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Agriculture

Centre Urges States to Discontinue Bonus Over MSP for Paddy and Wheat; Kerala Firm on Retaining Incentive

Currently, Kerala farmers receive ₹3,000 per quintal for paddy (comprising the central MSP of ₹2,369 per quintal plus a state bonus of ₹631 per quintal). If the central suggestion were adopted, farmer ...
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Geetha Sunil Pillai
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Participants at the meeting resolved to intensify their collective efforts until equitable budgetary justice is ensured for the Backward Classes.
OBC News

BC Leaders Demand ₹60,000 Crore Allocation in Telangana Budget Ahead of Assembly Session

BC Bodies Warn of Political Relevancy, Seek Caste Census and 20% Budget Share
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The Mooknayak English
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USCIRF has urged the US govt to impose targeted sanctions on individuals and entities, such as India’s Research and Analysis Wing and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), for their responsibility and tolerance of severe violations of religious freedom by freezing those individuals’ or entities’ assets and/or barring their entry into the United States.
Minority News

Ban the RSS: USCIRF Urges Trump Administration to Freeze Assets, Bar Entry & Designate India “Country of Particular Concern”

In its freshly released 2026 Annual Report, USCIRF has made a series of strong recommendations to the U.S. government regarding religious freedom conditions in India.
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Geetha Sunil Pillai
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Dalit News

Examining the provisions, the court noted that Section 4 of the SC/ST Act punishes public servants (including police officers) for neglecting duties like not registering FIRs or failing to investigate offences against SC/ST persons.
A lady Superintendent of Police allegedly insulted her senior officer by making derogatory remarks about his promotion being due to reservation quotas.
The complainant is a third-semester LLB student at the college where a lady Professor continued to harass and insult her for her caste.
Pandit described the University Grants Commission's (UGC) new Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations as "totally unnecessary" and "irrational".
Bombay High Court has ruled that a child's caste identity must reflect their lived social reality, not just lineage. The bench held that administrative records exist to reflect reality, not to fossilize a false identity.
Shubham Kumar has accused DCDRC President, and a member of subjecting him to caste-based humiliation, public abuse, criminal intimidation including death threats, and deliberately obstructing justice in his pending consumer case.
Representatives of various Dalit organisations met the victim and his family to take details of the incident.
The Allahabad HC said marriage does not change a person’s caste.
Caste discrimination against Dalit women in anganwadi and similar roles of mid day meal maker, is not isolated but a recurring issue across India, often leading to boycotts, harassment, transfers, or closures.
This ruling strengthens the application of the SC/ST (PoA) Act in cases where civil suits based on allegedly forged documents are used to harass Scheduled Caste members.
Set against the backdrop of a Dalit murder in the remote village of Barodia Nonagir in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district, the book spans 16 chapters.
Kanchan Bai, a Dalit Anganwadi worker sacrificed her life to save 20 children. When a swarm of bees attacked, she covered the kids with a tarpaulin and stood as a human shield.
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