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India has slipped 10 places in the annual 'Democracy Index' of renowned international magazine Economist.

Britain's well-known publishing group 'The Economist Group' releases a 'Democracy Index' every year with the help of its research department 'The Intelligence Unit'.

On Wednesday, this unit released its latest report on 165 countries, according to which India has slipped ten places.

India is ranked 51st in the index for 2019. India was ranked 41st in the previous year.

The report said that the overall score of the world's largest democracy, India, in the Democracy Index, has recorded a big drop.

On a scale of zero to 10, India's score fell from 7.23 in 2018 to 6.90 in 2019 and the primary reason for this was to cut civil liberties in the country.

If you compare the score of 2019 with previous years, it is the lowest score since the ranking started in 2006.

This report also cited the reasons for India's ranking falling and the score falling.

The report noted that India's scores fell due to the removal of Article 370 from Indian-administered Kashmir, the commencement of work on the NRC in Assam and then increased dissatisfaction among citizens due to the disputed citizenship law, the CAA.

In this report, while India has got good numbers in terms of 'political participation', many numbers have also been cut due to the country's current 'political clutch'.

The Intelligence Unit says that they assess the scores of all countries based on the electoral process, pluralism, civil liberties and functioning of the government.

The latest report said that 'the year 2019 was the worst for democracy. The global decline was mainly observed in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and the West Asia region. Most Asian countries 'rankings have seen a drop in 2019'.

Norway remains on top in the new report. The US ranks 25th, Australia 9th, Japan 24th, Israel 28th and Britain 14th in this report.

If we talk about India's neighbors, China is at 153rd, Pakistan 108th, Nepal 92nd, Bangladesh 80th and Sri Lanka 69th.

The Supreme Court in India held that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) cannot be stayed without hearing.

Amid protests across the country, the Supreme Court on Wednesday heard more than 144 petitions filed in support of and against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

The Supreme Court said that no interim relief can be granted on this matter only after four weeks. No CAA-related case can be heard in any High Court.

The Supreme Court has asked the Center to file its reply in four weeks. Supreme Court refused to ban the CAA without hearing the Center.

When the hearing on the matter started, Attorney General KK Venugopal complained to the crowd in the court.

He told Chief Justice SA Bobde of the Supreme Court that the atmosphere should remain calm, especially in the Supreme Court. He said that the court should order that some rules should be made regarding who can come for hearing. Sibal also expressed a similar concern.

Chief Justice said that he is doing something about the huge crowd in the court. The Attorney General said that there are some rules regarding visitors to the Supreme Court in the US and Supreme Court in Pakistan in the court room.

Sibal said that the court has to decide whether the matter has to be referred to the constitutional bench. Citizenship cannot be revoked once granted.

Singhvi said that the court should consider setting up a constitutional bench and states started implementing this law.

AG Venugopal said that there is provision for withdrawal of citizenship granted in CAA.

These petitions have been filed by Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh, Trinamool Congress' Mahua Moitra, Asaduddin Owaisi, among others.

On 9 January, the court expressed displeasure over the violent incidents taking place during the protests against the citizenship law, saying that all petitions related to the case would be heard only when the violent incidents ceased.

The three-member bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justice S Abdul Nazeer and Justice Sanjiv Khanna on these petitions issued notice to the Central Government seeking hearing on January 9.

Petitions were filed in the Supreme Court against this amendment law on 18 December following violence in Delhi-based Jamia Millia Islamia last year. The Supreme Court then refused to hear these petitions immediately and set a date for January 22.

The court also refused to ban this law. However, he decided to review it.

Those opposing this law say that Muslims are excluded from its purview, which is a violation of the Indian Constitution.

Most of the petitioners say that this law speaks of granting citizenship to the persecuted people of Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, Parsi, Sikh and Jain communities from neighboring countries of India, but it does not intentionally include Muslims. The constitution does not allow such discrimination.

The petitioners have urged the repeal of this law against the basic spirit of the constitution and as divisive.

