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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Book review. Mukunda Rao makes it clear in his book that contrary to what is widely believed, India’s spiritual history is not all about Brahmanical beliefs, Sanskrit literature, the Upanishads, and the Gita, or even the caste system.
Replying to a question in the Parliament, the government stated that between 2014 and 2022, the Central government recruited 7.22 lakh persons, while 9.79 lakh posts were still vacant.
Young people (teenagers, especially) are open to reason, and there is a very good chance they will listen to facts if we will only dialogue with them calmly, objectively, and respectfully.
Gujarat’s Dalit rights leader Martin Macwan announces plan to begin a yatra to Delhi starting August 1 and hand over a huge 1,000 kg brass coin to the President for placing in the Parliament building as a reminder that even 75 years of independence India is not untouchability free.
The book serves as a useful resource to understand the rising interest in the self-respect movement and its egalitarian politics, which are seen as an alternative to the centralising tendencies of the Narendra Modi-led BJP.
States like Delhi (despite its unique multi-party governance architecture), West Bengal, Kerala (or even Goa and Sikkim) perform better compared to UP when it comes to being measured for securing access to basic social, economic services.
In many remote areas, students have few options other than single-teacher schools in their villages. These are the very schools the government has targeted for closing down.
A proposed change in the definition of the average sale price of mineral ore will result in a significant discount on the price states receive for their mineral wealth.
The SBI Research Dept recently issued a “Special Report on Agriculture” that claims that farmers’ income doubled in FY22 as compared to FY18 for certain crops in some states… while in all other cases it rose in the range of 1.3-1.7 times. An examination of some of the features of this report.
Death threats, lost friendships and a bleak academic future — victims of Karnataka’s hijab ban continue to suffer.
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