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Petitions related to hijab ban in school-colleges in HC
A bench comprising Karnataka chief justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice J M Khazi will hear the petitions related to hijab ban in school-colleges on Thursday at 2.30pm. The development comes after the single bench of justice Krishna S Dixit, Karnataka court, on Wednesday decided to refer the case to the Karnataka high court chief justice Awasthi to set up a larger bench to look into the constitutional validity of the ban . HT
Imported drones banned
The government on Wednesday banned import of foreign drones with certain exceptions as part of efforts to promote domestic manufacturing of drones in the country. Deccan Herald
25,000 Indians died by suicide because of unemployment or indebtedness
Over 25,000 Indians died by suicide because of unemployment or indebtedness between 2018 and 2020, the Narendra Modi government told Parliament on Wednesday. Suicides among the unemployed were the highest (3,548) in pandemic-hit 2020, outstripping the 2018 and 2019 figures of 2,741 and 2,851 under the same head, according to figures cited by junior home minister Nityanand Rai. Telegraph
Pension for government employees issue in UP elections
A scheme that keeps coming up in the Uttar Pradesh election discourse, and has found mention in the manifestos of both the Samajwadi Party and Congress, is the pension for government employees. Akhilesh Yadav announced last month that if the SP formed the government, it would restore a pre-2005 “old pension scheme” (the SP was in power at the time, led by Mulayam Singh Yadav).. Indian Express
UP Electoral battle begins today
The high stakes electoral battle in Uttar Pradesh will commence with voting on February 10 for 58 seats in the western belt of the State where the BJP’s dominance since 2014 faces a challenge from a resurgent alliance of the SP and RLD. Over 2.28 crore voters will decide the fate of 623 candidates, including 73 women. Hindu
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Priyanka Gandhi extended support to the women on Hijab issue
As Priyanka Gandhi was releasing the Congress’ manifesto for Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Assembly elections 2022, the Congress leader was asked about her tweet on the hijab row which led to a brief altercation during the press conference. The video of the exchange between Priyanka Gandhi and the journalist who asked her the questions is doing the rounds on social media, after the journalist posted the video.
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