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TopicSection 144

Topic: section 144

Section 144 imposed in Manipur’s Jiribam after police recover mutilated body, houses burnt down

A mob also stormed Jiribam police station, it is learnt, and demanded that the authorities return their licensed guns, which they had handed over during the election process.

Haryana’s Nuh under curfew after communal clashes kill 5, security up around mosques, temples

Section 144 in place in Faridabad, Palwal and Gurugram to avoid untoward incidents in these districts.

‘Suspicious prosecution plot’: Court order acquitting Union MoS Baghel in Sec 144 violation case

Pointing to inconsistencies in witnesses’ statements, all the witnesses being police personnel & lack of video evidence, Agra court acquits SP Singh Baghel in 7-year-old case.

Day 1 of Karnataka Class 10 board exams: Govt says most adhere to hijab ban, 4 ‘walk out’

Minister B.C. Nagesh says ‘99.99%’ students take exam without head scarf. Karnataka government had made uniforms compulsory for Class 10 board exams, which began Monday.

Why Rahul & Priyanka Gandhi were arrested — the laws they broke in their march to Hathras

Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi were arrested Thursday afternoon after UP Police blocked their march to Hathras.

India has wide grounds for internet shutdowns but minimal safeguards – 2019 saw its result

Internet shutdowns are blanket bans and should be subject to serious scrutiny. But from Kashmir to Rajasthan, the reality has been different.

Mahatma Gandhi on anti-CAA protests & India’s ‘global leader’ of internet shutdowns

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On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

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

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

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

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

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