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News Capsule For The Month of October 2025

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Following are the top news for the month.   If you wish to follow and get notifications of future articles, you can sign up using the email on the left sidebar.  Article of the month Kerala  Mattanchery Water Metro Station inaugurated. A massive python clinging to a tree at the Post Matric Hostel near Maharaja’s College in Kochi was caught after a 10-hour siege.  LEDs haven't helped cut the power bill in Kochi.  Congress leader found hanging in Kochi lodge, suicide note recovered. International Calligraphy Festival 2025 kicks off in Kochi with a spectacular Kali-fashion show.  Duo was killed as a two-wheeler rammed into a metro pillar in Kochi.  Following a grand public celebration hosted by the Government of Kerala in his honour, Malayalam cinema icon Mohanlal took to social media to express his gratitude.  Kochi Corporation is planning to raise the waste collection user fee.  Three Opposition MLAs suspended from Kerala assembly on char...

Is Article 14 of Indian Constitution supreme?

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Article 14 is considered to be one of the most important pillars of the Indian Constitution. It is popularly known to us as Equality before law. So, let us look into a question whether Article 14 itself is supreme or does it prevent the Government from not making other laws which may violate the so-called Equality. Article 15 and 16 follows with further classification and clarity.  Quoting the article 14-  The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth. Article 14 came into a hype during the CAA protests when critics quoted it multiple times. While the defenders of CAA multiple times repeated that there is no violation of Article 14. The main essence of this article is not the article itself but the idea of what do you mean by the term "Equal". Mathematically or scientific...