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‘Free the Temple’, ‘Protect the Faith’, ‘Take Up Weapons’: How September’s festivals became stages for anti-Muslim hate

From contested places of worship to demographic fearmongering, a series of speeches used Hindu religious identity to construct Muslims as an existential threat and recast exclusion as religious defence

CJP flags BJP MLA from UP Mayankeshwar Singh’s communal hate speech to SEC

He had said, "If you want to stay in Hindustan you will have to say “Radhe Radhe”

Yati Narsinghanand granted Bail in Case of ‘Derogatory Remarks’ Against Women

 Image Courtesy:thewire.in“Yati Narsinghanand welcomed by his supporters with chants...

Hate Watch: How is BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh getting away with anti Muslim hate speech?

Speaking at election meetings, Singh said ‘Inshallah’ be damned in Uttar Pradesh’s ‘shooter baba's government’

Hate Watch: ‘India becoming Lebanon’ propaganda video aims to create panic and hate

A video, shot to look like a talk on history by an ‘expert’, but in fact is aimed at spreading panic and communal hate is now doing the rounds on whatsapp groups

Hate Speech: BJP MLA Raghvendra Pratap Singh targets Muslims in UP election meeting  

Singh told voters that if they elect him again, Muslims will stop wearing their skullcaps and start putting Hindu tilaks 

HateBuster: Right-wing gets egg on the face for using fake photo of Muskan

Madhu Kishwar used a picture of JDS’s Najma Nazeer, claiming she is the girl at the centre of the hijab controversy

HateBuster: Pro-Pakistan slogans raised in Samajwadi Party rally, claim rightwingers

Original video of rally was examined, mention of Pakistan says Dist Election Officer, busting claim, fake news

Is Prayagraj’s ‘Sant Sammelan’ just another edition of Haridwar’s infamous Dharma Sansad?

It has been a few days since the demand to declare India a Hindu nation was raised. However, no official reaction or condemnation has been reported yet

Twitter vs Hate Speech battle now in France, court issues strict directions 

Twitter has showed no initiative to comply with these directions seeking details on hate speech measures

Uttar Pradesh: Why were communal slogans raised in Ghaziabad?

Ghaziabad district’s 2,899,484 eligible voters residing in five assembly segments: Loni, Muradnagar, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Modinagar, will cast their vote on February 10

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Food Security during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Need for a shift from food security to nutrition justice.

In Karnataka, during the pandemic and lockdown, mid-day meals in government schools and anganwadis under the National Food Security Act (2013) [1], shut down indefinitely [2,3] amidst growing concerns about how this would affect vulnerable communities. In spite of demands, the state government has not yet undertaken a detailed post pandemic and lockdown survey to identify the immediate and long-term interventions to address and prevent malnutrition. Several visits have been made by civil society organisations, students, nutritionists and academics to different districts of Karnataka, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic and this commentary gives a broad overview of the observations made. There is a need for an in-depth quantitative and qualitative study.

Delhi SIR: Public audit finds 416 of 1,236 deleted voters still at their registered addresses

A four-day door-to-door audit in Trilokpuri found voters marked absent, shifted or dead who were still living at their registered addresses, with 47.57 lakh names missing from Delhi’s draft roll, affected voters have until October 30 to file claims

SIR’s elusive illegal immigrants: Bogey Busted but will the injustices heaped be corrected?

Barely 771 “foreign nationals” identified in Karnataka and a miniscule 1,600 in six other Indian states; yet the hysterical bogey of the “ghuspetiya” (illegal immigrant) has been used to render 130 million plus Indian without the right to vote?

2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death

The Court holds that failure to identify who inflicted the fatal injuries does not absolve the accused under Section 149 IPC, relying on evidence of their participation in an armed mob that assaulted the victim, Monish

Jamia’s Answer to Student Protest: Online exams, hostel closures and police detentions

As the hunger strike enters its third week, students allege that the administration is using disciplinary action and restrictions on campus life to weaken a movement demanding elected representation

Assam NRC: Seven years after 19 lakh people were excluded, rejection slips remain a non-starter

Separate Supreme Court proceedings concern the failure to issue rejection slips to nearly 19.07 lakh excluded people and identity cards to more than 3.11 crore people included in the final register