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Monday, November 10, 2025
TopicDirective Principles of the State Policy

Topic: Directive Principles of the State Policy

How SC invoked Article 21 to protect nursing mothers’ right to breastfeed in public spaces

SC has asked Centre to send reminder communication to chief secretaries of all states/UTs about its February advisory on measures to be taken in interest of women in public spaces.

Private wealth part of ‘community resources’, state can redistribute, Maharashtra govt tells SC

Attorney-general's arguments on definition of 'material resources of community' in Constitution, a long-running legal conundrum, are significant amid political debate over redistribution.

Uniform Civil Code raked up before polls to hide governance failures, says Muslim body

AIMPLB compared efforts to implement UCC to prohibition, which was also a part of the directive principles of state policy but not made into a law in the country.

How directive principles fuel BJP and Congress politics on cow and Hindutva

The Narendra Modi-led BJP govt reinvented the directive principles as an important source for its brand of majoritarianism.

On Camera

Is Prashant Kishor the Kejriwal of Bihar? Yes, but not really

Arvind Kejriwal always played to the gallery promising the moon.But Prashant Kishor has been ‘brutal’ in telling the people that they have to blame themselves for the misrule in Bihar.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘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.