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Sunday, April 28, 2024
TopicScheduled Tribes

Topic: Scheduled Tribes

CBSE hikes board exam fees for SC/ST pupils by 24 times, general category to pay double

According to the revised norms, the SC & ST students will have to pay Rs 1,200 for five subjects , while earlier they paid Rs 50, a hike of 24 times.

Every second ST, every third Dalit & Muslim in India poor, not just financially: UN report

At around 27% of the country's population, India has the largest number of people living in multidimensional poverty in the world, says the report.

The women who won India its first rugby medal — mom, students & gym trainer

The 15s women's rugby team, barely a year old, won India a bronze last month in the four-team Asia Women's Division 1 Rugby XVs Championship in the Philippines.

All about Muslim Tadvi Bhils, the community of the Mumbai doctor who killed herself

Payal Tadvi, the Mumbai doctor who committed suicide after allegedly being abused on casteist lines, belonged to a tribal community spread across 4 states.

India’s rural employment plan has been giving fewer & fewer jobs to the most deprived

The rural job scheme, launched in February 2006, is intended to cater to poorest and weakest sections, but data shows share of SCs/STs in total jobs has seen a sharp fall.

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...

Interaction with police highest among Muslims, least for Dalits and women, shows study

According to the study, which sought to analyse the perception of police along state and community lines, the rich and well-to-do were twice as likely as the poor to have sought police help or contacted them.

Hard fact: Despite quotas, Dalits, tribals are nowhere in Delhi’s corridors of power

Even OBC representation in higher bureaucracy is no more than 2.89 per cent; retired officers claim Dalits & tribals continue to face discrimination in career.

If protests over SC/ST Act continue, the cause of Dalit emancipation will be hurt further

Political protests over Supreme Court ruling is mere posturing and not concern for the marginalised and the poor.

The Supreme Court didn’t dilute the SC/ST law, but just ensured that it applied to genuine cases

The solution to the broken criminal justice system for the victims of discrimination, lies in working towards fixing it, rather than on upending our Constitution.

On Camera

Instagram reels on stoicism are the new rage — they can battle burnout and bigotry

The Romans’ version of stoicism is rapidly picking popularity on Instagram — Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca are some names that get thrown at you when you fire up your screen.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.