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Tamil Nadu: SC Gives 4 Months’ Time to State Election Panel to Conduct Civic Polls
27 Sep 2021
A CJI-headed bench took note of the submissions that now six more municipal corporations and 28 new municipalities had been added and more time would be needed.
Kamran Yousuf
Photo Essay: Kashmir’s Walnut Industry is on the Decline
27 Sep 2021
Walnut producers in Kashmir have been hit by the decline in exports, with the lack of mechanisation in the production process leading to low yield and poor crop quality.
Smruti Koppikar
Who Owns PM-CARES Funds Anyway?
27 Sep 2021
Secrecy cannot surround a fund that millions of Indians donated to because it had the stamp of authority of the government of India and the PM’s assurance of assistance during any crisis.
PTI
COVID Pandemic Caused Biggest Fall in Life Expectancy Since World War II: Oxford Study
27 Sep 2021
The study, published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, found that 27 of the 29 countries saw reductions in life expectancy in 2020, and at a scale which wiped out years of progress on…
Rabindra Nath Sinha
Politics Grounds Proposed Financial Hub in Bengal
27 Sep 2021
Proposed by the Left Front in 2010, the project was reclaimed by the TMC in 2011 but still hasn’t taken off.
Newsclick Report
Bharat Bandh: Highways, Rail Tracks, Toll Plazas Blocked as Protesters Take to Streets
27 Sep 2021
New Delhi: The 10-hour countrywide call for Bharat Bandh, marking 10 months of the farmers’ agitation against the three farm laws among other things, took on Monday with reports of protests, demons
Sabrang India
Delhi Violence: Court Drops Arson Charges Against 10
27 Sep 2021
The court observed that the Police had wrongly clubbed an incident which took place on February 24, 2020 with an incident which occurred the next day.
Arvind Kurian Abraham
How States Can Lead the Fight Against Discrimination
27 Sep 2021
Until the Parliament enacts a comprehensive anti-discrimination law, state legislative assemblies must take the initiative to enact anti-discrimination legislation, writes
Sabrang India
Assam Police Firing: People Across India Demand Justice for Evicted Families
27 Sep 2021
Demonstrations held in Delhi, Kolkata and Aligarh. Meanwhile Assam CM refuses to fire Darrang DC and SP, blames "outsiders" for violence.
Associated Press
Social Democrats Defeat Merkel's Union Bloc in Closely Fought German Elections
27 Sep 2021
The Far-Right Alternative for Germany received 10.3%, about 2 percentage points less than in 2017, when it first entered Parliament.