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May Day Dramatised

When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.

Rihanna, Greta Thunberg support Indian farmers; MEA cries foul

Ministry of External Affairs issues statement on comments by global icons’ solidarity with indian farmers, adds its own hashtags #IndiaTogether and #IndiaAgainstPropaganda

Maharashtra gov’t bringing back Ballot papers?

State government appears keen; Bill to this effect likely in Budget Session

Will Kisan mahapanchayat signal a political movement in UP, Haryana?

Arrested farmers should be released before talks are resumed demands Rakesh Tikait as over 50,000 farmers attend Kandela khap mahapanchayat

No central “love jihad” law on the cards: MHA

The Centre failed to provide data on forced religious conversions, shifting the burden on the States

India shocked as Sri Lanka cancels international partnership for ECT project

Giving in to the mounting pressure of local workers Unions, the Sri Lankan government cancels the 2019 agreement including India and Japan in a major port project.

Shashi Tharoor, Rajdeep Sardesai move SC over sedition FIRs

Six journalists and Dr. Tharoor have been booked for their alleged misleading tweets that claimed that the Police shot dead a Sikh youth during the Republic Day tractor parade

Budget Session: How the Centre justified farms laws in Lok Sabha

The Agriculture Minister justified the urgency of passing the laws during a pandemic and gave reasons why civil courts jurisdiction has been barred

Gov’t will not compensate families of farmers who died during protests: MHA

The Ministry of Home Affairs even justified the use of tear gas and water cannons on protesting farmers

No data on number of prisoners testing Covid positive: MHA

The Ministry however presented data collated by NCRB on overcrowding of prisons and number of undertrials as of 2019

CAA rules yet to be framed, NRC in Assam yet to be notified, says MHA

The government was faced with questions about NRC in Assam and CAA on the second day of budget session

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May Day Dramatised

When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.

Delhi: Ayaan Saifi, a 16-year old, stabbed to death in nation’s capital on April 30

Man stabbed in Trilokpuri: While media focusses on the just concluded state polls, and television channels turn the other way, two media outlets, The Tribune and Observer Post report the stabbing of 19 year old Ayaan Saifi on April 30

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