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Monday, October 27, 2025
TopicSchedule Castes

Topic: Schedule Castes

‘Revise SC/ST lists’: SC says the affluent among them not allowing benefits to trickle down

In a case against an order on quota by the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh govt, the Supreme Court observes the government is ‘duty bound’ to revise SC/ST lists.

Attitude towards Dalits & tribals could soon make or break govt officers’ promotions

A proposed format for govt officers’ appraisal reports seeks to encourage sensitisation towards Dalits & tribals (SCs & STs).

Ajit Jogi, former Chhattisgarh CM, booked for ‘fake’ caste certificates

A caste scrutiny panel had last week dismissed Ajit Jogi's claim of belonging to a Scheduled Tribe, and cancelled the certificates submitted by him.

SC, ST children more likely to die before 5th birthday than non-SC/ST ones: Study

The study, conducted by Austria-based organisation, examines link between caste & under-5 mortality rate using data from Indian Demographic Health Survey.

SC okays dept-wise faculty quota: Harms university reservation or even spread of jobs?

The Supreme Court dismissed two petitions challenging an Allahabad High Court order that favoured department-wise reservations for faculty posts in universities as opposed to...

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

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...

On Camera

RJD confidence in EBCs dips. Sticks to Yadav core

RJD’s candidates from EBCs have declined from 13.13 per cent to 11.19 per cent. This could be because the party saw the lowest strike rate among EBC candidates in the 2020 Bihar Assembly polls.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.