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TopicCitizenship Act

Topic: Citizenship Act

Trump’s shifting stance on tariffs has left India confused; and India’s ‘class of stateless people’

New Delhi: Wednesday is the day Trump's 50 percent tariffs on India kick in. Donald Trump’s shifting stance on India—which has led to an...

‘No mechanism for effective implementation’. What minority verdict on Section 6A of Citizenship Act says

JB Pardiwala was sole dissenting judge in 5-judges bench that upheld constitutional validity of the section granting citizenship to Bangladeshi refugees who entered Assam before 1971.

Aligns with concept of ‘live & let live’. What SC said to uphold Section 6A of Citizenship Act

SC dismissed contention that section 6A’s exclusive application to Assam made it violative of Article 14; it also ruled that section 6A didn't lead to drastic demographic change.

105 OCI cards revoked in past 3 yrs, external affairs ministry tells Parliament

Spotlight has been on OCI cards after at least 2 journalists from France left the country. One was given notice challenging her OCI card status, while another’s visa was not extended.

SC seeks govt data on illegal immigration to Assam & N-E states post-1971, steps taken to curb it

Five-judge bench is hearing challenge to Section 6A of Citizenship Act by Assam indigenous groups. Court also seeks details on extent of border-fencing and timeline to finish it.

‘Why single out Assam? Why was Bengal excluded?’ — SC’s questions to Centre on grant of citizenship

Observing that illegal immigration is a serious problem, CJI-led bench asks Solicitor General Tushar Mehta what the Union government is doing to safeguard the border.

India gives citizenship to 3,117 non-Muslims from Pakistan, Afghanistan & Bangladesh in 4 yrs

MoS Home Nityanand Rai said in Rajya Sabha that 8,244 applications from Hindu, Sikh, Jain and Christian minorities groups were received from the three countries between 2018-2021.

Voter ID, marrying an Indian not enough; foreigners need to register for citizenship — HC

A Patna High Court bench asserted that 'mere registration of a person’s name in the voter list, ipso facto, does not confer citizenship'.

Take the quiz: How much do you know about India’s complex citizenship laws?

A quiz to help you navigate the Byzantine bureaucratic mesh of CAA-NPR-NRC. Twenty questions.

Govt will go to ‘bottom of truth’ to unravel conspiracy in Delhi riots, if any: Kishan Reddy

Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy says people who criticise the govt suffer from selective amnesia.

On Camera

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

The affluent in Delhi, armed with airtight windows, multiple purifiers, and humidifiers, have normalised a way of life that once seemed dystopian.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.