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Thursday, January 8, 2026
TopicNational Commission for Scheduled Castes

Topic: National Commission for Scheduled Castes

Caste panel recommends President’s rule in West Bengal over Sandeshkhali violence

NCSC chief Arun Halder the panel has recommended that President’s rule should be imposed in West Bengal under Article 338 that aims to safeguard rights of SCs.

SC Commission issues notice to Zomato for ‘casteist ad’. Seeks action report from Delhi Police, YouTube

The ad was aimed to promote food delivery service's voluntary waste recycling policy. National Commission for Scheduled Castes has taken suo moto cognizance of the matter.

Scheduled Castes panel issues notice to Mann govt on youth’s sexual harassment claim against Punjab minister

National Commission for Scheduled Castes has asked chief secy & DGP to investigate allegations against AAP minister Lal Chand Kataruchak. Complaint comes ahead of 10 May Jalandhar bypoll.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

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'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

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.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

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.