2026

The Supreme Court has not outright mocked the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise undertaken by the Chief Election Commissioner at the directive of Narendra Modi, but its two commands; first, criticising the implementation of the SIR in certain states, particularly regarding the use of "logical discrepancy" lists and software tools, and secondly, its directive to the CJ of Calcutta High Court to deploy serving as well as retired judicial officers to oversee adjudication of claims and (…)

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The Kerala Urban Policy 2026

Whenever I visit the Birla Ghat in Haridwar, I see a regular flow of pious men and women giving small sums of money to the ghat

Waste management has been a weak part of the development story of India, and within waste management inability to have proper waste segregation has been a particularly sad story. This is despite the fact that in some smaller initiatives, some brilliant officials working with community involvement have achieved very good results. However, such success at a wider level has been missing.
So it is good that new solid waste segregation rules are being framed for implementation in the near (…)

In the political climate currently enveloping the globe, rights the marginalised occupy an important place. Since the last decade of the 20th century, minority rights have been recognised internationally and celebrated. Despite the phenomenal shift of contemporary international politics that are marked by a certain hostility and suspicion towards ethnic minorities, migrants and immigrants, the rights and treatment towards minorities remains the index for measuring how democratic a nation is. (…)

The University Grants Commission

The momentous judgment by the American Supreme Court in Learning Resources, inv v. Trump, rendered on Friday, 20th February, 2026 [[LEARNING RESOURCES, INC., ET AL. v. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL CERTIORARI BEFORE JUDGMENT TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
No. 24

Dec 2, 2025
Almost fifty years ago Michel Foucault, in his lectures, formulated the concept of biopolitics

CPI & ALJABHA/HADASH Condemn the Israeli-US Aggression Against Iran and warn of the Dangers of a Comprehensive War
The Communist Party of Israel & The Democratic Front for Peace & Equality (Aljabha/Hadash) condemn the war of aggression launched by Israel in the early hours of Saturday morning, February 28, against Iran, and affirm that this attack is a joint Israeli-American aggression, warning that it may ignite a large-scale regional or global war.
CPI and Aljabha/Hadash (…)