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Cries for Justice in India grow louder!
Come February 20, and the world will once again observe the ‘World Day of Social Justice’. It is an annual feature during which many all over (particularly politicians) will wax eloquent on...
Telangana activist Kalpana Dayala breathes her last
Dayala was vocal in the conditions of weavers in Telangana and worked to raise awareness among people.
Bhima Koregaon: Jailed activist Rona Wilson’s father passes away
Wilson was arrested by the Pune Police in 2018 under UAPA charges in the Bhima Koregaon case
Taliban 2.0: Old laws in newer package?
Better PR skills cannot hide the chaos that continues at Kabul airport, or the firing at Jalalabad where two people were killed and a dozen injured
Hell, by any other name…
Changing the nomenclature of detention camps does not change the fact that conditions there remain abysmal!
Gujarat gov’t counsel explores different interpretation of conversion by marriage
He, reportedly, told the court that the context of conversion by marriage comes only if there is “force, allurement or by any fraudulent means”. When the court asked if it should record the same, he pleaded to seek instructions.
We want our rights: Afghan women protesters
Group of brave women, held up placards in protest in Kabul, as Taliban gunmen kept an an eye on them
Rising fuel prices: Gov’t tries to obfuscate the truth… again!
The timing of the recent moves to raise levies and retail prices by the governments and fuel marketers, respectively, is at odds with logic, especially at a point when the country is grappling with the impact of a pandemic
Give autonomy to CBI: Madras HC to GoI
The High Court has issued a slew of directions to increase the number of CBI’s personnel and other infrastructural resources
Will Taliban takeover of Afghanistan be used to attack Indian Muslims?
Anti-Muslim sentiments grow stronger on social media with questions like “Why are Indian muslims not condemning Taliban’s actions in Afghanistan?”
UP: Muslim man beaten while trying to hoist tricolour on Independence Day
As per reports, the man approached the SDM after the local police refused to lodge an FIR
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