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Bilal Kuchay The Taliban’s return to power two weeks ago has caused a major diplomatic setback for India, with the South Asian giant now one of the region’s “most disadvantaged” players, analysts say. Within weeks, the Taliban took over the country in a stunning military sweep, as US-led foreign forces …

A friend recently asked for help to fill out a claim form for medical insurance. Otherwise a fit and sprightly 60, she has a slight vision problem and found the tiny little squares into which she was required to write, a major challenge. The insurance company offered no concession to …

(The Wire)  The report makes the key revelation that Siddiqui was left behind along with two commandos who were with him as the Special Operations Corps withdrew from Spin Boldak

(The Wire) The death of Cherishterfield Thangkhiew in Shillong in an 'encounter' and the so-called 'zero tolerance' policy once again raise troubling questions about state killings.

Jameel Ahmad The Indian government’s assault is reaching unlimited proportions in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). All fundamental freedoms are being made hostage to a fascist mindset. The Right to education to our (Kashmiri) students is being denied with nefarious intentions.  A generation of students is being harassed and humiliated. This serious situation …

(The Wire) Suffering from a serious heart condition, the activist-scholar was one month from a heart surgery for he had been saving Rs 2 lakh for two years at the time of his arrest.

(Reuters) The state's containment measures have helped to catch infections early, allowing authorities to better manage the illness and dramatically lower the death rate - a stark contrast to people dying in carparks and outside hospitals for lack of oxygen and beds in big cities like Delhi at the height of the health crisis a few months earlier

(Daily Excelsior) The prolonged rule of obsequious bureaucrats and defanged experts requisitioned from other states has only antagonized the common masses and made confusion worse confounded.

Mohammad Umar Butt Education is the sustainable tool for human rights. It promotes peace and security. But education in conflict zones is very tough. Students are living in miserable conditions. Conflict has affected education all over the world, be it Palestine, Yemen, Syria or Kashmir. Education has suffered greatly in …

(The Wire) Non-BJP regional parties in Bihar and UP are unlikely to let go of what is a big political opportunity against the BJP.