While the validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act has been challenged in most of the petitions, some petitions have sought to declare this law constitutional.

The Citizenship Amendment Act provides for granting citizenship of India to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians, Jains and Parsis who came from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh as of 31 December 2014.

Opposition as well as many organizations are opposing this issue. Also it is being declared as anti-constitution.

Before this hearing, some women outside the Supreme Court also opposed the Citizenship Amendment Act.

On Tuesday, some women arrived outside the Supreme Court carrying posters, banners. However, after some time they were removed from there.

In the Shaheen Bagh of Delhi, women have been protesting against this law for the past 38 days. At the same time, according to the news agency PTI, many universities in the Northeast are closed in protest against this law.

On 12 December 2019, the Citizenship Amendment Bill was approved by President Ramnath Kovind as a law.

The Punjab Legislative Assembly has passed a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act demanding withdrawal of this law.

Punjab has become the second state to make such a proposal after Kerala.

On the second day of the special session of the two-day assembly, Punjab government minister Brahma Mohindra moved a resolution against this law.

He said in the motion, "People are on the streets in many parts of the country to protest against this law".

In the assembly, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said that the government cannot implement the discriminatory law in the state.

Amarinder Singh had also opposed this earlier and said that this new law is dangerous for states like Punjab whose borders are with neighboring countries.

He said, "I am worried about the citizenship law because the intruders can use it to come into the country. The border states are more vulnerable than these. Does the central government even know what it is doing."

The Aam Aadmi Party has also supported his proposal in the assembly.

Congress leader P Chidambaram has praised the Punjab government for opposing it.

Earlier on December 31, the Kerala government passed a resolution in the assembly demanding withdrawal of this law.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had also written a letter to the Chief Ministers of 11 states and requested them to pass a resolution against this law.

The Kerala government has also filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of this law.

The Government of Kerala in India has reached the Supreme Court against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Earlier, on December 31, a resolution was passed in the Kerala Legislative Assembly appealing to the Central Government to withdraw this law.

The Modi government rejected the appeal of the Kerala government.

Now the Kerala government has reached the Supreme Court with the demand for cancellation of this law. Chief Ministers of many states have expressed their opposition against the CAA but Kerala is the first state to challenge this law in the Supreme Court.

The Government of Kerala has filed a petition under Article 131 of the Constitution.

According to the Kerala petition, the CAA violates the basic structure of the Constitution apart from Articles 14, 21 and 25 of the Constitution.

The Delhi High Court has directed the police to take appropriate action keeping in mind the public interest and law and order to open the closed route of Kalindi Kunj between Noida-Delhi.

Women have been sitting on a dharna since last 15 December in Shaheen Bagh against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Due to this, the road to Noida and Delhi is closed. Common people are facing problems due to the closure of the road. School going children are also having trouble.

In view of the problems being faced by the people, a petition was filed in the Delhi High Court, in which an appeal was made to open the way.

On Tuesday, the High Court heard but no clear order was given. The court said that the police is free to take action but it has to take care of public interest and law and order.

The court has also not set any time limit.

On Sunday evening, 50 students who had been masked in the JNU campus entered the hotel and attacked the students and teachers, in which several students and teachers of JNU were seriously injured. The injured students also include the President of JNU Students Union who has received the head injury. The JNU Students' Union accused the RSS and BJP's student organization ABVP of attacking students and teachers with sticks and rods. The ABVP, however, denied the charge.

Protests are taking place across India against JNU violence. A candle march took place in Chennai against JNU violence. Youth Congress took out a torch procession at Delhi's India Gate to protest against the violence in JNU. Many activists joined the procession with a mask on their faces.

In Ranchi, capital of Jharkhand, on Monday, youth and students demonstrated against the violence in JNU. The protesters gathered at Albert Ekka Chowk in Ranchi and expressed support for JNU students. The students held placards and banners in their hands. The protest was opposed by the members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. There was also a slight clash between the two sides over this.

India's Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said that when he studied in JNU, he had not seen any 'piecemeal' gangs there.

