Coronavirus (COVID-19) tracker India news live updates: Delhi recorded 660 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest one-day jump in the national capital. Delhi's total count of coronavirus positive cases now stands at 11,659. India's total count of confirmed coronavirus cases spiked to 1,18,447 on Friday, according to Union Health Ministry

Economic Survey 2020: India's aspiration to become a $5 trillion economy depends critically on \"strengthening the invisible hand of the market and supporting it with the hand of trust\", shows the survey

Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Kamal Nath, shared his views on the Citizenship Amendment Act in India in an interview with India Today's Rahul Kanwal at World Economic Forum 2020 in Davos. Kamal Nath questioned the need for CAA and NRC. He said that the govt should have consulted all chief ministers before taking such a step. Watch the video for more.

Available information on the influx of \"illegal migrants\" doesn't warrant a nation-wide NPR-NRIC. The CAA 2019 was necessitated by the introduction of \"illegal migrant\" in Citizenship Act of 1955 during the Vajpayee regime in 2003 but it introduced another problem - religion-based citizenship - which has sparked a nation-wide strife

The districts where internet services have been affected include Meerut, Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar, Bulandshahr, and Shamli. Authorities have said the services will be resumed on Friday evening

Unlike the National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC), Population Register (PR) or National Population Register (NPR) does not exist in Citizenship Act of 1955; it exists in 2003 Rules for preparing NRIC alone and hence, it is misleading to claim that the two are not linked or that NPR has an independent standing of its own in law - it doesn't

Chidambaram's Congress party has accused the government of trying to link the NPR with the National Register of Citizens (NRC). Former Home Minister P Chidambaram claims the National Population Register approved by the Modi government is different \"in terms of the text as well as the context\" of data collection done in 2010. P Chidambaram claimed the government had a \"sinister\" agenda. Chidambaram's Congress party has accused the government of trying to link the NPR with the National Register of Citizens (NRC) -- a controversial citizenship verification drive meant to identify illegal immigrants, so far implemented only in Assam. Watch the video to know what Chidambaram had to say.

NPR-2020 for which Union Cabinet approved funds on Tuesday is not limited to identifying \"usual resident\" and \"illegal migrant\" alone, but also \"doubtful\" citizens and \"doubtful citizenship\"- the terms which are not defined and hence, presents a far greater threat to far too many people in India

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In sharp contrast to the Assam NRC, identification process for \"doubtful citizenship\" or \"illegal migrant\" under the NPR and NRIC being prepared is not specific, leaving immense scope for arbitrariness and misuse- and all leading to targeting and filtering out the Muslims

Anti CAA protest: Organised by American-Indian Muslims in association with over a dozen of similar bodies, peaceful protestors from in and around the Greater Washington Area shouted slogans in favour of India's unity

The state police said over 260 security personnel were also injured, of whom 57 suffered gunshot wounds

The backlash against the law pushed through parliament by Modi's Hindu nationalist government marks the strongest show of dissent since he was first elected in 2014

Anti-CAA protests LIVE updates: Police forces were pelted with stones in Gorakhpur, Firozabad and Bahraich of Uttar Pradesh as violent protests intensified across Uttar Pradesh

Hundreds of protestors began their march against the amended Citizenship Act on Thursday, defying  section 144 imposed by Delhi Police in Red Fort area. Some people have been detained near Delhi's Jama Masjid while the situation continues to remain tense at Red Fort. A barrage of police personnel can be seen on the spot as prohibitory orders have been put in place to stop anti-CAA agitations. Watch the video for more.

Anti-CAA protests are being held across 11 cities of India. Anti-CAA protesters have been lathi-charged. Several students including eminent persons have been detained across India. Mobile internet has been blocked in parts of Delhi. Here are visuals of the stir in Hyderabad, Patna and Mandi House, Delhi.

Past history and a study of 109 countries over a period of 100 years show that religious fundamentalism has immense potential to hurt and derail economic development and India should be wary of it

Anti-CAA protests live updates: In Delhi's Jantar Mantar, CRPF have been brought inside the premises after the police asked the protesting students to leave

CAA Protest: All Delhi Metro stations are open and running normal services except for Jaffrabad and Maujpur-Babarpur stations which are closed, DMRC said in its tweet

Apex court also issued a notice to the Centre on the batch of pleas challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019