UN report notes that India is among 126 countries that are in intermediate stage of transition, when fertility levels have started to decline but remain above replacement level.
The Western Ghats owe their impact on our collective consciousness almost entirely to Madhav Gadgil. And the ecologist did it with a seemingly dry government report.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.
Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
CASTE WAS CONSTITUTINALLY PROHIBITED AS A MARKER BY ART 15, 1M6 AND 29. BUT CASTEWS USED AS A MARKER RIGHT FROM 1955 BEGINNING WIYTH BALAJI’S CASE, THE SUPREME COURTBVAA;IDATING ITS USE WITH OTHERVALID MARKERS. THE REASONIN WAS SPECIOUS BECAUSE IT IS SETTLED IN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW THAT WHEN DISCRETION IS EXERCISED USING A COMBINATION OF PERMITTED AND IRRELEVANT FACTORS QUALIFIES AS AN ABUSE OF DISCRETION.
Very well written. Always maintained this government is nothing more then an extension of UPA. Ideally it should be called UPA3. Every scheme implemented by this government is a UPA scheme . The same old tired socialism, stifling bureaucracy, obscene tax rates, the eagerness to control the economy, protection of oligarchs nothing really different.
What if you include this decision with the note by SC judges in Aug 2024, on creamy layer identification and quota subcategorization? One of the judges of that decision – BR Gavai, is being appointed as CJI in this May 2025.
Ah. Some insight!!
There seem to be a few cells that are still firing.
Can you keep it UP, Mr. Shekhar Gupta?
Next comes 200% reservation.
CASTE WAS CONSTITUTINALLY PROHIBITED AS A MARKER BY ART 15, 1M6 AND 29. BUT CASTEWS USED AS A MARKER RIGHT FROM 1955 BEGINNING WIYTH BALAJI’S CASE, THE SUPREME COURTBVAA;IDATING ITS USE WITH OTHERVALID MARKERS. THE REASONIN WAS SPECIOUS BECAUSE IT IS SETTLED IN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW THAT WHEN DISCRETION IS EXERCISED USING A COMBINATION OF PERMITTED AND IRRELEVANT FACTORS QUALIFIES AS AN ABUSE OF DISCRETION.
Very well written. Always maintained this government is nothing more then an extension of UPA. Ideally it should be called UPA3. Every scheme implemented by this government is a UPA scheme . The same old tired socialism, stifling bureaucracy, obscene tax rates, the eagerness to control the economy, protection of oligarchs nothing really different.
What if you include this decision with the note by SC judges in Aug 2024, on creamy layer identification and quota subcategorization? One of the judges of that decision – BR Gavai, is being appointed as CJI in this May 2025.