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Keep calm! Now, bureaucrats to take a call on national anthem in movie halls

Apurva Vishwanath -
The government tells the Supreme Court that playing of national anthem in cinema halls is optional; forms an inter-ministerial panel to frame rules in six months.
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Why don’t Indians have a problem when heterosexuals have oral sex—even though 377 bans it?

Shreya Ila Anasuya -
Remember that Section 377 doesn’t criminalise ‘gay sex’ — it is the product of a homophobic mindset that targets queer people.
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It’s clear NRC isn’t enough to protect Assam’s indigenous population

Upamanyu Hazarika -
There is an urgent need for protective legislations which can bar illegal immigrants from acquiring land and enjoying other government benefits.
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RSS man who served as vice-chancellor of PTU arrested for fraud

Chitleen K Sethi -
Rajneesh Arora was vice-president of the Punjab unit of the RSS and is alleged to have committed serious fraud and administrative malpractices as PTU V-C.
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More than 3 years after Modi’s clean Ganga promise, Varanasi is still drinking its sewage

Neera Majumdar -
Almost 4 years since PM’s promise, corpses and puja leftovers still pollute the river, while data shows that the holy city might be drinking its own sewage.
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Supreme Court had decided to revisit section 377 two years ago as well

Apurva Vishwanath -
A bench headed by then chief justice T.S. Thakur had also agreed to hear a curative writ petition in June 2016, seeking to decriminalise homosexuality.
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SC stays bail of 3 Jindal University students convicted of rape, but all are still free

Apurva Vishwanath -
Supreme Court stayed their bail, but the men were “not home” when police went to serve fresh arrest warrants issued by the trial court.
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UIDAI stands ground for filing FIR against reporter, says she committed crime

Chitleen K Sethi -
Regulator says FIR is against the crime that reporter Rachna Khaira committed to get the story. Reporter says she stands by her story. Chandigarh/New Delhi:...
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Punjab farmers protest over flaws in loan waiver scheme before highly publicised rollout

Chitleen K Sethi -
CM Amarinder Singh will launch the scheme Sunday; farmers allege gross favouritism in selecting beneficiaries besides clerical errors in the lists.
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How industrial waste, govt apathy are killing the Ganga in Kanpur

Kaveesha Kohli -
CPCB says Kanpur is home to the ‘most polluted stretch’ of the Ganga; most of the tanneries release untreated waste into the river, flouting green norms.
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Representational image of a protest against rise in prices of fuel and LPG, in Kolkata | ANI

You thought inflation’s high in India? Data shows at least 100 countries doing worse

Nikhil Rampal -
Lebanon faces worst inflation rate in the world, followed by Zimbabwe and Sudan, according to 'Trading Economics', which sources data from governments.

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A Sikorsky S-76D chopper | Credit: Twitter/@PawanHansLtd

Pawan Hans chopper crash not an anomaly, doesn’t bode well for govt-owned firm’s disinvestment

Suchet Vir Singh -
Crash that killed 4 one of several Pawan Hans chopper accidents in last few decades. These incidents, coupled with losses, operational issues & legal hurdles, may delay disinvestment.

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Moral, political & ideological questions on Maharashtra: 1st is simplest to answer, 3rd trickiest

Shekhar Gupta -
What is Shiv Sena’s ideology? We might say it’s been a convenient mix of extreme ethnic chauvinism & unforgiving Hindutva. Within the second, the party retained space to manoeuvre.

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