Page 2 - Citizenship

India's pledge of good behaviour

Its endorsement of the G7's Open Societies Statement will give the world a larger say in human rights violations in the country

We the people

Book review of On Citizenship

Best of BS Opinion: The trust deficit, cleaning up taxes, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

The trust deficit

Transparency and consultation are vital to governance

Modi's Muslim outreach at AMU: Driven perhaps by a changing global picture

Modi chose the last full week in 2020 to launch some important outreach to two sets of angry constituents: Muslims and the farmers

New laws mark the end of innocence

The reversal of burden of proof on cow, love Jihad, dissent and citizenship turns the tenets of judicial system on its head

Noida, Ghaziabad brought under FRRO-Delhi, for OCI cardholders: MHA

MHA said that the government has brought the districts of Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad of Uttar Pradesh under the jurisdiction of FRRO, Delhi, for Overseas Citizen of India cardholders

Biden admin likely to provide US citizenship to over 500,000 Indians

The Biden administration will support family-based immigration and preserve family unification as a core principle of the US'' immigration system, which includes reducing the family visa backlog

Biden to increase H-1B visa limit, remove country quota for green cards

Biden is expected to reverse the move of the outgoing Trump administration to revoke work permits to the spouses of H-1B visas

Is digital ID system, Aadhaar, a tech solution for socio-economic problem?

Aadhaar began to take shape in 2009, when the Indian National Congress (INC) was in government, but saw aggressive implementation under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), currently in office

Indian parents plead for return of children from foster care in UK

The Indian couple won a major UK court appeal recently that prevented their children from losing their Indian citizenship

Nepal Opposition take to streets against discriminative Citizenship Act

The Nepal's opposition Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) on Tuesday staged nationwide protests against the new Citizenship Bill claiming it to have targeted the minority groups of the nation.

Virtual call to Bengal voters: Amit Shah rallies against Mamata Banerjee

The Trinamool Congress responded almost instantly with party leader and Banerjee's nephew Abhishek asking Shah on Twitter on the subject of exits

Govt says violence, stone pelting reported during anti-CAA stir in Delhi

'Citizenship' is a central subject under entry number 17 of List I- Union List under Seventh Schedule of the Constitution

18,999 people from neighbouring nations granted citizenship during 2014-19

2,935 Pakistani nationals were granted citizenship during this period

Foreign forces trying to weaken India by misleading people on CAA: Rajnath

He said India is not a Hindu nation and its history is written with love

Lucknow University moots idea to include CAA in political science syllabus

The proposal to include CAA as one of the political science papers would have to pass through a series of approvals

Citizenship isn't just about rights, but duties towards society: CJI Bobde

Speaking at the 107th convocation of the Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) here, he lamented that some educational institutes have become "extremely commercially-minded"

How a leaderless anti-CAA stir is mobilising volunteers, doctors & lawyers

Everything from a stage microphone to speakers to posters has been crowd-sourced

NRC and CAA: Lies, truths and half-truths

Detention centres exist in India, despite the prime minister's claims to the contrary