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Caste and Census

The Union Government has finally yielded to the demands of various pressure groups for conducting a caste census side by side with the next normal census operation (2021) as and when it is held.

A right crystallised

The Apex court has taken a progressive leap to ensure substantive equality and disability rights, says Niloprovo Majumder.

Human Rights Omission

The pandemic claimed countless victims across India for several months now. It was expected, once the lethal effects of the Wuhan virus were known. Till such a time as a vaccine was discovered, all were helpless.

Apex court needs more diversity

Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office in 2014 and now is in his second term as PM of India. In the last 6 years of his tenure as PM, only one Muslim judge was appointed to the Supreme Court of India.

Women officers in command roles

The statement added, “The composition of rank and file being male, and predominantly drawn from rural background, with prevailing societal norms, the troops are not yet mentally schooled to accept women officers in command.”

Collateral damage

The “front page” quality of Mr Justice AK Sikri’s requesting the government not to proceed with recommending his appointment to the Commonwealth panel is that it powerfully and painfully articulates the extent to which carcinogenic politics has poisoned so many spheres of public life these days.