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May Day Dramatised
When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.
Lakshwadeep to Delhi: Together a cry for justice
Image Courtesy:isha.sadhguru.orgAisha Sultana, a native of Lakshadweep’s Chetlat island,...
India’s workforce demands fiscal support following the second wave of Covid-19!
On-ground voices and detailed reports highlight the need for cash transfers to keep vulnerable groups afloat in face of a growing unemployment
Turmoil in the North East: Where are the Naga Peace Talks headed?
NSCN (IM) demands clarity on BJP’s stand on Naga independence and plebiscite, even as a Core Committee is formed by Nagaland CM for the talks
Islamophobia: Lessons from Canada on how to respond heinous hate crime
Four four members of a Muslim family mowed down by a pickup truck in Ontario, Canada PM called it "a terrorist attack."
650 doctors dead due to Covid-19 in around 2 months
As per latest state-wise break-up, Delhi still has the highest number of deaths; Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu report a sizable increase in doctors’ death within a span of eight days.
Nusrat Jahan communally trolled after announcing separation from partner
The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) MP has been on the receiving end of communal attacks for applying sindoor, now accused of ‘fooling Hindu voters’
UN Tribunal confirms life sentence of “butcher of Bosnia”
Ratko Mladic oversaw execution of over 8000 people in the early 90s in Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of ethnic cleansing of Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Croats, which followed the break up of Yugoslavia
Covid-19: Finally, PM steers a U-turn on vaccine policy after SC seeks plan
Free vaccines for all has been a demand raised by many states, Opposition leaders including four CMs consistently asked the Centre to start free mass vaccination
The riddle of ‘Elected Autocracy’
It is a leadership duly elected in a democratic electoral system but uses the power to ride roughshod over all existing norms
Arrests, bombs and comebacks: A-B-C of weekend politics in Bengal
Image Courtesy:telegraphindia.comOn Saturday night, Calcutta Police arrested Rakhal Bera,...
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