Top Court Refuses To Stay Citizenship Act; Rajnath Singh Says India Is "Secular"

The Supreme Court refused to put on hold the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and gave the Centre four weeks to respond to petitions on the law; Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that Indian values consider all religions equal, and that is why the country is secular and never became a theocratic state like Pakistan; Madhya Pradesh chief minister at Davos says CEOs are asking him about the unrest in India over the citizenship law; India drops 10 places in a democracy index -- erosion of civil liberties, arrest of Kashmiri leaders, internet ban and Assam NRC were cited as the main reasons; Space agency ISRO has unveiled a robot which will travel to space as part of its unmanned space mission to be launched this year as a prelude to the manned Gaganyaan mission.