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Jagdeep Chhokar: A relentless pursuer of electoral and democratic reforms passes away
Since his retirement from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, he was co-founder of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR); besides, he had also been associated with ‘Aajeevika’ Bureau for over a decade, working on internal migration related issues
Hegemony by might: Gaza, Iran and the failures of nuclear power politics
Without a transformation of global governance mechanisms, peace will not be the right of all nations and peoples, weak or powerful, but a privilege of the powerful
J&K High court orders repatriation of 63-year-old woman deported to Pakistan without due process
Court invokes humanitarian grounds and constitutional duty to direct urgent return of Long-Term Visa holder Rakshanda Rashid, citing her decades-long residence in India and deteriorating health
Hate crimes: Report documents 602 hate crimes, 345 hate speech incidents in 1st year of Modi’s third term
A staggering 947 hate-driven incidents have dotted the first year of the third term of the Modi (NDA) regime says a report jointly documented by the APCR and Quill Foundation and released recently
The Science Problem: Why India lags behind in research & development
Over the past two decades India has invested scant funds in scientific research and development, so while in absolute terms amounts spent have grown from Rs.60,000 Crore to Rs. 1,20,000 Crore between 2010-2020, as percentage of GDP this amount has stagnated at 0.64 per cent, i.e. less than 7 per cent
Bombay HC: No indication votes cast in name of dead in Dhule, 2024 Lok Sabha polls
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has dismissed an election petition filed by former MP, Subhash Rao Bhamre of the BJP who had challenged the election of Shobha Dinesh Bacchav from the Indian National Congress (INC)
Iran war: from the Middle East to America, history shows you cannot assassinate your way to peace
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M’tra: Three West Bengal residents pushed into Bangladesh by BSF, return after WB state govt.’s intervention
Trinamool Congress MP Samirul Islam says that when the workers were picked up by the police in Mumbai, despite all necessary documents being provided by the West Bengal State government
Ahmedabad Air India Crash: UAE-based Indian doctor offers Rs. 1 crore each to kin of deceased Medical Students
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Hundreds of Thousands form ‘Red Line’ Around the Hague
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