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Punjab law on naming DGP may pass muster

According to the Punjab amendment, the selection would be done by a seven member empanelment committee

The Hindu · Jun 21, 2023

Part 11, 12 of Constitution should be amended to ensure States are not disrespected: P. Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader and former Union Home Minister, P. Chidambaram, on Wednesday charged that the Central government was deliberately twisting portions of the Indian Constitution to cause friction between States and the Centre and said that Part 11 and Part 12 of the Constitution should be amended in future to…

The Hindu · Jun 15, 2023

Go on a hunger strike if searches by Central agencies continue: Alagiri tells Stalin

Go on a hunger strike if searches by Central agencies continue: Alagiri tells Stalin

The Hindu · Jun 13, 2023

Concerned about high hysterectomy rates, Centre asks States to audit trend

Worried that poor, less-educated women, particularly in the rural areas, continue to be at higher risk of undergoing unnecessary and often unjustified hysterectomies, the Health Ministry has written to all stakeholders to work towards plugging “such hysterectomies performed by certain medical institutions”.

The Hindu · May 17, 2023

States act to curtail kids online, raising pressure on Congress - Roll Call

State laws and proposed legislation to curb kids' online activity could result in social media companies collecting more data.

Roll Call · Apr 11, 2023

D.C. Circuit Refuses to Order Archivist to Certify Ratification of Equal Rights Amendment

From today's D.C. Circuit opinion in Illinois v. Ferriero, written by Judge David Wilkins and joined by Judges Neomi Rao and Michelle Childs: The States of Illinois and Nevada … filed this mandamus action in the district court, seeking to compel the Archivist of the United States to certify and…

Reason · Feb 28, 2023

UN Council OKs Watered-down Statement on Israel Settlements

The UN Security Council unanimously approved a watered-down statement strongly opposing Israel’s continued construction and expansion of settlements Monday. The vote came after high-stakes negotiations by the Biden administration succeeded in derailing a legally binding resolution that would have demanded a halt to Israeli settlement activity. The Palestinian-backed draft resolution…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 20, 2023

States' fiscal health show improvement: RBI report

MUMBAI: States' gross fiscal deficit (GFD) is budgeted to decline from 4.1 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in Covid-hit 2020-21 to 3.4 per cent of GDP in 2022-23 showing improvement in their fiscal health, said a Reserve Bank report on Monday.

The Times of India · Jan 16, 2023

'Restitution' of looted African art just continues colonial policies - much more is at stake

The violence of the past is far from over. But it is disguised in many ways, made invisible and normalised. What started with the Spanish, Portuguese or the Ottoman empires continued with the British, French and Russian empires, and now the United States. Imperial political violence continues today in Palestine,…

The Conversation · Oct 13, 2022

Explained | Centre and State powers over water resources

Who controls India’s water resources: Centre, States or both? How are inter-State river disputes settled? Who supplies drinking water to Indian citizens?

The Hindu · Oct 6, 2022