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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
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Topic: SC/ST

Centre proposes to relax height limit for Nepalese in paramilitary forces, says Kiren Rijiju

PTI -
The relaxation in the height limit would be same as given to SC/ST in the paramilitary forces, said the minister.

Rural minority communities are getting fewer houses under Modi’s pet welfare scheme

Ruhi Tewari -
Their numbers have dipped since most of them have now reached saturation, say govt officials.

Indian tribal students are learning Sanskrit to find jobs

Nikhil Rampal -
7.5% of seats in the Shiksha Shastri course are reserved for STs, but they account for nearly 30% of all students in the course across India.

‘By revisiting reservation in promotions, Supreme Court is opening a Pandora’s Box’

Ritika Jain -
M. Nagaraj, who won a court battle on this issue in 2006, says there ought to be some judicial discipline, or every SC judgment will keep getting reversed.

By ignoring OBCs for party positions, BJP would repeat Congress’ fatal mistake

Rahul Verma -
Share of upper caste vote within the BJP’s Hindu social coalition has continuously declined over the past two decades.

Nearly 57% of India’s teaching faculty belong to general category, STs least represented

Kritika Sharma -
Annual HRD report shows that OBCs outdo their quota; Muslims and other minorities better represented than STs.

UGC tells universities to put controversial quota system for teachers on hold

Kritika Sharma -
The move to stop the department-wise distribution of quota comes after a meeting of NDA constituents with the PM.  New Delhi: The ministry of human...

Delhi University braces for chaos ahead of Supreme Court ruling on UGC quota order

Kritika Sharma -
Depending on the SC verdict, Delhi University may have to replace 1,000 ad hoc teachers immediately or mid-session. New Delhi: Uncertainty over teacher appointments threatens...

Supreme Court refuses to pass interim order on reservation for promotions in govt jobs

PTI -
The top court says a seven-judge constitution bench is needed to consider its 2006 M. Nagraj verdict.

Hours after retirement, Supreme Court judge A.K. Goel appointed NGT chief

Apurva Vishwanath -
Justice Adarsh Goel was part of benches that issued guidelines to “prevent misuse” of SC/ST and domestic violence Acts
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No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

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

Defence

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

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

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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