While clarifying the questions being raised in the JNU violence case itself, Delhi Police said on Monday that the crime branch will investigate the JNU violence case.

Delhi Police spokesperson MS Randhawa told a press conference, "Crime Branch has formed separate teams to investigate the matter. Police officials today inspected the occasion. Police have received many important information."

He told that the Delhi Police has formed a committee under joint CP Shalini Singh to gather facts. He said that the police is collecting CCTV footage.

While clarifying the questions arising on the police action, the Delhi Police spokesman said that the police acted in a professional manner. He also informed that all 34 people injured in the attack have been discharged from the hospital.

Film actor Anil Kapoor has condemned the violence on the JNU campus, saying that whatever happened was very disturbing. According to Anil Kapoor, he kept thinking about it all night and could not sleep.

Protests against violence at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus took place at the Gateway of India in Mumbai on Monday.

Many protesters held banners and placards in their hands. Slogans were written against them for violence and for saving the Constitution and universities. Many protesters were also questioning the functioning of Delhi Police.

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Aishi Ghosh has accused the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for the violence on Sunday at the university campus.

Aashi also suffered injuries. Aishi said, "Yesterday's attack was an organized attack by goons of RSS and ABVP. Violence was being promoted on campus by some RSS-linked professors and ABVP for the last 4-5 days."

India's Union Human Resource Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has said that action will be taken against the culprits in the JNU case. Pokhriyal said that universities will not be allowed to become the 'base' of politics.

Students and social activists are also demonstrating in the Karnataka capital Bengaluru to protest against the attack in JNU.

Malige Sirimane, one of the protesters, said, "JNU has been an inspiration for many conflicts across the country. It is not just because it is an ideal university. It is also because there is a sense of struggle here. Students here have given many Atrocities have been endured. In the past some student union presidents have been killed. ''

The Janata Dal (United), which is part of the Modi government, has issued a statement condemning the attack on the JNU campus and demanded an 'independent and impartial' inquiry by the Supreme Court judge in the matter.

JDU has also expressed solidarity with JNU students. A statement issued by JCU general secretary and spokesperson KC Tyagi said, "The Janata Dal (U) strongly condemns the violent activities on behalf of the goons on the JNU campus."

The statement further said, "JNU has been identified with debate, negotiation and ideological differences and not such incidents. It is a cowardly act of those who suffered ideological defeat in the debate."

The statement condemned the JNU Vice Chancellor and other officials for being a 'silent spectator' and demanded their removal. The JDU has also questioned the role of the police.

Students of Jawaharlal Nehru University gathered in front of the university's North Gate to protest against JNU violence.

The JNU Teachers Association has demanded the removal of the vice-chancellor over the attack on students and teachers on the university campus.

The association held a press conference on Monday and said, "The vice chancellor has made fun of education and learning."

On Monday, university teachers also came out in protest against the violence at Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus. Teachers held placards in their hands. These included raising fees and opposing violence.

The Congress has raised the demand to arrest the culprits of the attack in JNU within 24 hours.

Congress leader P Chindabaram said, "This incident is perhaps the strongest evidence that we are rapidly turning into a chaotic state. The attack took place at the best university in India in the national capital, under the supervision of the central government, the home minister, the LG and the police commissioner.''

Chidambaram said, "We demand that the perpetrators of the violence be identified and arrested within 24 hours and brought under the purview of the law. We also demand that the accountability of the officers be fixed and immediate action taken Be done.''

Amnesty International has questioned the functioning of Delhi Police, describing the attack on students in JNU as 'shocking'.

Avinash Kumar, executive director of Amnesty International's India unit, issued a statement saying, "The violence on students on the JNU campus is shocking. For Delhi Police, it is worse to tolerate such a violent attack. This expression Shows shameful indifference to the right to freedom and peacefully assemble.''

Senior journalist Emraan Qureshi from Bengaluru said that a retired professor and an alumnus of JNU also attended the protest against the Civil Amendment Act in the Town Hall there.

