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At a vaccination centre in Jammu on April 18.

A shot in the arm: Supreme Court calls for review of COVID vaccine mandates

The Supreme Court calls for greater transparency and accountability in public health measures and directs all governments and organisations to review

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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami

Uniform Civil Code: BJP's proposal raises concerns of anti-minority measures

There are genuine apprehensions that a proposal for a uniform civil code coming from the BJP will ultimately be less about uniformity and equality and

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At a protest by pro-Kannada activists against the imposition of Hindi in banks and Central government offices, in Bengaluru on September 14, 2021. In recent years, Karnataka and the North-Eastern region have seen strident protests against the Centre’s attempts to establish Hindi as the primary language of communication.

Linguistic imperialism: BJP pronouncements on promoting Hindi spark outrage

The BJP’s periodic pronouncements on making Hindi the single national language are proof of its inability to understand that India’s enormous linguist

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At riot-hit Jahangirpuri, in New Delhi on April 26.

Demolition squad: Hindutva mobs go on a rampage

With Assembly elections in three States not far away, the Hindutva machine goes into overdrive, stoking communal tension in several States by targetin

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During a two-day workshop on the implementation of NEP-2020 organised by the Central University of Karnataka near Kalaburagi on October 5, 2021.

Hindutvaisation of education: Narendra Modi-led government's game plan under NEP

Serious attempts to change what is taught and the outlook towards education itself have taken place under the stewardship of Prime Minister Narendra M

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Outside the closed meat shops of INA Market in New Delhi on April 6.

Meat ban during Navaratri: BJP’s latest polarising move

The recent ban on the sale of meat during Navaratri in parts of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, which is part of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s aggressive atte

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Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Chief Minister, speaks during a one-day special sitting of the Assembly, in Chandigarh on April 1. He said the Centre, through various decisions, was trying to upset the balance in the administration of Chandigarh.

Muddying the waters: Controversy over Centre's interference in Chandigarh government employees

The Central government stirs up a controversy by changing the composition of the Bhakra Beas Management Board and issuing a notification to apply Cent

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Outside a vaccination centre at Tilak Nagar in New Delhi on April 10, the day the option of a third dose of vaccine, officially termed a “precaution dose”, opened for the 18-59 age group but entirely through the private sector, meaning on payment.

COVID: Too soon to say the worst of the pandemic is behind us

The number of cases and deaths due to COVID-19 may be low at present, but it is too soon to conclude that the crisis is over. There remain at least th

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Admission seekers at Miranda House College in New Delhi, a 2019 picture. The All India Survey of Higher Education reported an enrollment of 30.6 million students in undergraduate programmes in 2019-20.

CUET challenge: Attempt to centralise education and undermine federalism

The proposed Common University Entrance Test is a move towards centralising education and undermining the federal structure, something similar to repl

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Farmers protest against the Central government’s various economic policies, at a wholesale market in Amritsar on March 29.

Supreme Court-appointed committee report on three farm laws reiterates Modi government's stance

The report of the Supreme Court-appointed committee on the three new farm laws, released by one of its members, seems to have been an exercise in reit

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A hospital staffer waits beside the body of a person suspected to have died of COVID-19 complications, in Ahmedabad on January 25, 2022.

COVID casualties: The uncounted dead

A Lancet study estimates that more COVID-19 deaths occurred in India than official statistics show, but the Central government refuses to acknowledge

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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar presenting the State Budget 2022-23 in the State Assembly in Chandigarh on March 8.

Targeting minorities: BJP government's anti-conversion Bill in Haryana

The BJP government of Manohar Lal Khattar in Haryana introduces an anti-conversion Bill amid stiff resistance from the opposition parties in the Assem

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