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John Allen Chau killed by Sentinelese tribe: NCST team to visit Andaman islands to review incident of American's death
• 6 years agoA team of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) will visit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in December to look into the issue of killing of a US national by a protected and reclusive tribe in the North Sentinel Island
Parliament Logjam Part 10: Enabling stakeholder consultations in policy-making can deepen democracy, improve transparency
Maansiverma • 7 years agoA collaborative effort to policy-making is rooted in respect for an individual's dignity, capability and is responsive to genuine felt needs.
Parliament Logjam Part 11: Time, the unseen yet powerful factor of politics, is key to controlling legislative discourse
Maansi Verma And Malavika Prasad • 7 years agoParliament, or all political activity, hinges on two hands of the clock. Recent events have shown that power can often be wrested in a matter of minutes.
Parliament Logjam Part 12: Understanding the 'political value' of time and how it is weaponised in our parliamentary democracy
Maansi Verma And Malavika Prasad • 7 years agoWe need to lift the veil and witness the real workings of ‘time’ as a potent political tool for contestations of power in our parliamentary democracy.
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes says creamy layer provision not needed in ST quota
• 7 years agoHe was replying to a question about whether the creamy layer provision should be introduced in the ST reservations.
Posting Andaman tribes' videos on social media now punishable; tribal commission seeks removal of content from YouTube
• 8 years agoAction will be taken against those who have uploaded videos and pictures of the protected Jarawa and other tribal communities of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on social media, the government on Friday said
NCST tells YouTube to remove all Jarawa videos; govt body wants no content on Andaman tribe on social media
Fp Staff • 8 years agoThe NCST has asked YouTube to remove all videos related to the Jarawas. The Commission also wants that no content about the Jarawas is posted in the future.