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Tribal body postpones burial service for people killed in Manipur violence on MHA's request
Fp Staff •More than 160 people lost their lives and several hundred were injured since the ethnic clashes broke out in Manipur on May 3, after a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status
Tripura to release prisoners who have completed 66 per cent of jail time, says Official
Fp Staff •Earlier, five prisoners including dreaded criminal Amit Saha were granted special remission and released from the central jail in West Tripura in two phases.
Modinomics and employment debate: How Narendra Modi harnessed India's youth towards entrepreneurship
Sanjuverma •Prime Minister Narendra Modi has, time and again, spoken about the power of the youth and how they have the ability and the opportunity to change the world
Oxfam lands in CBI net for alleged FCRA violation
Fp Staff •During a survey carried out by the Income Tax department, multiple emails were found which revealed that Oxfam India was allegedly planning to circumvent provisions of the FCRA by routing funds to other FCRA-registered associations or through the for-profit consultancy route
Decline of Hizbul Mujahideen: Slain cadres, busted modules, arrested members take toll on once feared group in Kashmir
Bibhu Prasad Routray •The prospect of the Hizbul Mujahideen reviving itself in Kashmir looks implausible at the moment, but not impossible
NIA raids 56 locations linked to PFI in Kerala
Fp Staff •The raids started early on Thursday in coordination with state police following specific inputs against PFI cadres who are accused of their involvement in several terrorist acts and the murder of several persons
Explained: What is the Mother Tongue Survey of India and why is it significant?
Fp Explainers •The Mother Tongue Survey of India (MTSI) with field videography of 576 languages and dialects across India is complete. This comes amid the Centre’s push for using mother tongues at home and in education
How non-Muslims from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan can become Indian citizens? MHA explains
•The nine states where Indian citizenship by registration or naturalisation is given under the Citizenship Act, 1955 to non-Muslim minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Maharashtra
Why LAC with China can’t be allowed to be theatre of turf war between army and ITBP
Maj Gen Harsha Kakar •If the government is serious about enhancing the role of the ITBP, then it should first ensure that the LAC is demarcated, and the terminology changed to International Border
India records over 1.64 lakh suicides in 2021, highest ever in a calendar year: NCRB report
•Of those who died by suicide, there were nearly 1.19 lakh males, 45,026 females and 28 transgenders, National Crime Records Bureau's data showed. A sharp rise in such deaths has been noticed in 2020 and 2021 as compared to years before the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, the data suggested