Prof. T. Venkatesh Murthy, 71, expressed grief over the violence, saying, "In our time, the girls could walk around campus till late in the night. That incident never happened last night when the students were brutally beaten up in the hostels."

The Government of Uttar Pradesh has decided that the loss of public property and the expenses incurred to maintain law and order will be recovered from the miscreants. Those who are not able to pay the fine will be compensated by auctioning their properties.

In the year 2018, BBC correspondent Nitin Srivastava had known his pain by talking to people who came out of the Detention Center in Assam. His report showed the pain of people coming out of the Detention Center in Assam.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress General Secretary for Eastern Uttar Pradesh, reached Bijnor today and met Anas's family members. On December 20, 22-year-old Anas was killed during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

At least 15 people have died in protests against citizenship amendment law and NRC in different areas of Uttar Pradesh. Two youths have died in Bijnor.

Rajasthan Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot has refused to implement NRC and Citizenship Amendment Act in Rajasthan.

He has given a message to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi that you should listen to the voice of nine states which have refused to implement the citizenship amendment law in their state.

Ashok Gehlot said, "Even the Chief Ministers of Bihar and Odisha who support you in Parliament are now saying that they will not implement NRC. You should understand public sentiment and declare that NRC and Citizenship Amendment Act is applicable in its present form will not be done.''

The Congress has posted a video on social media today during the Winter Session of Parliament this year in which Union Home Minister of India Amit Shah can be seen in the Rajya Sabha saying that the NRC process will take place across the country including Assam.

The Congress wrote, "Under the Assam Accord, the Congress had considered implementing NRC only in Assam. It clearly stated that anyone who came to Assam illegally, irrespective of religion, It will be removed. But the BJP wants to bring NRC all over the country. It was announced in Parliament, as well as in many speeches. "

Asaduddin Owaisi, leader of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, has said, send a message to BJP and RSS that Gandhi's ideology and Ambedkar's constitution are still alive. Tell them that this country is built on the ideology of Gandhi, Ambedkar, Nehru and Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad and not on the ideology of Golwalkar.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has sent the message to the youth of the country through social media. He wrote - Modi and Shah are destroying our future. They do not want to see your anger over unemployment and damage to the economy. Working behind the sheet of hate, breaking the country. Love of every Indian is the only way to defeat this feeling.

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said, "BJP wants to put the country in line through NRC." The economy is stagnant, unemployed are wandering for jobs. To divert all this attention, the Citizenship Amendment Act was enacted and threatens the NRC. ''

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap is constantly attacking the Modi government over the Citizenship Amendment Act. Anurag tweeted and said, "Those who came as refugees of the Constitution, both of them have become infiltrators of the Constitution today. We have to save our constitution from them. ''

Well-known historian of India Irfan Habib has said that the repression seen in Aligarh Muslim University was not even under British rule.

88-year-old Irfan Habib has mentioned a sentence sharing his experience about the campus life experience. Irrfan Habib said, "Then there was a clash between the student and the police. SP was English and was beaten by students. But the police could not enter the campus. Then there was such a curb. ''

According to Irfan Habib, the then pro-vice chancellor was Sir Shah Suleman who later became the first Indian VC of AMU. He had come to convince the agitated students but the students did not agree. Till date no action has been taken against the students.

The Shiromani Akali Dal, an ally of the BJP, has also demanded inclusion of Muslims in the Citizenship Amendment Act. However, the Akali Dal voted in favor of the bill in Parliament.

Janata Dal United spokesperson KC Tyagi has demanded BJP to call an NDA meeting on NRC.

Protests are going on all over the country regarding the citizenship amendment law. More than a dozen people have died across the country in police action against the protesters.

Protests have been taking place all over India since the amendment to the citizenship law was approved by Parliament.

In the last two-three days, the international media has written a lot in this regard.

The American newspaper 'The Wall Street Journal' has written that through demonstrations in India, Indian Muslims are trying to push back the Modi government.

