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Time of India
6 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Census to begin Feb 2027, March 1 set as reference date
India's 16th Census is set for October 1, 2026, in snow-bound areas and March 1, 2027, elsewhere. The Home Ministry plans to issue a notification by June 16, 2025. Caste enumeration will occur alongside the census. The Congress party criticizes the delay, alleging the Modi government's failure to meet deadlines. The last census was in 2011. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads The much-delayed 16th Census exercise, along with caste enumeration , will be carried out with a reference date of October 1, 2026 in snow-bound areas like Ladakh, and March 1, 2027 in the rest of the country, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced on to officials, the process will begin with the issuance of a notification, which is tentatively scheduled to be published in the official gazette on June 16, 2025, under Section 3 of the Census Act, 1948. The final phase of enumeration will begin in February 2027 and conclude on March 1, 2027, which will serve as the national reference date."It has been decided to conduct Population Census 2027 in two phases, along with enumeration of castes. The reference date will be 00:00 hours of March 1, 2027," the MHA said in a Ladakh and other non-synchronous, snow-bound areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, the reference date will be 00:00 hours of October 1, 2026, the ministry Census of India is carried out under provisions of the Census Act, 1948 and the Census Rules, 1990. The last census was conducted in 2011 in two 2021 was also scheduled in two phases-April to September 2020, and February 2021. While preparations were completed for the first phase, the fieldwork set to begin on April 1, 2020, was postponed due to the outbreak of COVID-19, and later due to the 2024 general government has now decided to carry out caste enumeration along with the census. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting in April 2024. The Registrar General of India is expected to introduce a column for caste, in addition to other demographic data, officials after the Centre announced the Census schedule, the Congress said there is no reason to delay the exercise for another 23 months and alleged that the Modi government does not meet a post on X, Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh said, "There is really no reason to delay the Census that was due in 2021 for another twenty three months. The Modi Government is capable only of generating headlines, not meeting deadlines."
Arab News
14-05-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Nakba Day: Confronting the truth is the first step to justice
As our news feeds overflow with reports of the latest Israeli airstrike or diplomatic maneuver, it is easy to lose sight of the foundational injustice at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For Palestinians, Nakba Day — marked each year on May 15 — serves as a somber reminder of that original sin: the mass dispossession and displacement of more than 750,000 Palestinians in 1948. This was not a tragic accident of war. It was a deliberate policy of ethnic cleansing that gave birth to a state by erasing a people. Entire communities were displaced at gunpoint. Villages were razed. Families fled with little more than the clothes on their backs — never allowed to return. Today, Gaza is experiencing what many call a second Nakba. Yet few in the international community acknowledge that the majority of Gazans are themselves refugees or descendants of refugees from towns and villages in southern Palestine. What we see unfolding in real time is not separate from the Nakba — it is its continuation. Now, nearly eight decades later, the world must confront not just the consequences of that displacement, but its truth. This requires more than statements of sympathy. It requires a reckoning with the facts of what was taken — and from whom. What we see unfolding in real time is not separate from the Nakba — it is its continuation Daoud Kuttab On Thursday, at the National Press Club in Washington, one Palestinian family is stepping forward to tell that story with irrefutable documentation. Adel Bseiso, a Palestinian American, is unveiling a trove of meticulously preserved records collected by his grandfather, Mahrous Mustafa Bseiso. These include original land deeds, tax records, sales contracts and correspondence — legal documents that trace the family's extensive landholdings in and around Beersheba, in the Negev region of southern Palestine. Mahrous, like many Palestinians, believed in building a life through honest labor and land stewardship. He turned desert tracts into productive farmland, orchards and businesses. That legacy, however, was violently interrupted in 1948, when Israeli forces occupied Beersheba and expelled its Palestinian population. The Bseiso family, along with tens of thousands of others, lost everything. Adel was born in the West Bank town of Al-Bireh and later emigrated to the US. He grew up with his father, Jawdat Mahrous Bseiso — a once-promising young heir to the family's legacy who was forever haunted by the events of the Nakba. Jawdat never recovered. 'He was often in a trance,' Adel recalls. 'He kept asking 'what happened to us? How could everything be taken and no one be held accountable?'' Answering these questions became Adel's life mission. His search led him to create the Bseiso Family Archive, which is now considered to be the largest known collection of original land ownership documents from a single Palestinian family displaced in 1948. In 2025, after years of digitization and collaboration, the archive was officially published online in partnership with Columbia University's Edward Said Modern Arab Studies Program. This initiative is not about revenge. It is about recognition. For Adel and thousands like him, justice begins with truth. The Bseisos are not demanding the impossible. They are demanding the same as any dispossessed people: acknowledgment, accountability and dignity. Palestinians continue to call for a comprehensive and just solution, grounded in international law and basic human rights Daoud Kuttab Palestinians continue to call for a comprehensive and just solution, grounded in international law and basic human rights. The right of return, enshrined in UN General Assembly Resolution 194, remains a cornerstone of that vision. Whether through actual return or compensation and resettlement, the principle that no one should profit from ethnic cleansing must be upheld. But Israel has not only refused to acknowledge