(The Wire) Erendro Leichombam and Kishorechandra Wangkhem were arrested by Manipur authorities for saying BJP members are advocating cow urine and cow dung as cures for the virus, it is science and common sense that could save people from the pandemic.
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AFP Beating the merciless heat is hard in the Indian desert city of Sri Ganganagar, a reality facing millions across the vast country as the climate changes in the coming decades. While people in richer nations can find some respite from a warming planet with air conditioners and other modern …
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(The Quint) In Kashmir, the absence of law on enforced disappearances has left the grieving families with no support or relief.
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(The Wire) Perhaps the most charitable interpretation of his Sunday ramblings is that the RSS is coming to terms with the limits of its Hindutva project.
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(South Asian Wire) Six years ago, Altaf was happy with a job in a private company in Bangalore until his father compelled him to prepare for a government job. He quit the job and started preparing for government exams. The 27-year-old had spent years preparing. But new guidelines from the …
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The excruciating, slow-motion, custodial murder of 84-year-old Father Stan Swamy, a Jesuit priest who spent decades of his life in the service of India’s dispossessed, took place in the show window of our democracy. Our judiciary, police, intelligence services, and prison system are responsible. Our mainstream media too. All of …
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(The Disptach) In Kashmir many people are unaware that Dileep Kumar had a strong Kashmir connection much before he became an actor.
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(Business Standard) Many Indians who had clawed their way out of poverty face grim job prospects and carry heavy debt loads.
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(The Wire) While the redrawing of J&K's electoral map has been on agenda of the BJP, stakeholders fear the exercise could be used to reduce Kashmir’s upper hand in J&K politics.
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(The Wire) The Indian criminal justice system, in spite of following the maxim “innocent until proven guilty”, is not designed to protect individual liberty.
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