चुभती है। उमर की चुप्पी से ज़्यादा उस दिल्ली की चुप्पी चुभ… Read More दिल्ली माइनस उमर ख़ालिद | Delhi minus Umar Khalid

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In a dark world, a light is held by those who make it harder for the powerful to lie

Journalists like Ravish Kumar battle hostile forces so that facts find a way to survive. With each new threat to our democracy, I cherish them all the more Zoe Williams In the summer, my friend Jess Search died after a short and vicious illness. She made documentaries, but people always eschewed words such as “producer” or “exec”… Read More In a dark world, a light is held by those who make it harder for the powerful to lie

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How the government lost the script on MSP to farmers

Bharat Bhushan The Punjab farmers’ agitation is growing, and the two organisations that were trying to upstage the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) are no longer in control. An agitation, perhaps scripted to end in a compromise, is unexpectedly rewriting itself. The Centre wanted to settle the issue of minimum support price (MSP) after having made a promise… Read More How the government lost the script on MSP to farmers

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