Sao Paulo, July 12 (KMS): Bharat Biotech’s contract with Brazil, already suspended and under several investigations, is facing new scrutiny with the revelations that the Hyderabad-based company had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with its Brazilian representative and a Dubai firm, which is not traceable.
Read More »Feature: How Gujarat police used Islamophobia to build terror case with no evidence against 124 men
Mumbai, July 11 (KMS): When 124 Muslim men were arrested in December 2001, in a post-midnight operation in the city of Surat in Gujarat, and charged with conspiring to boost the illegal activities of a banned Islamic terrorist organisation, it instantly became a sensational case. The arrests took place just six …
Read More »Article: What Father Stan Swamy’s death tells us about India today
(News Click) A vivid picture of the state of India’s criminal justice system is contained in what Father Stan himself had to say about the others he met in prison. Many poor under-trials did not know the charges against them, had no idea of the charge-sheet and remained in prison for years without the help of a lawyer. As for himself, he defined his spirit by saying: “A caged bird can still sing”.
Read More »Feature: Manipur has jailed an activist, a journalist for 2 months for saying cow dung can’t cure COVID
(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.
Read More »Feature: India’s poor can’t afford to beat the heat
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 …
Read More »Article: Enforced disappearances in Kashmir: No law, no relief for families
(The Quint) In Kashmir, the absence of law on enforced disappearances has left the grieving families with no support or relief.
Read More »Article: Is a confused Bhagwat Becoming ‘Pseudo-Secular’? Or is there a method behind his musings?
(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.
Read More »Feature: Govt job aspirants in limbo in Kashmir after new guidelines
(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 …
Read More »‘We are ruled by fiends. They have put a curse upon this land’: Arundhati Roy on Stan Swamy’s death
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 …
Read More »Feature: Dileep Kumar’s special connection with Kashmir
(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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