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MEA says India has 'never recognised the existence in law of this illegally-constituted and so-called Court of Arbitration'

Politics must move from profiting from demographic change to sensitively managing and navigating its consequences

The government said that the need for a common time reference has increased with the growing use of digital and technology-based systems

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD) has raised concerns over hate speech, hate crimes, citizenship policies, and the treatment of minorities in India. The committee made several recommendations, while the Indian government rejected what it called “sweeping generalisations” in the findings.

Delimitation, federal fairness and women’s representation can all be achieved without enlarging the Lok Sabha

Its verdict vindicates the stand of the Election Commission that the special intensive revision is a measure to purify the electoral rolls and strengthen democracy

WhatsApp had challenged the Competition Commission of India's November 2024 ban on data sharing between WhatsApp and other Meta entities, warning it may have to roll back some features

The judiciary that demands transparency from every institution of governance cannot ask citizens to trust it on faith alone

The Union government has noted that the implementation of this judgment will lead to a cascade of litigation from previous years’ candidates of not just civil service examination but also all other aspects of government recruitment

Impeding elephant corridors is not a solution to human-animal conflicts, says SC; it directs Centre to conduct a national survey to remove obstructions from routes and ensure a ban on the use of fireballs and spikes to drive away elephants

The audit attributed the shortcomings to several factors, including inadequate convergence with other programmes, insufficient funding, deficiencies in planning and weak monitoring mechanisms

The 40 questions notified by the RG&CCI include include 13 new data fields that were not part of the Census 2011 questionnaire

This is the first time caste will be enumerated in Independent India, other than that of Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Caste

The AIADMK, PMK, DMDK and BJP opposed the resolution, while other parties, including the DMK, supported it

The government needs to build a consensus on delimitation

Moving the resolution, Finance Minister N. Marie Wilson called upon the Centre to adopt a transparent, objective, and equitable methodology for the devolution of Union taxes

The Sixteenth Finance Commission risks moving away from its core mandate of acting as an equalising force within the federation

This is the first increase in the court’s strength since 2019, when Parliament raised the sanctioned strength from 31 to 34 judges

There needs to be a universal civil code applicable to all Indians, irrespective of faith, gender and sexual orientation

The Bill was passed by voice vote amid sloganeering by the Opposition members, several of whom trooped into the Well demanding the presence of Home Minister Amit Shah in the House.