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On March 18, the United States House of Representatives passed two key bills that will create a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants, some migrant farm workers, and children whose parents immigrated legally to the country, like those under the H-1B visa program. The American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 was welcomed by President Joe Biden, who described it as a critical first step in reforming the country’s immigration system.

The general polls for the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) of this year are quite different from the past elections. Unlike the past, this time the elections are multi-corner contests with all the major parties of the state jumping into the fray to try their luck in the crucial tribal body elections.

The 600-plus word ‘Joint Statement of extended "Troika" on peaceful settlement in Afghanistan’ comprising representatives of Russia, China, the USA and Pakistan in Moscow, may at the most have a tertiary effect on the global endeavour towards a sustainable peace through a negotiated political settlement. The Moscow deliberation, "does not replace other ongoing talks in Doha," stated Jalina Porter, deputy State Department spokeswoman of the USA in Washington, participation by US delegates in Moscow notwithstanding. She made it clear that the determining role of Afghan peace process rests with Doha talks.

There is an important change at the key level of RSS. Dattatreya Hosabale, who is widely perceived to be more appreciative of the compulsion of the BJP central leadership and a pragmatist, was elected Sarkaryavah (general secretary) of the RSS on the concluding day of two-day triennial conclave of senior RSS functionary at Bangalore. He replaces Suresh ‘Bhaiyyaji’ Joshi, 73, who opted to retire on health ground after holding the post for four terms of three year each.

The Modi government’s intolerance of foreign institutions’ criticism of its failure to listen to the global concern of the sharp rise in the violation of the human rights and its persistent unwillingness to take action against the violators leading to the erosion of the democratic values in the country, has motivated lawmakers of western countries to push a bill in their respective parliaments decrying the claim of the Modi government of India being a democratic country.

Exactly one year before on March 24, 2020, when lockdown was announced in India, all schools, colleges, and educational institutions were also shut down. Closure of about 1.5 million schools imparting primary and secondary education affected 286 million children, and closing of 993 universities, 39,931 colleges, and 10,725 stand alone educational institutions affected 37.4 million students. Everybody felt it to continue for a very short time.

WASHINGTON—With few exceptions, the federal Labor Department, other agencies, and even the GOP-dominated National Labor Relations Board seem to be rushing to reverse Trump-era anti-worker rules and edicts.

In 2018, Trade Unionist, Pragya Akhilesh, popularly called “Toilet woman of India”, recorded more than 10,000 abandoned toilets in the rural areas of India where women were forced to be manual scavengers in both the banned dry and the recently built sanitary latrines under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Indian government’s much-applauded policy.

Only the Jarawa and the North Sentinel must not know of Arvind Kejriwal. The Delhi Chief Minister cannot stomach the jolt that the 'Govt' in Delhi means 'LG' courtesy the "unconstitutional" Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said the Bill and the new nomenclature for Delhi government had become necessary.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Murphy’s Law seems to be operating against the saffron brigade in Kerala. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance(NDA) in the State suffered a major setback when the Kerala High Court dismissed a petition filed by BJP candidates in Thalassery, Guruvayoor and Devikulam challenging the rejection of their nomination papers.