The newspaper wrote, "The citizenship law is seen as a rule having more impact than other policies of the ruling party affecting the Muslim community."

The Wall Street Journal has also written a report on the government-police's decision to beat students and disrupt telecom services in India's capital Delhi.

The daily American newspaper 'The Washington Post' has written that India's nationwide protests are a challenge for Prime Minister Modi.

The newspaper writes, "After winning a second major victory in May 2019, Modi has stepped up efforts to implement his party's agenda and is taking the decision to prioritize Hindutva."

The editorial board of 'The Washington Post' has also written another article on the current situation in India, titled "Indian democracy has touched a new low".

In this article, the newspaper has put the longest internet shut-down in the Kashmir Valley at the center amid protests against the CAA.

'The Washington Post' has tried to find reasons to silence the US President Trump on the new citizenship law created by the Modi government.

The newspaper wrote that America would have had clear reasons for not speaking on Modi's policies or putting any pressure on Modi because he would like to create a balance so that India would take care of the business and defense interests of America. This is the reason why the US government did not take a hard stand on India's new disputed law.

'The New York Times' has published an article 'India stands up so that it can keep its soul alive'.

The website has written in its article that the authoritarian and divisive policies of the Modi government have forced Indians to take to the streets of the country. The Muslims of India who remained silent for almost six years, which would not be wrong to say fear, are organized and are now on the streets because they are worried about their citizenship and existence.

Another article has been titled by The New York Times, "If Modi is trying to impose Hindu agenda in the country, then secular India has risen to give a befitting reply."

In this article, the protesters have been quoted as saying that the way the Modi government is attacking the diversity of the country which was the foundation of the country, people are on the streets to raise their voice against the government's attitude.

The Editorial Board of 'The New York Times' wrote that the amendment in the Citizenship Act of India has exposed PM Modi's bigotry.

This article states, "Citizenship law is the first such action in India which has linked religion to citizenship".

The newspaper writes that like other governments of the world, the Indian government has made the documentless refugees a national issue. US President Trump has done this. But Indian Home Minister Amit Shah through this has targeted his biggest target i.e. Bangladeshi Muslims, whom he has said even termites.

The British daily newspaper 'The Guardian' has titled a report published on the ongoing protests in India, "The decades of such massive protests in India indicate that Modi has indeed gone a long way."

The newspaper has written that in the last four decades, these can be called the biggest demonstrations whose Modi government has imposed prohibitory orders almost all over India to suppress its voice. But Hindus or Muslims, young or old, farmers and students are all participating in these demonstrations.

At the same time, the newspaper has criticized in its report that Internet services were disrupted in the capital region of India.

US TV channel CNN has posted on its website the title, 'India tightens protest over a day after the deadly violence'.

It is written in the news based on this title that more than 10,000 people have taken to the streets in at least 15 cities of India. These cities include New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata. In these cities people protested against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

In addition to these news, CNN has also published a photo gallery on its website which shows different incidents that took place during the protests.

In one picture, while policemen are lathing on the protesters, in the second photo, policemen are seen running out of the police station engulfed in flames.

CNN has featured in its photo gallery, from student protests in Jamia Millia Islamia to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's rally in West Bengal.

Qatar's news TV channel Al-Jazeera has been continuously covering protests in India.

Al-Jazeera is also prominently placing pictures associated with it on its website.

On Saturday, al-Jazeera posted on its website the headline, 'Many people, including an 8-year-old boy, were killed in demonstrations regarding citizenship law'.

Al-Jazeera writes that the number of people killed in demonstrations against the law being considered anti-Muslim reached 21, with at least 15 people killed in the northern Indian province of Uttar Pradesh.

Along with these demonstrations, al-Jazeera has also put news on its page to criticize India internationally.

Al-Jazeera also criticized Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammed for his citizenship law.

The Japan Times has also published news related to these demonstrations.

The website has published a view on its headline that 'India is abandoning its founding principles'.

In this article, 'The Japan Times' wrote that the task of nation-building for Hindu nationalists is incomplete as long as there are many people of identity in the country who can all claim to be Indians.

