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COVID crisis: What is holding back easing of norms stifling high-impact NGOs? E Kumar Sharma © Provided by The Financial Express India witnessing rising caseload of Covid-19 cases daily. (PTI Image) The big news from India has been the rising viral caseload staying sticky now worryingly at around 4 lakh new cases a day but running parallel now are also reports on the global outpouring of aid, supplies of medicines and equipment-apparently around 40 countries have already reached out to India. Images of C-17 Globemaster carrying aid and precious supplies have travelled faste...

India Is No Longer a Democracy but an 'Electoral Autocracy': Swedish Institute The V Dem Institute's report notes that much of the decline in democratic freedoms occurred after the BJP and Narendra Modi's victory in 2014. Delhi police at Delhi-Meerut Expressway amidst farmer protests, in New Delhi on December 7. Photo: PTI World11/Mar/2021 New Delhi: A Sweden-based institute has said that India is no longer an ‘electoral democracy’, classifying the country as an ‘electoral autocracy’ instead, noting that much of the decline in democratic freedoms occurred after the BJP and Narendra M...

End 'Vendetta Politics' Against Harsh Mander, Civil Society Members Demand The Centre is misusing regulatory institutions and laws to harass civil society institutions, over 650 members of civil society said in a statement. Harsh Mander. Photo: Flickr/IFPRI South Asia CC BY NC ND 2.0 Rights28/Feb/2021 New Delhi: Over 650 members of civil society have demanded a stop to the ‘vendetta politics’ against Harsh Mander and other activists, adding that the Centre has been “misusing” regulatory institutions and laws like the Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act (FCRA) to harass civil societ...

Kerala govt recommends solar scam case to CBI, objects to probe in Life Mission scam ​ By Sumit Saxena ( IANS) | Published on ​ Mon, Jan 25 2021 20:12 IST | ​ 0 Views CAA should be withdrawn: Oommen Chandy. Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, Jan 25 : A day after recommending a CBI probe in the solar scam case, ahead of Assembly polls scheduled later this year, the Kerala government in the Supreme Court on Monday vehemently objected to the CBI probe ordered by the Centre in the Life Mission scam, where the state government is in the dock. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government ha...

2020: The Protests That Didn’t Make It The Centre has, since last one year, passed on several legislations which directly and indirectly give effect to social and political restructuring PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak Aishwarya Bhattacharyya, Muzammil Yaqoob 2020-12-19T17:42:07+05:30 2020: The Protests That Didn’t Make It outlookindia.com 2020-12-19T17:50:32+05:30 Also read This year, the Indian subcontinent will be reviewed as a researcher’s delight. Repressive state, an agitated civil society, countrywide protests, and an international surfeit of support -...