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The People’s Union for Civil Liberates (PUCL), India’s premier human rights organisation, has said that the Supreme Court judgement, upholding reservation for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), strikes at the “basic structure of the Constitution”.
For centuries, those who have reserved all the opportunities for themselves have started considering their talent as natural. They do not realise the injustice and tyranny hidden within the social structure which makes them owners of merit by robbing others of their merit.
From IIT Delhi and Bombay to Allahabad University and BHU, students are protesting protesting fees hikes and shrinking scholarships – both a result of NEP.
The total premium paid under PMFBY by the Centre, the States and the farmers to insurance companies during the last 5 years was Rs 1,26,521 crore, whereas the insurance companies paid only Rs 87,320 crore to the farmers towards settlement of claims.
On many counts, the state’s indicators are worse than India’s average.
Genetically engineered Bt cotton varieties were widely promoted by powerful private companies as being less susceptible to pests, hence reduce pesticide use and increase yields. However the actual experience of farmers in India has been very different from this.
For all the lip service leaders of the RSS and BJP pay to the Constitution, in truth they are deeply averse to its core tenets such as pluralism, caste and gender equality, freedom of speech, and federalism, writes Mahadeva.
Whatever grand declarations they issue as the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh concludes this week, the reality is that European states effectively tied their hands for the foreseeable future by ratifying the Energy Charter Treaty back in the 1990s. That prevents them from cutting emissions.
The horrific conditions faced by workers for the World Cup in Qatar shows business priorities overwhelm the sport. Also: interview with Hiba Zayadin, Gulf researcher at Human Rights Watch, to get a better understanding of the issues involved.
It’s staggering the number of people dying in America in ways that are preventable.
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