https://thewire.in/rights/by-removing-question-from-nfhs-survey-govt-shows-its-real-attitude-to-those-with-disabilities 

The questionnaire finalised for the survey does not include anything related to disability. Even the half-hearted attempt to capture disability-related data in the previous survey has been abandoned this time. And the excuse, by all counts, is inexplicable. 

“Disability is decided on medical certification. Our surveyors are not doctors and they cannot be checking medical certificates. People could not even understand the questions properly,” a principal investigator of the NFHS told the Times of India. The NFHS technical advisory committee asked for the question to be dropped instead of ‘giving inaccurate data’. 

by Muralidharan

29/05/2023

The scepter is a symbol of feudalism. In democracy, the state is run by the will of the people. All decisions taken in Parliament express the will of the people. In such a way, what will be in line with the spirit of democracy to keep sengol in the hands of the president? The President's job in the Parliament is to keep the proceedings organized. Apart from that, there was no right in his hands. Keeping the 'scepter' near his seat is totally contrary to the spirit of democracy and anti-constitutional. It is the first recognized national symbol in India. Would the presence of the alleged scepter in the Parliament House not be disrespectful to the national emblem!
In the Tamil monarchy, whenever a new king took charge of the state, the royal priest would hand over the scepter to him. But it is the days when the monarchy was under the control of the Brahmins. There were shameless arrangements like 'Manusmriti' in the name of law. Is it not an affront to democracy to install the 'sceptre' in the Parliament House, which is the symbol of the will and consciousness of the Indian people? Is there any more power to the 'Raj' than the will of the people in a healthy democracy? This is also important because the Indian Constitution, which was made after the alleged Sengol meeting, also has no provision to adopt any symbol as a 'scepter'.
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Why Has the Adani-Hindenburg Issue Become a Matter of National Concern? Arun Kumar https://thewire.in/business/why-has-the-adani-hindenburg-issue-become-a-matter-of-national-concern The corporate members of the expert committee could have exposed much more of the wrongdoings but they have chosen to be formalistic. So, an opportunity to expose and clean up corporate manipulations has been missed.

Though his companies are public, the Indian public shareholding in his companies has been small. So, the Indian public has hardly benefitted from the rapidly growing pie. Even Indian mutual funds’ investment in his companies is small. The debt compared to equity was quite large and has been flagged by financial experts. A high ratio of debt to equity increases the riskiness of the shares. If profits earned are taken as a yardstick of performance, they were low compared to the price of the shares. This is referred to as the price-earning ratio (P/E).

Three important questions arise: first, how did Adani get hold of so many businesses so quickly? Second, how did the valuation of the shares of the Adani Group rise so rapidly? Third, why did the undue rise in the share prices not raise suspicions among the regulatory agencies – SEBI, the Enforcement Directorate, income tax department, etc.? Did political connections coupled with a lack of action, or investigation by the regulators help Adani acquire assets, possibly at low prices?