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BJP and AAP have rolled out very competitive promises to the voters of Delhi ahead of the unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi polls scheduled for December 4, the result of which would be declared on December 7. Congress has alleged conspiracy in the delimitation process that would ultimately reduce the significance of minorities and Dalits, and had even approached Delhi High Court with a request to stop the election process, which was refused, and elections are being held as per the announcement made by State election commission on November 4.

Why would those who converted from Hinduism to Islam and Christianity want to be classified as ‘Dalit’, when it was the Scheduled Caste status in the Hindu religious and social order what made them to convert in the first place? In fact, the strongest argument to convert from Hinduism to any religion under the sun was that Hinduism was riddled with castes and the “lowest of the low”, the Scheduled Castes, had been literally kept at arm’s length from the born Hindu upper castes, including from all the benefits that accrue to the Hindu upper caste newborn.

It is not a secret what made the Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju to question the functioning of the collegium of the Supreme Court and malign the face of the judiciary in public. For a fortnight he has been targeting the judges and judiciary and accusing them of transgressing into the domain of the executive. Never before in the history of Independent India, any law minister had launched a tirade against the judiciary in the manner Rijiju has been doing.

Corporate media, industry-funded think tanks, and Democratic operatives were chomping at the bit to blame the party’s anticipated midterm election losses Tuesday on progressives and a prefabricated narrative about Democrats’ supposedly extreme brand. Then, the results began rolling in.

The UN agencies and NGOs working in Sri Lanka have warned that the food crisis in the island nation with 22 million people is worsening. In its June 2022 report, the UN said that at least 1.7 million people need immediate help. Early this week, it said now the number has grown to 3.4 million people.

COP 27 is underway in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt from November 6. Although the Ukraine War and the US mid-term elections have shifted our immediate focus away from how we are faring in our battle against global warming, it still remains a central concern of our epoch. Reports indicate not only are we failing to meet our climate change goals, but we are also failing them by a large margin. Worse, the potent methane greenhouse gas emissions have grown far more rapidly, posing as much of a climate change threat as carbon dioxide, even though methane lasts for a shorter time in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide.

Mia Mottly, Prime Minister of Barbados, speaking at the ongoing COP27 UN climate summit in Egypt attacked the rich nations for their historical criminal past for present climate crisis and demanded 1 trillion US Dollar compensation to low income countries to tackle natural disasters. The prime minister from a tiny Carribean nation is known for her bold speeches in world forums in advocating interests of developing South.

Panchkula: Jaipur based Afshan Fatima survived the middle of the round hiccups and stayed put in the lead at the end of the second round of the 14th Leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour here on Thursday.

Three coal mining workers died on September 18, 2022, due to suspected inhalation of poisonous gas while working in a rat hole coal mining at Tikok Malu hills in Ledo area under Margherita subdivision of Tinsukia district. Saidul Islam, Hussain Ali and Asmat Ali, all under thirty, died since it was suspected that there were no preventive steps taken against the deadly impact of environmental hazards, and here it was the poisonous gas emitting in the mine. According to reports in the national dailies, illegal mining is continuing under the knowledge of district authorities, but they are compelled to keep quiet because of the involvement of several ruling party leaders.

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has, by a split verdict of 3 to 2 upheld the validity of the 103rd constitutional amendment which provided reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) from within the general category. The CPI(M) had supported this constitutional amendment in parliament in January 2019.