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India closely monitoring status of minorities in Bangladesh: Jaishankar in Parliament

While expressing hope for an early resolution to the political instability in Bangladesh, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said that India remains concerned about the status of minorities until law and order is restored. Concern about recent violence and instability in Bangladesh is shared by the political spectrum in India, he said while making a suo […]

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Morning Digest | MEA remains silent on Bangladesh crisis as Sheikh Hasina resigns; Preamble of the Constitution dropped from select new NCERT textbooks, and more

MEA remains silent on Bangladesh crisis as Sheikh Hasina resigns Despite dramatic developments in Dhaka and the arrival of outgoing Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Hindon airbase outside Delhi, the Ministry of External Affairs made no statement about the situation in Bangladesh or on Ms. Hasina on Monday. Sources said that the MEA, headed by

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​Weakest first: On judiciary and sub-categorisation within a class

The jurisprudence of affirmative action has been evolving constantly. From a notion of formal equality rooted in a general principle of non-discrimination, it has reached a point where the aim is substantive equality. Reservation is no more seen as an exception to the equality norm, but as a deepening of the idea of equality by embracing diversity

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