The website wrote that 'Hindu nationalists believe that without a unified nation, the country's strength and economic development are impossible'.

The Pakistan Army has said that India's Army Chief Bipin Rawat's recent statement is to divert the world's attention from the massive protests within India over the disputed citizenship law. General Rawat said on Wednesday that the situation on the Line of Control is very tense and that the situation may worsen at any time. Bipin Rawat said that India is ready to deal with these situations. Pakistan Army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor said on Thursday, "General Bipin Rawat's statement is an attempt to divert attention from the new citizenship law in India."

India's popular novelist Chetan Bhagat is fiercely attacking the Modi government.

Chetan Bhagat has made several tweets opposing the NRC and the new citizenship law.

Chetan Bhagat says that citizenship law is not an issue alone. But it is discriminatory when we look at NRC and citizenship law together.

NRC: Everyone has to prove that you are Indian.

Non-Muslim: Sir, I do not have any document.

Sarkar: Well, it's okay. CAA will save you. You are Indians.

Muslim: Sir, I do not have any document.

Sarkar: This is very bad. You are not an Indian. Go outside.

Chetan Bhagat has tweeted a verse from the Gita - "I appear, I come, when there is loss of religion, then I come, when iniquity grows, then I come." , I come to protect gentlemen, I come to destroy the wicked, I come to establish religion and I am born in every age.''

The excerpt of Khushwant Singh's book 'The End of India' was posted on Instagram by Sana Ganguly, daughter of BBCI chief and former captain of Indian cricket team, Saurabh Ganguly. The same excerpt has been posted by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Twitter.

However, Sana Ganguly's post was later deleted. Saurabh Ganguly had to clear his daughter's post. Ganguly had said that his daughter's age is not understandable politics.

That is part of Khushwant Singh's book The End of India - "Every fascist government needs communities and groups that can advance themselves by presenting them as demons. It starts with one or two groups. , But it does not stop there. A campaign that is based on hatred can only be sustained by fear and hysteria. Those of us who consider ourselves safe because they are not Muslims or Christians , They are fooling. The Sangh is already targeting leftist historians and 'western' trending students. Tomorrow its hatred will be girls wearing skirts, then meat eaters, then drinkers, watching foreign films. The ones who do not go on pilgrimage, those who use toothpaste instead of dental hymns, those who go to the doctor instead of the vaidyas, in the place of saying Jai Shri Ram Shake hands with people on Lne .... will. There will be no safety. If we want to keep alive the country, we should be aware of that.''

This post is being linked with the new Citizenship Amendment Act of the Modi government and the NRC.

Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav has tweeted and appealed people to reach Jantar-Mantar. Yogendra Yadav has tweeted, "Those who have survived arrest should reach Jantar Mantar and continue the protest. I will come to Jantar Mantar as soon as I am free from detention.''

Actor Hrithik Roshan has also expressed concern by tweeting the entire matter. Hrithik tweeted, "As a father and a citizen of India, I am concerned about the unrest and stalemate in many educational institutions in the country." I hope and pray that peace will be restored soon. Great teachers learn from their students. I salute the youngest democracy in the world.''

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has supported peaceful protests against the new Citizenship Amendment Act across the country.

Priyanka Chopra has tweeted, "Education for all children is our dream." Education helps in thinking independently. In a successful democracy, it is necessary to raise voice in a peaceful manner and violence against this voice is wrong. It is important to include every voice and every voice will play a role in changing India.''

Protests in front of the Indian High Commission in London against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Modi government was besieged on action against the student.

Preparations are being made to take away hundreds of protesters detained from Mandi House in Delhi.

There are reports of protests in many areas in Delhi. The police have also made elaborate arrangements to deal with the protesters.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has tweeted that the government is scared of the students. This government is afraid to talk to the media on the Civil Amendment Act and NRC by a historian and take Gandhiji's poster in hand. I condemn the move to take Ram Guha into custody. We show our complete solidarity with all those detained.

