Supreme Court ruled in favour of states' right to grant separate quotas to weakest among weaker castes. Trivedi was the only among 7 judges to dissent, saying it violates Article 14.
Political analyst says Jagan’s census plan will disrupt rival TDP’s backward caste votebank, TDP calls it ‘ploy to identify party sympathisers & tamper with voter lists’.
Ruling party has learnt to counter conventional identity-based social justice politics as seen in its move to boost OBC representation & focus on delivering welfare schemes.
SP leader and former UP minister Swami Prasad Maurya has been in news for his comments on verses of Ramcharitmanas that he believes are hurtful to ‘97 per cent of people’ in India.
Bihar BJP says party hopes to find a balance between caste politics and Hindutva, especially with former ally, CM Nitish Kumar, conducting a state-wide caste census.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
COMMENTS