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Topic: Petition

SC steps in to implement earlier circular, ensure pleas by PwDs & senior citizens are prioritised

Khadija Khan -
SC now requires lawyers to specify petitioner’s category when filing a case. Specially-abled, acid attack victims, senior citizens & those below the poverty line will get priority.

St Xavier’s alumnus starts petition supporting ‘sacked’ ex-prof, demands action against VC

Gaurvi Narang -
Started by Gaurav Banjeree, the petition seeks 'disciplinary action' against VC Felix Raj and 'an unconditional apology' to the former professor from varsity authorities.

Students come out in support of Agra teen who lost IIT-Bombay seat by clicking ‘wrong link’

Kritika Sharma -
A petition has been filed on change.org by a first year engineering student Sarthak Jain demanding justice for Siddhanth Batra.

SC will hear petitions challenging electoral bonds Monday. Here’s all you need to know

Apoorva Mandhani -
Electoral bonds were introduced by the Modi govt in 2017, and have been under the scanner for making political funding more opaque.

‘Free Julian Assange’ petition goes viral: Why is the world so invested in his release?

ThePrint Team -
Julian Assange, co-founder of whisteblowing website WikiLeaks, is facing extradition to the US after Ecuador revoked his political asylum.

Does I&B Ministry notice to not use ‘Dalit’ stifle political identity or end caste-marker?

ThePrint Team -
Complying with the Bombay High Court order, the I&B ministry has asked Indian media not to use the word “Dalit” and instead stick to...

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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