Rajdeep Sardesai tweeted that this young student Minazuddin has lost his eye. His crime? When the police entered the library, he was studying in the Jamia Library! Will any government minister also have a word of condolence for this young student? Have mercy on?

Sharing the tweet of Rajdeep Sardesai, Harbhajan Singh has tweeted and asked if his crime was that he is a human being… It is very sad to hear what happened to him. I am saddened by what is happening in Delhi and it should stop.

Prohibitory orders have been implemented in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka till 21 December. Despite this, the Left parties protested there. Protests are also reported in Hyderabad, Chennai and Chandigarh. In Bangalore, the historian and Gandhian Ramchandra Guha was taken into custody by the police.

Ashutosh Ujjwal tweeted that the title of the book 'After Bharat Gandhi' was completed today.

Journalist Ajit Anjum tweeted that if you go out and protest, you will be caught. This is the decree of the government. When historian @Ram_Guha, who wrote on Gandhi and independence, came out on a street in Bangalore to protest against #CAA_NRC, how was he caught and pushed, look and understand where we are going.

Delhi Metro has closed the entry and exit gates of many stations. According to Delhi Metro, Barakhamba, Vasant Vihar, Mandi House, Central Secretariat, Patel Chowk, Kol Kalyan Marg, Udyog Bhawan, ITO, Pragati Maidan, Khan Market have been closed due to security arrangements.

Metro trains are not stopping at these stations. Meanwhile, noted historian Ramachandra Guha, who participated in the protest in Bengaluru, has been taken into custody.

BBC correspondent Dilnavaz Pasha, who is present there, has said that police have taken many people, including Swaraj Party leader Yogendra Yadav, into custody. Telecom services have also been affected in many areas of Delhi. Telecom company Airtel and Vodafone - Idea have said in response to consumer complaints that internet service has been suspended in some areas of Delhi. However, later Airtel's customer care department deleted these tweets.

Left parties called for a Bharat Bandh on Thursday. Many other political parties and organizations also supported. The protest was not allowed by the administration in Delhi, the capital of India. Yogendra Yadav in Delhi and Ramchandra Guha in Bengaluru were detained.

Amid opposition to the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Mamta Banerjee government of West Bengal has stopped the updation of NPR (National Population Register).

In this regard, the Mamta government has sent instructions to all the district authorities.

This order issued on Monday has been said to be a decision taken in public interest.

Mamta has been consistently saying before that that she will not allow NRC and Citizenship Amendment Act to be implemented in her state, but was in a tizzy about NPR.

Opposition parties have pulled up Mamata Banerjee, except BJP, for opposing NRC and supporting NPR.

Now CPM has welcomed Mamta's new decision.

At the same time, BJP says that the work of NPR was being done under the National Census Act, so the decision of Mamta Banerjee is unconstitutional.

What is the reason for temporary ban on NPR? Mamta Banerjee is against NRC. Minorities have a large vote bank in Bengal and are in a decisive position. This vote bank was with the Left for more than three decades. When Mamata came to power in 2011, she also got the support of minority vote bank along with anti-land acquisition movements and in Bengal it is around 30%.

When the list of NRC came to Assam and close to 19 lakh people were out there, it also affected Bengal. Mamta has been strongly opposed to NRC ever since.

The problem of infiltration is more in Bengal than Assam. It has a long border with Bangladesh. Hindu Bengalis have been coming here since partition. With the formation of Bangladesh in 1971, a large number of Hindu Bengalis came from there.

The ruling Trinamool Congress Party said that in view of the protests and violence that is taking place in the state, the government has made a decision temporarily so that people do not get further fear.

In view of the situation arising out of this decision of the Government of Bengal, let us know what is NPR, NRC and Census and how are they different from each other?

Why is a census conducted? Actually, people are counted (census) every 10 years to assess the socio-economic status of every citizen of the country and based on this, to determine the government policies regarding development work in a particular area.

