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Explainer: How do Muslims get reservations in India?

Several Muslim communities get reservations under the Other Backward Classes category.

scroll.in/article/1048144/expl

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Scrapping of OBC quota for Muslims: Karnataka a test case for a nationwide move?

If the EWS quota was the first step, this move of the Karnataka government is the next step in subverting the purpose of reservation to nullify historical inequalities and social oppression by rejecting socio-economic and educational backwardness as a yardstick for reservation.

thesouthfirst.com/karnataka/sc

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4% OBC quota for Muslims scrapped in poll-bound Karnataka

From the 4 per cent that is freed up, the Vokkaligas and Lingayats will get two percentage points each.

deccanherald.com/state/top-kar

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Only 17 SC, 9 ST judges among 569 HC appointments since 2018

THE Union government on Friday informed the Parliament that a total of 569 judges were appointed to the high courts since 2018. Of the 569 judges, 17 belong to the Scheduled Castes (SCs), nine to the Scheduled Tribes (STs), 64 to Other Backward Classes (OBCs), and 15 belong to minority communities.

theleaflet.in/only-17-sc-9-st-

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Murder Over Inter-Caste Relationship In Hyderabad Peddled With Communal Claim

BOOM spoke to Petbasheerabad SHO Gouri Prashanth who ruled out any communal angle to the killing. The SHO confirmed that woman and her relatives belongs to the OBC community.

boomlive.in/fact-check/devarak

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#casteism #caste #oppression #dalits #dalit #scst #OBC #chhapris #bhangis #casteprivilege #yuvrajsingh #yuzuvendrachahal #rohitsharma #racism #sports #cricket #india

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Might fall on deaf ears, but was happy to explain to a publisher wanting to expand portfolio why costs based on individual publication / facing authors or their funders is not the way to go. Might have mentioned , , and in the process.

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