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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)”

First arrest under anti Love Jihad law in UP 

The 21-year-old accused has been booked for trying to forcefully convert a Hindu girl under the UP law and criminal intimidation under the IPC

Shaheen Bagh’s Bilkis daadi named Person of the Year!

Tops list of 500 most influential Muslims in the world along with Prof. Ilham Tohti who was imprisoned by Chinese authorities for advocating for rights of Uyghur Muslims

BJP getting overconfident in Bengal after Bihar win?

Party proclaims will make Bengal into Gujarat, then the state chief compares state to Kashmir!

Delhi’s workforce voices their grievances at DRRAA’s Hunger Hearing

Keen on addressing the misconception that life has returned to normalcy after the coronavirus lockdown, the DRRAA organised a public hearing for the domestic workers, labourers and daily-wage earners of Delhi.

Meeting adjourned, farmers to meet Agriculture and Railway ministers on December 3

Government proposed formation of a committee to discuss contentious provisions of the farm laws with protesting farmers

AIKS organises nationwide rasta roko campaign

Farmers organisation plans a week-long protest to express solidarity with farmers in their demand for the withdrawal of the three anti-farmer-dubbed laws.

Employer and colleagues beat a man to death for demanding pending salary!

Killed for demanding his due, the man had come to Gurgaon hoping to get a job to support his family.

Shehla Rashid reveals domestic abuse history of father

Abdul Rashid Shora accused daughter of ‘anti national activities’ after he was restrained by court after family alleged prolonged domestic violence

Ensure proper medical treatment for Stan Swamy: Front Line Defenders

The international organisation expressed concern over the denial of a straw for the Parkinson’s Disease affected Jharkhand activist

Identity of the ‘Ordinary Indian’

Who is that silent yet preponderant Indian? Does he have no social character and ideological moorings?

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