In this, data is collected about village, city dwellers as well as their employment, standard of living, economic status, educational status, age, sex, occupation etc. These figures are used by central and state governments to formulate policies.

The responsibility of conducting the census is with the office of the Registrar General of India and the Commissioner of Census under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.

The Census Act was passed in 1948 to give it statutory status.

According to the Ministry of Home Affairs of India, the British first carried out a census in 1872 in British India. From then until the census of 1941, caste of citizens was asked in it but after independence of India in 1947, caste was removed from the 1951 census.

By the way, this question has definitely been asked in the census whether you belong to a scheduled caste and what is your caste in it? However, the argument is made in its favor that the Scheduled Castes will be given political reservation in proportion to the population, a provision in the Constitution. Therefore, there is a constitutional need to know their population.

The first census was conducted in 1951 after independence. The census to be held every 10 years has been conducted 7 times since independence.

Currently the data of the 2011 census is available and the 2021 census is in progress.

It takes about three years to prepare it. First, officers are appointed for the census, who go door-to-door, submit personal data and fill the census form by asking people questions.

It consists of questions related to age, gender, educational and economic status, religion, occupation etc. A total of 29 such questions were asked in the 2011 census.

These figures only show what the population is in the country, how many women and how many men are there, what age group they are, which languages ​​they speak, which religion they follow, what is their level of education, how many People are married, how many children were born in the last 10 years, how many people are in employment, how many people have changed their place of residence in the last 10 years, etc. As a rule, the government keeps these private information of the people confidential.

With these figures, the real situation of the citizens of the country reaches the governments and based on this, they formulate their policies.

Now the government has decided to digitize the census. India's Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on November 18 that this time the mobile app will be used in the census. In this, data will be collected in a digital way. That is, it will be the beginning of moving from papers to digital format.

How is NPR different from NRC? The Central Government wants to prepare biometric and genealogical data of the citizens of India and the time has been fixed for September 2020 to release its final list.

This process is not linked in any way to the Census and the National Civil Register (NRC).

NPR, like NRC, does not count citizens. Foreigners who have been living in any part of the country for 6 months will also be added to it.

The goal of NPR is to produce data identifying each citizen of the country.

What is NPR? NPR is a list of common citizens of the country. From 2010, the government launched the National Population Register to submit a database of citizens' identities.

According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, an ordinary citizen is one who has been a permanent resident in any part of the country for at least 6 months or plans to live in another place for the next 6 months.

According to Home Ministry sources, NPR will be made mandatory for all. In this, calculations are being done at panchayat, district, state or national level.

There are 15 categories in the demographic data which include name to place of birth, educational qualification and occupation etc.

For this, both demographic and biometric data will be collected.

Aadhaar is included in the biometric data so that every information related to it will reach the government.

Controversy is also on the basis that this will not protect Aadhaar data.

In 2011, when a comprehensive database was created, information about Aadhaar, mobile number and ration card was collected.

But it was updated in 2015 and citizens will now have to provide PAN card, driving license, voter ID and passport information to get their name registered.

Under section 14 (a) of the Citizenship Act 1955, it is mandatory to enroll in it to become a lawful citizen.

Assam will not be included in this because NRC has been implemented there.

What is NRC? The National Register of Citizens (NRC) will know who is a citizen of India and who is not.

There have been several violent agitations in the northeastern state of Assam on the issue of illegal people coming from Bangladesh.

In 1985, the then Rajiv Gandhi government entered into an agreement with the Assam Gana Parishad, called the Assam Accord, under which only Bangladeshi who came to Assam before 25 March 1971 would be granted citizenship.

But for a long time it was kept in cold storage. Then in 2005, the then Manmohan Singh government started work on it.

Following the Supreme Court's order in 2015, the work gained momentum and the NRC was drafted.

That is, NRC was originally implemented for Assam on behalf of the Supreme Court.

NRC was published in August 2019. But close to 19 lakh people were excluded from the published register due to lack of proper documents.

Those excluded from this list were given time to prove their citizenship with valid certificates.

However, it took a stir from the road to the Parliament.