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Kerala Women’s Commission organises seminar on gender justice

Gender justice has evolved over time and its realisation depends on govt policies, said Kerala Women's Commission chair P. Satheedevi. Inaugurating a seminar, she said it refers to equality between men & women, now including sexual minorities. Govt policy formulations needed to ensure gender justice.

The Hindu

Murray-Darling Basin plan: government should expand voluntary buybacks, Productivity Commission finds

New report says buybacks ‘by far’ most cost-effective method to recover water while confirming plan won’t be completed ‘on budget’

The Guardian - AU

Police bin unjust surveillance amid 'bombshell' report

Juveniles will no longer be the target of a crime-prevention program found to be at times unlawful and often discriminatory towards Indigenous children.

AAP

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Computer Proficiency Test for Revenue employees on November 14, 15

APPSC to conduct CPT for certain employees of Village/Ward Secretariat functionaries on Nov 14-15, 2023. Hall tickets available from Nov 7 on Commission's website. Exam for Panchayat Secretary Grade-V, VRO Grade-II & I, Senior Assistants, Compassionate VROs/in service VRAs appointed after May 12, 2014.

The Hindu

Privacy-busting 'chat control' plans rejected by European Parliament

European Parliament's negotiators refuse to countenance anti-CSAM law that they say amounts to mass surveillance.

Fortune

Explained | The T.N. experience on caste survey

Tamil Nadu's past shows that a caste census alone may not lead to increased OBC reservations. The First BC panel (1969-70) suggested raising BC reservations, but the idea of a creamy layer hasn't gained political backing. The Second BC panel (1982-85) recommended a reduction in reservation percentages. The State govt.…

The Hindu

APPSC to implement 4% quota for persons with benchmark disabilities

APPSC to implement 4% horizontal reservation for persons with benchmark disabilities from 2023-24; 1% each for blindness/low vision, deaf/hard of hearing, locomotor disability, leprosy-cured dwarfism, acid attack victims, muscular dystrophy, autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability, mental illness & multiple disabilities. Candidates should update their status on APPSC website before…

The Hindu

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OPINION - Impotent and utterly irrelevant, Europe has been shown up on Israel-Gaza

Diplomacy is full of quips so brutal they can haunt generations of diplomats. For the Foreign Office, the words that still sting are those of Dean Acheson, that harsh Cold War US Secretary of State, who unforgettably said — and this was in 1962 — “Great Britain has lost an…

Evening Standard

Robert Fico formally appointed as Slovakia’s prime minister – as it happened

Slovakia’s president, Zuzana Čaputová, officially announces the leader of the populist Smer party as PM

The Guardian - UK

TNPSC appointments row | T.N. Governor Ravi returns file recommending ex-DGP as chairperson, again

Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi returns TNPSC file to TN govt, citing lack of transparency & violation of SC guidelines. He questions how applicants got to know of govt's intent & age of recommended chairman.

The Hindu

Texas Still Issues Thousands of Permits for Natural Gas Flaring

Advocates say the Texas Railroad Commission process is more of a "rubber stamp" for oil and gas companies to keep polluting indefinitely.

Texas Observer

APPSC invites applications for departmental tests

The Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) has invited applications for departmental tests. The candidates can send their applications from October 27 to November 16. The last date for payment of fee is November 16, a statement issued by the Commission Secretary J. Pradeep Kumar says.

The Hindu

Commission seeks steps to address falling conviction rates in POCSO cases

Kerala State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) has written to the High Court & Home Dept. to address the falling rate of conviction in child abuse cases. KSHRC's report, submitted by the ADGP, lists factors such as altered statements, settlements, delays, evidence lapses, etc. as reasons. Recommendations include recording statements under…

The Hindu

Government permits APPSC to fill around 945 Group-II vacant posts

Group-II services aspirants have a reason to cheer this festival season. The Government has given its nod to fill nearly 945 Group-II posts lying vacant in various government Departments.

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Backward Classes Commission notice to WB over inclusion of 87 castes in Central OBC list

This comes even as the Commission is in the middle of an investigation into what its Chairperson, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, had in February called an “unusual abundance” of Muslim castes in the State’s OBC list.

Al Jazeera

EU staffers criticise von der Leyen’s ‘uncontrolled’ support of Israel

Hundreds sign a letter to Ursula von der Leyen, saying the bloc’s position is enabling more violence.

The Hindu

Law Commission to share its ‘one nation one election’ plan with Kovind-led panel next week

Law Commission to discuss proposal on simultaneous elections with former President Ram Nath Kovind-led panel on October 25. Panel seeks views of all political parties on common electoral roll, reducing cost and manpower, ensuring voters don't go to polling stations more than once.

The Hindu

Byelections planned in 35 local body wards

State Election Commission updates rolls for 35 local body wards; draft list to be published Oct 20, final list Nov 14. Those turning 18 on/before Jan 1, 2023 can apply till Nov 4. Draft list available on Commission's website, local bodies, taluk/village offices, block/district panchayat offices. Byelections for Kuttimaram Parambu,…

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The Guardian - UK

EU raises security concerns as it reveals five Caribbean states have sold 88,000 ‘golden passports’

European Commission says it will revise rules on visa-free travel after scale of trade in citizenship exposed

Al Jazeera

EU’s Palestine envoy: Bloc lacks sympathy for victims of Israel’s bombing

Top Palestinian diplomat to the European Union says there is little sympathy for Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing.

Evening Standard

Long-term funding needed to improve TfL's ageing trains and technology, say Government advisors

The National Infrastructure Commission says TfL is facing an estimated funding gap of £20 billion over the next 20 years

The Independent UK

Live updates | Intense bombardments strike in southern Gaza on 11th day of Israel-Hamas war

Palestinians are describing intense bombardments early Tuesday near two towns in southern Gaza, where Israel had ordered civilians to seek refuge

Al Jazeera

Israeli forces killed Abu Akleh ‘without justification’, UN inquiry says

UN-mandated body says Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh victim of ‘excessive and disproportionate force’.

The Hindu

Why Tamil Nadu’s first BC panel was against caste-based proportional quota

With caste census protagonists demanding proportional reservation in government services, more than 50 years ago, the Backward Classes Commission, headed by veteran A.N. Sattanathan, analysed the issue and concluded that it “will neither be administratively feasible nor would it be in the interest of the social integration of the population”…

The Canberra Times

Another year of 'consistently high' human rights complaints

Nearly 1150 complaints were received by the commission.

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