The Never Ending Debate on Reservation in India

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When we say the word, reservation everyone means and refers specifically to caste-based reservation.  Reservation is applicable in educational institutions and in government jobs, PSUs, at the governmental level, politics, and administration. But in India, it opens up for a variety of debates in India on society, economics, and justice.  Why Reservation and specifically Caste-based Reservation? Countries around the world have various types of affirmative actions, and in India, it is primarily through reservation. Due to the backwardness and historic disadvantages faced, India has a system of caste-based reservation, enshrined in the Constitution of India, yet has been practised since the 1932 Poona Pact. It tries to undo the historical injustices, remove existing caste discrimination, and give equal opportunity to all. The constitutional objective of reservation is adequate representation of historically excluded communities, not poverty alleviation.  Even though Art...
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News Capsule for the Week- July (1st-10th)

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Following are the top news for the week. 

Credits- PxFuel 

Kerala 

  • Kitex, the popular Garments company, decides to leave Kerala and abandon the Massive infrastructure project. The company received an official invite from Govt. of Telangana. 
  • Kerala reports the majority of the COVID-19 cases in the country. 
  • State's first Zika Virus case reported in Capital- Trivandrum. Over 15 cases were reported from the city limits. 
  • Supreme Court refrains from dropping Kerala Assembly 2016 ruckus case. 

India 

  • Legendary Actor Dilip Kumar passes away.  
  • Himachal Pradesh ex-CM Veerbhadra sing passes away. 
  • 84-year-old Tribal Activist Stan Swamy passed away this week. He was arrested with UAPA charges and kept in Jail for more than a year. 
  • PM Modi wishes Tibet's Dalai Lama for the first time in public. This move indicates a strategic shift amidst India's rift with China. 
  • Kappa variant of COVID-19 variant is reported in UP. 
  • Authorities in France initiated a judicial probe into allegations of corruption in the sale of Rafale aircraft to India. 
  • Modi Govt. completed shuffling of its cabinet and appointment of new portfolios.  The New cabinet has included a lot of women, youth etc. uniformly from poll-bound states showing both short and long-term strategies.

    Check the Full list of new ministers. 

World/International

  • Haiti President Jovenal Moise is assassinated. 
  • US troops leave Bagram Air Base without any prior notice. Taliban gains ground to fill the vacuum.  
  • Tokyo Olympics to be conducted without audience or fans in the gallery.
  • Face Masks And Social Distancing Scrapped in the UK.  
  • Chinese Communist Party (CCP) celebrated its centenary on July 1st. 
  • Lambda variant of COVID-19 is expected to be the strongest yet as per the Malaysian Govt. 
  • Jeff Bezos became the richest person again.
  • Ever Given Ship leaves the Suez Canal after paying fines and dues. 
  • The USA celebrated its Independence Day on July 4th. It missed its vaccination target which was fixed at 70%. 
  • Eric Adams wins NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary Elections for this year. He will be the candidate who will compete with GOP's Curtis Silwa for becoming the Mayor of New York City. 

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