Major highlights: Union Budget 2020 for “aspirational India” says Nirmala Sitharaman
Inflation well under control, said the Union Finance Minister.
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Children in Maharashtra schools to read out Preamble during morning assemblies from Jan 26
A circular on this was issued on January 21.
Shaheen Bagh: Women protesters send defamation notice to BJP IT cell chief for saying they were being paid
Malviya had shared a video on Twitter, claiming that the women were paid Rs 500 per day.
Bank strike across the country on Jan 31 & Feb 1, unions threaten indefinite strike from Apr 1
The employees' union have various demands including salary hike.
Sharmila Tagore, SY Quraishi, 6 others write open letter to “introspect & audit” the working of Constitution
J Chelameswar, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, TM Krishna, Syeda Hameed, Lt Gen Harcharanjit Singh Panag and Sukhdeo Thorat are the other signatories.
CAA: notification says law comes into effect from January 10
The notification was issued on Friday.
Full text: over 100 retired bureaucrats write open letter to Indian citizens, say the country doesn’t need NRC, NPR, CAA
They have demanded the repeal of Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019.
Nirbhaya case: Four rapists to be hanged at 7 am on Jan 22, Delhi Court issues death warrant
The convicts can file curative petitions if they wanted to within 14 days.
JNU violence: “echoes of the years of Germany moving towards Nazi rule”, says Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee
Banerjee urged the Centre “to establish the truth of what happened”.
Jan 8 strike: 25 crore people likely to participate in the nation-wide strike
Ten trade unions and other organisations have called a nation-wide strike to protest “anti-people” policies of the Centre.