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The CBI has been declared unwelcome guests by half a dozen states, the latest being Maharashtra, which recently revoked the general consent for the central agency to investigate cases in its territory without the need to seek the state government’s permission in individual cases.

The assembly poll, in Bihar the first phase of which begins on October 28, has assumed unusual significance in the national politics signalling at last some possibility of a big anti-BJP backlash if the outcome on November 10 becomes favourable to the RJD led Gathbandhan. The electoral campaign in Bihar has undergone many twists and turns in the last three weeks since the poll dates were mentioned. Now in the final days before the three phase polling starts, the ground has become unusually volatile with the RJD led front getting unprecedented response from the voters which has stunned the Front leaders themselves.

Millions of people are reversing back into poverty in India and million others are being pushed into extreme poverty. The World Bank report on ‘Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2020: Reversals of Fortune’ has specifically mentioned this trend, that has been accelerating in the COVID-19 era. Moreover, the efforts of putting poverty reduction and development back on track, is being hampered even in terms of proper planning and implementation due to concealing of real data by the government of India. Lined-up poverty estimates for South Asia not reported for 1997-2001 and after 2014 because of lack of population coverage, the report said. Incidentally, most of the unreported years are marked by BJP rule first during ‘Shining India’ and now under ‘Good Days’.

In the electoral political history of Bihar, this is for the first time the manifestos or “Sankalp Patra” of political parties have emerged as the most favourite issues for political discourses. The discussion is not confined to the living rooms of the rich or middle class, these have succeeded in attracting the attention of the villagers.

In his address to the nation on 20th October the Prime Minister warned the countrymen not to let loose the precautions against Corona Virus and that till there is a medicine we cannot be careless towards this virus. Therefore precautions like using masks, maintaining physical distance, washing and sanitising hands must continue. These small measures can protect a person from catching the corona virus infection.

If you look at the bodypolitick of the country without saffron-tinted glasses, if you truly see, you will find a very, very sick organism indeed. An organism that’s cannibalising on its own heart, brain and lungs to feed a massive belly of unrestrained State power. An organism that’s chewing on its own intellectual vascular system by unleashing worms and maggots of institutional corrosion on its living, breathing parts. You see men and women of great heart chained and put en bloc in jails. From the 33-year-old Umar Khalid to the 83-year-old Jesuit priest, Father Stan Swamy, the prisons are engulfing more and more living, breathing, dissenting parts of this otherwise rotting Gargantua.

Bihar is set for an interesting, yet unpredictable contest. At the heart of the 2020 elections is a strong push to effect a generational change in the state dominated by Lalu Prasad, Nitish Kumar and the late Ram Vilas Paswan for the past three decades. In fact, this will be the first elections since the 1990s when the Mandal Commission changed the politics of the Hindi heartland without Paswan Sr and Lalu Prasad. The former had passed away in Delhi on October 8, while the latter, currently in jail, may only be released on bail just a day ahead of the election results on November 10.

How do we integrate virtual courts and digital justice delivery into the broader legal ecosystem of India? The urgency for developing some methodology or procedure for this has gained new relevance in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

New Delhi: Talented young forward Mumtaz Khan is thrilled to be back on the playing field after a gap of nearly six months.

New Delhi: Mumbai’s Moinuddin Amdani will spearhead India’s campaign against Nepal and Sri Lanka in PES 2020 at the 12th Esports World Championship as the online Regional Qualifiers take off on October 28.