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Who stands to gain the most from an alliance between politicians and religious leaders?
A week before the recently held 2024 Maharashtra Assembly polls, Maulana Shaikh Khalil-ur-Rahman Sajjad Nomani, an Islamic scholar based in Maharashtra, issued two lists of his endorsed candidates. While...
Human Rights Watch reports that Modi made at least 110 Islamophobic remarks during 2024 election campaign
HRW also found notable increase in violence against minority communities in India during the decade long BJP rule
Centre states that Indian telecom tariffs are amongst the lowest in the world
Tariff hike: Centre states that recent tariff hike that went into effect on July 3, examined in line of the principles of transparency, non-predation and non-discrimination
Internet in Villages: 39.84 crore rural internet user in country
Internet subscribers in the country have also increased to 95.44 crore in March 2024 from 63.67 crore in March 2019
India Cries for Freedom!
India cries for Freedom: Thanks to the relentless struggles...
Law Ministry: 5,597 judge vacancies nationwide
The Law Ministry reported 5,597 judicial vacancies nationwide, with 5,238 positions unfilled in district and subordinate courts, 359 vacancies in High Courts, and the Supreme Court operating at full capacity with no vacant posts
Bangladesh: Why Indian Muslims’ voice against anti-Hindu violence matters
It is reassuring to see some noted Indian Muslim intellectuals and scholars including a few Ulema come out and call spade a spade.
Ambedkar varsity ‘on brink of collapse’, 32 faculty members resign, 22 embroiled in legal battles
In a strongly worded statement, the Ambedkar University Delhi Faculty Association (AUDFA), even as insisting on the need to protect the top public institution, has said that the university "is now on the brink of collapse and fragmentation", accusing the administration for operating "with increasing impunity, subjecting faculty to harassment amid deteriorating working conditions."
Parliamentary response reveals severe infra crunch affecting rural healthcare
As per the Rural Health Statistics 2022, the country lacks 48060 Sub-Centres and 9742 Primary Health Centres
Punjab MP seeks curb over communal hatred posts on social media
In Parliament, Punjab MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney asked the Centre to furnish details of the steps & actions taken by the government to control religious and communal hate posts on the social media, Sahney also submitted the private member bill against online hate
American civil society groups register protest against proposed “anti-Muslim” Ram Janmabhoomi temple float during India Day Parade
In a letter addressed to New York Mayor and Governor, civil society groups said that the event emboldens Hindu extremists and displays “a vulgar celebration of anti-Muslim hate”
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