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As cows exhale oxygen, let's shed peacock tears for scientific temper

Scientific temper has been buried just like economics was, by the pseudo-economics of note ban

Cattle trade ban, Cattle, Cows
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Rescued cattle are seen at a "goushala", or cow shelter, run by Bharatiya Gou Rakshan Parishad, an arm of the Hindu nationalist group Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), at Aangaon village in Maharashtra

Ankur Bhardwaj New Delhi
In the year 2015, Haryana’s state government prescribed minimum educational qualifications for contesting Panchayat elections in the state. The Supreme Court later upheld this law. Those who did not possess the basic minimum qualifications (Class 10 pass for men, Class 8 for women, Class 5 for Dalits) were declared unfit to represent the people in a village. Critics pointed out that this law infringed on the concept of universal suffrage but the SC ignored the criticism. This meant that the State valued education as a criteria for leadership and responsibility.

On Wednesday, 31 May, 2017, Justice Mahesh

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