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Manmohan Singh Posthumous Exoneration

There is an old saying that courts pronounce judgments, but history delivers the final verdict. Every now and then, however, history requires the assistance of a court to set...

The Missing Indian Voter, how many crores of Indians are missing from the electoral rolls?

Indicators and micro studies suggest that from the vast numbers, possibly close to 13 crores of Indians missing from the electoral rolls, a vast percentage are women and significant sections are then Dalits and Muslims

Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan under the Taliban

Under Taliban rule, women's rights have been systematically suppressed, suffocating every aspect of their lives.

India today has all the markers of a failing democracy. But the situation is not irreversible

Former Delhi high court judge A.P. Shah stated that the rise of illiberal and communal forces in India is made possible, in part, by disillusionment with successive governments and compounded by a legal architecture that is permissive of abuse, and prejudices inherent in society.

France Bans the Abaya in Its Schools

The Muslim response sadly is again about demanding exceptionalism

Who is responsible for the death of Mohit Yadav?

The bus conductor took his own life a month and a half after the simple act of stopping the UP roads bus to allow fellow passengers to pray, offer namaz

RJD MP Manoj Jha’s Delhi University Lecture Cancelled, Triggers Political Row

The DU professor said he was invited to virtually address college and university teachers as a resource for a refresher social work and social sciences course on Sept 4.

Anti-caste discrimination bill, with some changes, passed by California Assembly

The anti-caste discrimination bill, #SB403 was finally passed in the California Assembly

One-year post order of the HC, family of Hathras victim yet to be given employment, awaiting relocation

Amicus Curiae in the case informs the Allahabad High Court that the Uttar Pradesh government is yet to comply by the order to provide employment to one of the family members and relocate family out of Hathras

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  When children lose their innocence To adult warfare About gods and...

Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan

A mob vandalised and burnt eight churches and several homes in Pakistan following accusations of blasphemy on August 16 in Faisalabad district’s Jaranwala tehsil in Punjab province.

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