Gold and silver buying in India — the world’s largest gold consumer — kicked off positively on Wednesday’s auspicious Akshaya Tritiya festival despite high prices, with the jewellers’ body GJC projecting gold sales jump.

Election strategist-turned politician Prashant Kishor pointed out today that the caste census in itself is not a problem. Nor it is a promise that possession of data will immediately rectify social problems and bring equality.

The Supreme Court’s landmark judgment, stressing that digital access is intrinsic to the right to life, follows a long legal battle led by an acid attack survivor whose inability to blink had become an obstacle in opening a bank account in her name.