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RTI: Enslaved Parrot

Above: A protest march against the proposed changes in the RTI Act, in New Delhi/Photo: Anil Shakya The amendments to RTI law restrict citizens from taking power into their hands and curb the indep...

Emptying India’s Piggy Bank

Over the last five years, the RBI has transferred its profits to the Modi government. Nothing was added to its contingency reserves. But the RBI Act states that reserve capital cannot be used up   ...

Climate Change In Mumbai: All At Sea

Above: Water-logging on railway tracks is a regular feature in Mumbai during the monsoon/Photo: UNI One hopes that the task force set up by the Maharashtra government to study the climate change wi...

The Myth of Job Creation

Above: Queues of youngsters gathered at a mega job fair in Guwahati/Photo: UNI It is a myth that the government can stimulate the economy and create jobs. When unseen costs are factored in, for eve...

Bonds for PG Seats: Arm-twisting Doctors

Above: The proposed move will affect many medical students like those of the Raghunath Murmu Medical College & Hospital, Odisha/Photo: orissadiary.com Odisha has proposed a penalty of about Rs ...

Draft National Education Policy: Advancing Apartheid?

Above: A teacher marks attendance in a government school/Photo: Anil Shakya The new draft national education policy encourages unbridled privatisation, with the State withdrawing from its constitu...

Draft Model Tenancy Act: Brokers, Please Excuse

Above: The tenancy law must factor in residential, commercial or any other type of property/Photo: Anil Shakya The Model Tenancy Act is aimed at promoting the growth of rental housing and thus addr...

Violence Against Doctors: Lethal Blow

Above: Furniture and other property torched during a mob attack on a hospital in Siwan/Photo: UNI In a positive development, a draft bill has proposed that violence against Doctors be made a crimin...

J&K: The Legal Question

Three PILs have been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the centre’s move to abrogate Articles 370 and 35A and reducing the state to two Union Territories. Since there are other states in India wh...

CSR: Why Make Charity Criminal?

Above: FM Nirmala Sitharaman justified the new CSR norms in the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in the Rajya Sabha A draconian and bizarre move to criminalise corporate social responsibility thre...

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