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Religious Freedom: How the USCIRF continues to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC)

For another year running, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2026 Annual Report, has in strong recommendations, urged the US government to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), “for engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA)”

Is India exploiting its ASHA workers?

Successive governments have ignored these baseline health workers who receive low remunerations that are often delayed; they aren’t even given proper Covid kits

“My Ganga, my son… is back!”

CJP reunites Gangadhar Pramanik, a West Bengal man dubbed “foreigner” and thrown into a detention centre in Assam, with his mother

300 Mumbaikars object Metro 7A and bullet train activities

Citizens call for strengthening of existing infrastructure, claiming that new projects are not implemented with environmental and socio-economic concerns.

I have opposed Muslim fanatics: Javed Akhtar

The writer-poet counters all allegations of supporting Taliban, ennumerates examples of threats to his life due to his vociferous condemnation of oppressive practices by the minority community, and says he holds Hindus in high esteem

Yet another man from West Bengal dubbed “foreigner” in Assam: CJP to the rescue

Fourth such case handled by CJP team where an Indian citizen was declared foreigner for simply crossing the state border!

Centre refuses to disclose use of Pegasus in affidavit, pleads national security

The Supreme Court has reserved its order in the matter

A tribute to Danish Siddiqui (May 19, 1983 – July 16, 2021) 

India’s leading photojournalists share iconic photographs of their careers, in a tribute to their slain colleague, and as a salute to photojournalism

Gujarat: CM Vijay Rupani quits, just a year ahead of polls

Chief Minister said his resignation will give party's leadership opportunity to bring new energy

We do not recognise a Taliban govt: Afghan students in Pune

Afghan students from various Pune colleges came together outside the Savitribai Phule University to voice their dissent against the Taliban and Pakistan

Assam boat tragedy could have been averted had the Majuli bridge been built

Delays in bridge construction and lack of oversight at river crossing led to loss of innocent lives

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