Venezuela’s Maduro govt has this month threatened to annex region controlled by Guyana, triggering fresh row. Dispute dates back to 19th century when Guyana was a British colony.
A special provision for Assam introduced after the accord of 1985, Section 6A has been challenged on the grounds that is 'arbitrary, discriminates against the state & is constitutionally invalid'.
An income tax department operation under way for a week and counting has been in the news for seizures described as being34weds among the highest ever.
2009 law restricts the sowing & transplantation period of paddy to monsoon, resulting in delayed harvesting & purportedly less time to prepare the field for wheat, leading to stubble burning.
Activist Manoj Jarange Patil has given Shinde govt till 2 Jan to give reservation to Marathas. With quota issue stuck in SC, community hopes for immediate benefit through Kunbi status.
SC and expert panel have previously held that dominant role cannot be ascribed to governor, who is a ceremonial head and not intended to be a ‘parallel administration’.
Several prominent Oppn politicians have claimed to receive alerts about possible ‘state-sponsored’ attacks on their Apple devices. Union govt has said it will investigate the allegations.
Supreme Court in 1986 upheld choice of 3 school students, who were Jehovah’s Witnesses, to not sing the national anthem, as they believed it was against their religious tenets.
Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
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