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After 48 months, India finds itself unable to reverse the Chinese ingress into border areas that were patrolled by Indian soldiers till 2020. Unfortunately, India is not talking about restoring the status quo in Ladakh as it existed in 2020.
Tarunabh Khaitan, a professor of Public Law, says that India’s democracy is in peril, and that the Union government under Narendra Modi is “killing the constitution with a thousand cuts”.
The architect of the Indian constitution had to wait for 75 years after independence for a statue to be erected in his honour. All this while, a taller statue of Manu – whose teachings are against the basic values of the constitution – was unveiled on the premises of the Jaipur bench of the Rajasthan high court way back in 1989.
‘New Estimates of Offshore Wealth Held by Indians’; Also: ‘How Much Indian Black Money Is Stashed Away in Swiss Banks? Nearly $1 Trillion, Says This Book’.
The petroleum sector received the highest number of assignments, valued at over Rs 170 crore, from the Ministry of Petroleum and four of its PSUs, while nine organisations under the power ministry outsourced assignments worth Rs 166.41 crore to multinational consultancies.
Anand Teltumbde talks about the history of caste discrimination in India in the context of the caste census debates and how political parties have historically used backward castes for their political gains. He believes that the emancipation of the lower classes will not be possible through reservation alone.
Is there a relation between caste, religion, poverty and discrimination? What do the social, economic indicators show? Also: “Caste Census: Why the Liberal Intelligentsia’s Opposition Is Misplaced”.
Many say the Modi government’s amendment to the RTI Act downgrades the role of information authorities, which could undermine the very essence of the law.
Part 1: Advantage Adani: Power Industry Lobbies, Coal Ministry Unlocks Dense Forests for Mining; Part 2: Coal Reform Overturned: After Failed Auctions, Centre Hands Out Coal Blocks At Discretion.
Data from the study bolsters the demands to remove the cap on 50% caste quota and conduct a similar exercise at a national level; BJP not only unnerved but also confused about how to respond to the issue; “Nine Reasons Why Numbers Revealed by Bihar Caste Census Could Shake Up National Politics”.
Janata Weekly is India’s oldest independent socialist weekly.
Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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