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Optimism, with a dose of caution
India has held strong in the bleak global milieu of war and climate crisis, but there are challenges in the new year that it must deftly navigate
Updated on Dec 31, 2024 08:01 PM IST
HT Editorial
Rahul Gandhi declares ‘will abolish artificial barrier of 50% reservation’
Rahul Gandhi further said there may be some shortcomings in the caste survey to be taken up by the state government. However, these will be sorted out.
Updated on Nov 06, 2024 04:25 AM IST
Holding census in a polarised world
India plans to begin the long-delayed 2021 Census in 2025, with hopes for electronic enumeration and a need for political consensus amid rising controversies.
Updated on Oct 29, 2024 07:18 PM IST
HT Editorial
Chances of 33% women’s quota by 2029 brighten
The amendment that needs to be ratified by 50% of the states envisages that reservation of seats for women will continue for a term of 15 years.
Published on Oct 29, 2024 08:18 AM IST
Census process expected to begin next year
The decennial exercise was expected to take place in 2020-21 but the government has claimed that it has been delayed due to the pandemic
Updated on Oct 28, 2024 01:33 PM IST