A former assistant professor has accused several senior members of IISc of targeting him because he belongs to the Dalit community & misusing the govt funds for SC/ST academic scholars.
Setting aside charge sheet & govt proceedings against DSP Abhishek Yadav, Allahabad HC called it a ‘glaring case of exercise of administrative discretion to be vitiated for malice in law’.
SC/ST Act prioritises social justice, seeking to protect the rights of the communities. NSA is applied when someone is seen to be disturbing peace and harmony.
Sugat Padghan — a 24 year-old from the Scheduled Castes studying at Mumbai’s King Edward Memorial Hospital — has accused fellow students of harassment & authorities of inaction.
Draft report prepared by Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry on the progress made by SC/ST population in 7 decades provides roadmap for welfare of the communities.
Two lawyers have moved the top court challenging the latest amendment to the SC/ST Act, but Dalit groups say it could be part of a ‘double game’ by the govt.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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