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Joaquin Phoenix, Cate Blanchett and other stars demand that Joe Biden calls for Israel-Gaza Ceasefire: ‘Compassion must prevail”

A group of 55 prominent artists and advocates from the US’ entertainment industry have addressed an open letter to President Joe Biden urging for an urgent call for a ceasefire in Gaza and Israel.

Ghaziabad: Police deployed outside college after video of professor asking student to not raise religious slogans at fest goes viral

A second video the professor explaining that students should maintain discipline and not indulge in sloganeering; third video shows another professor apologising and re-iterating her Sanatani Hindu faith

Umar Khalid’s incarceration: USCIRF Commissioner expresses concern over use of anti-terrorism laws to silence activists

Washington, D.C. (October 19, 2023) - At a Congressional briefing hosted by several civil rights groups, on the issue of the wrongful incarceration of Indian...

1300 Writers, publishers protest cancellation of events with Palestinian authors, artists

A strong letter of support, signed by several Nobel laureates and Booker Prize winners, condemned the cancellation of events featuring Palestinian art, voices, and stories across Europe in the aftermath of Hamas attack on Israel.

Contrary to what many might think, the FIR is a public document

After a whole day of raids across the country by the Delhi Police on October 3, News click founder Prabir Purkayastha found himself having...

New York, Chicago, Madrid, Athens, Sydney, Paris, the people march for #Palestine

For the past week, people in their hundreds and thousands took to the streets. In support of the hapless people in Gaza, for Palestine and against the machinations of Israel, backed by the United States and the UK. Chicago was also the scene of a ghastly hate crime when a six year old boy was stabbed while his mother survived the murderous attack

Eradicate manual scavenging completely says SC increasing compensation to families of workers who die at work to Rs 30 lakh

‘Each of us owes to this large segment of the population, who have remained unseen, unheard and muted,’ the court said.

Rajasthan’s Gig Worker Law, a step towards industrial democracy

The radical legislation brought in by the western Indian state of Rajasthan guarantees social security and accountability from aggregator employers visibilising a workforce that we treat as dispensable

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Delhi HC grants bail pending appeal to Unnao rape convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar

The bail order accompanies a temporary suspension of sentence for Sengar will walk free; it has returned public attention to the survivor and her mother's pursuit of justice since 2017; Sengar will, however, remain in jail as he is also serving a 10-year sentence in the custodial death case of the rape victim’s father

‘Brutal intimidation of Christians’ all India condemned: Bombay Catholic Sabha

In a statement, accompanied by open letters to senior political leaders, the Bombay Catholic Sabha (BCS) has strongly condemned the “brutal intimidation of Christians in some parts of the country and increase of such act of terror during the Christmas season”

The ‘Shastra Poojan’ Project: How the ritual of weapon worship is being recast as a tool of power and hate propaganda

An investigation into how a nationwide network of right-wing organisations, with political and state patronage, is transforming a religious ritual into a campaign of hate, through public weapon worship in universities, police stations, and community spaces, it seeks to legitimise violence, indoctrinate children, and dismantle India’s constitutional secular order

MP, Odisha, Delhi, Rajasthan: Right-wing outfits barge into 2 churches ahead of Christmas, attack vendors selling X’mas goodies, tensions run high

‘This is Hindu Rashtra’ say mobsters in Odisha as vendors selling Santa hats are attacked; In MP churches observing Christmas celebrations are stormed by far right politicians belong to the ruling BJP, Delhi sees intimidation by the Bajrang Dal on women sporting Santa hats and similar attacks are seen in Rajasthan. All such incidents have invited widespread condemnation on social media. Delhi, the national capital also sees the free run of right wing bullies attacking those in Christmas attire; meanwhile, widespread protests have erupted over the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to deny Christmas Holidays to students. Clearly it is the BJP run states that have seen this lawlessness ahead of a much loved Indian festival.

Dadri lynching: UP Court rejects state govt plea to withdraw charges against Akhlaq murder accused

Additional District Judge Saurabh Dwivedi hearing the matter also directed that the case be categorised as “most important” and heard on a daily basis.
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