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In a letter to Chief Minister of Kerala, Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan, senior activists and politicians have insisted that the Kerala government should not agree to "inhuman displacement and build-operate-transfer (BOT) Toll system", imposed by the Government of India and the National Highway Authority of India, for widening the current National Highway (NH) 66.

Sections of the Indian Institute of Managements (IIMs) across India have strongly reacted to the decision to censure Dr Deepak Malghan, a faculty at IIM-Bangalore. Prabhir Vishnu Poruthiyil, who is faculty at IIM-Tiruchirapalli, has sought wider solidarity with Dr Malghan, saying, "The administration has censured Deepak for merely suggesting a meaningful action against Hindustan Unilever for their abysmal environmental record" by “disinviting” it for campus placement.

Alok Kumar Verma, who is a 1979 batch IPS officer of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories cadre was removed from his position as the CBI Chief by the central government. He has over 35 years of experience in the Indian Police Service.

Apsara Reddy, a transgender journalist and activist has been appointed National General secretary of the women’s wing of the Congress, Mahila Congress. She is the first transgender office bearer of the party.

Though Shweta Bhatt and her son Shantanu miraculously escaped unhurt, their car was badly damaged. While she did not press charges and merely gave a statement to a policeman who arrived at the scene after the ‘accident’, it was much later that it dawned on her that the accident could have been staged to intimidate her.

On Saturday, In the 4th edition of Kerala Literature Festival, Sohini Ghose who shared the dais with Arundhati Roy asked her about the politics in Roy’s non-fiction works.

Assam University authorities banned protests inside the campus without prior permission after BJP leader’s threats on anti-Citizenship Bill protests.

In 1979 Morarji Desai headed govt. appointed 2nd backward commission, in 1983 Sri. Indira Gandhi when she was the PM, Gopal Singh Panel and after that Sachar Committee Report then Jagannathan Mishra Committee Report. Finally Kundu Commission Report. In spite of all these reports the situation of backward section is prevailing as deplorable.

Following the Narendra Modi Government approved 10% reservation for economically backward upper castes on Monday, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the CPI(M) has been raising this demand for long.

"Reservation is not to improve the financial conditions. It is for representation of socially backward people. If financial condition was to be improved, PM Narendra Modi should have given Rs 15 lakh and jobs,"

"Rohith including five other Dalit scholars were socially boycotted by the University Administration in 2016 in HCU campus reminding us of the same caste untouchability and physical segregation that we have grown up since childhood." Sumeet Samod, a Dalit rapper and researcher from JNU said.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who belongs to the Ezhava community, on Thursday said that people continued to talk about his caste.