the Nakba — it has actively sought to erase its consequences by denying the very existence of Palestinian refugees. One of the clearest examples of this campaign is its effort to delegitimize UNRWA, the sole UN body dedicated to Palestinian refugees. For generations, UNRWA has provided education, healthcare and essential services. But it is also a symbol of international recognition and hope for millions uprooted by war and occupation. By seeking to dismantle this agency, Israel aims to erase both the humanitarian lifeline it offers and the legal status of Palestinian refugees. It believes that if UNRWA ceases to exist, so too will the right of return. This is not just bureaucratic maneuvering — it is an attack on identity, history and justice. Despite everything that has happened since 1948 — through the war of 1967, the intifadas and the devastation since Oct. 7, 2023 — Palestinians have not abandoned the call for a just and comprehensive resolution. They are not asking for special treatment. They are asking that the world live up to its promises. They are asking that international law be more than just words on paper. The question of responsibility cannot be indefinitely postponed. Without addressing the root cause of Palestinian dispossession, no two-state solution, no ceasefire and no negotiation will ever be complete. Any meaningful peace must begin by recognizing who was displaced, how and by whom. On this Nakba Day, as Palestinians mark 77 years of loss and resilience, the world must confront an uncomfortable truth: the suffering did not begin on Oct. 7, 2023, or even in 1967. It began in 1948, when a nation was built by uprooting another. The Bseiso archive is more than a collection of yellowing papers. It is a living challenge to a historical erasure that has gone on far too long. And it is a testament to the enduring Palestinian demand — not just for justice, but for truth. X: @daoudkuttab
Al Jazeera
14-05-2025
- General
- Al Jazeera
Can you find these Palestinian cities?
How well do you know Palestine? Drop a pin where you think each Palestinian city is located and see how close you get. After each guess, you'll receive a score out of 10 based on your accuracy, along with information about the city's history, culture and the impact of the 1948 Nakba. Can you get a perfect score of 100?
Business Wire
09-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Nidec Announces the Withdrawal of the Tender Offer for Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd. (Securities Code: 6135)
KYOTO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nidec Corporation (TOKYO: 6594) (OTC US: NJDCY) ('Nidec' or the 'Company') announced that the Company decided to withdraw the acquisition of shares of common stock of Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd. (the 'Target Company') , a company listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., through a tender offer (the 'Tender Offer') effective May 9, 2025. As announced in the press release dated April 3, 2025, titled 'Notice Regarding Commencement of Tender Offer for Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd. (Securities Code: 6135)' (as amended by and including corrections made by the press release dated April 7, 2025, titled '(Correction) Notice Regarding Partial Correction of 'Notice Regarding Commencement of Tender Offer for Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd. (Securities Code: 6135)''), Nidec Corporation resolved on April 3, 2025, by the Board of Directors to acquire shares of common stock of Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., through a tender offer in accordance with the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan (Act No. 25 of 1948, as amended), as part of a series of transactions aimed at making the Target Company a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and the Company commenced the Tender Offer on April 4, 2025. However, at today's Board of Directors meeting, it was determined that if an allotment of share options without contribution is implemented in accordance with the response policy to the Tender Offer, there is a possibility of causing damage to the Company, and maintaining the Tender Offer would be significantly economically unreasonable. Therefore, Nidec announced that the Company decided to withdraw the Tender Offer effective May 9, 2025. For further details, please refer to the Tender Offer Withdrawal Registration Statement that will be submitted to the Director of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau on May 9, 2025. 1. Name and Location of the Tender Offeror Name: Nidec Corporation Location: 338 Kuzetonoshiro-cho, Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan 2. Details of the Tender Offer (1) Name of the Target Company Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd. (2) Type of Share Certificates, etc. to be Purchased Common Stock (3) Period of the Tender Offer 3. Commencement Date, Method, and Place of the Return of Tendered Share Certificates, etc. (1) Commencement Date of Return Friday, May 9, 2025 (2) Method and Place of Return of Share Certificates, etc. The tender offer agent will return the necessary share certificates, etc. to the state at the time of tendering in the tendering shareholder's account with the tender offer agent (the state at the time of tendering means the state where the execution of the tendering order for the Tender Offer has been cancelled). (3) Name and Location of Financial Instruments Business Operators and Banks Handling the Return of Share Certificates, etc. Mita Securities Co., Ltd. 3-11 Nihonbashi Kabutocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Monex, Inc. 1-12-32 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 4. Place where a Copy of the Tender Offer Withdrawal Registration Statement is Available for Public Inspection Nidec Corporation (338 Kuzetonoshiro-cho, Minami-ku, Kyoto) Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (2-1 Nihonbashi Kabutocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo) Expand
Daily Mail
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Anna Wintour's unthinkable wardrobe malfunction and all the other humiliating Met Gala details that EXPOSED her as a fraud: by fashion world insider JANE TIPPETT
Known for her ruthlessness in deciding who is and who is not included on the guest list, Anna Wintour has ensured that, over the years, each Met Gala has become more lavish and more exhibitionist than the last. Yet as the last of the celebrities filtered up through the famed cultural institution's doors last night, one was left wondering what remained of what began in 1948 as New York's society's 'party of the year.'
