Unravelling Concerns Over the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022
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Unravelling Concerns Over the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022

By allowing unregulated collection of biological samples or behavioural traits of individuals by executive agencies, the Bill violates the fundamental right to equality, the fundamental right against self-incrimination, and the fundamental right to privacy provided by the Constitution of India.

Mexicans Mobilize in Support of President AMLO’s Electricity Reform; Also – AMLO Wins Recall Referendum
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Mexicans Mobilize in Support of President AMLO’s Electricity Reform; Also – AMLO Wins Recall Referendum

The electricity reform promoted by president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) seeks to nationalize Mexico’s energy industry by rolling back the process that opened it up to foreign and private investment in 2013. Also: 90% the voters back AMLO to remain in office until the end of his term.

Private Companies Exploiting the Coal Crisis – Need for an Investigation
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Private Companies Exploiting the Coal Crisis – Need for an Investigation

The 2021 coal crisis has severely impacted the power sector. During this crisis, while the 2 CPSEs, CIL and the Singareni Collieries Company, have ramped up coal production to tackle the shortages, the private companies which have been awarded captive coal blocks have taken advantage of the shortages to indulge in profiteering.

Born 200 years ago, What Is Fyodor Dostoevsky Telling Us Today Through His Novels?
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Born 200 years ago, What Is Fyodor Dostoevsky Telling Us Today Through His Novels?

Dostoevsky’s books – with their unique mix of dark comedy and pathos – are notoriously gloomy. Yet they can be oddly uplifting. In them he tested the very limits of human freedom: in prison he bore witness to the darkest sides of human nature; in his later years in freedom he agonised over our natural dogmatism and self-destructiveness.