(The Wire) Social media propaganda, complete with hashtags, trends and concocted videos, seems to have one single aim: to boycott Muslim-owned and run businesses. Hindutva supporters on Facebook and Twitter have been exhorting social media users of the Hindu faith to destabilise what they call the ‘halal economy’ of Indian Muslims by transferring their business to Hindu-owned and run businesses instead.
Read More »Feature: Students protest against Delhi Police’s torture of activists
(The Wire) Two students have said they were brutally manhandled, stripped and kicked in their private parts during a protest near Amit Shah's house a few days ago.
Read More »Feature: Roorkee Church attack victims living in fear and isolation, looking for legal help
(The Wire) The police filed a 'dubious' FIR against the victims themselves, alleging they were luring people into the church to convert them. The victims are hoping to apply for anticipatory bail.
Read More »Feature: Muslim family attacked ‘for not leaving village’ in indore, police file counter-FIR against victims
(The Wire) The victims are only Muslim family in the village and blacksmith by profession who had moved to Indore’s Kampel two years ago and run an agricultural equipment repairing workshop on the outskirts of the Pewday village
Read More »Why India is on the brink of an unprecedented power crisis
Arunoday Mukharji – BBC India is on the brink of an unprecedented power crisis. More than half of the country’s 135 coal-fired power plants are running on fumes – as coal stocks run critically low. In a country where 70% of the electricity is generated using coal, this is a …
Read More »Feature: How Covid-19 pandemic has pushed India’s female domestic workers further to the margins
(Scroll.in) A study shows the impact on the group’s consumption, employment and income patterns across different time periods before and after the coronavirus outbreak.
Read More »Feature: Lakhimpur Kheri reporter was alive but police took him to morgue, not hospital, brother agonises
(The Print) Police deny allegations made by brother of Raman Kashyap, say he died after he was taken to hospital. Journalist Raman was one of 8 people killed in Lakhimpur Kheri Sunday.
Read More »Feature: Police file FIR against Roorkee Church attack victims, no perpetrators arrested yet
(The Wire) The victims say FIR against them is politically motivated, given the upcoming elections.
Read More »Feature: ‘Unequal Footing’ for Kashmiri MBBS students
(The Wire) The protests reflect the chaotic aftermath of reading down Article 370, shockwaves of which continue to reverberate across the erstwhile state.
Read More »Feature: Social media giants accused of ‘silencing’ Kashmir voices
(Al-Jazeera) Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are taking down accounts of Kashmiris, a report by a Kashmiri diaspora group says.
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