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May Day Dramatised
When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.
Indian Medical Association seeks FIR against Ramdev
IMA files police complaint against Ramdev, wants investigation to reveal others involved in “making scurrilous and malicious statements in public”
Lakshadweep: Is Praful Khoda Patel fishing in troubled waters now?
National leaders tell PM to intervene and remove him as Administrator, opinions divided within Bharatiya Janata Party's local unit too
Plight of Palestinians in an unequal fight
An independent state of Palestine becomes a distant reality with every attack by Israel
Covid-19 has spawned more quacks than a duck pond
A group of doctors and alternative healing therapy practitioners have now written to the PM, asking him to ‘stop Covid-19 vaccination’, while peddling unscientific ‘cures’; thankfully authorities are ignoring them
Covid-19: IMA slaps Rs 1,000 crore notice on Patanjali boss Ramdev
Indian Medical Association’s (IMA) Uttarakhand branch slaps defamation notice of Rs 1,000 crore on Patanjali boss Ramdev, for derogatory remarks against allopathy
Covid-19 management and scientific temper
Why we can't let people without a background in science or medicine take charge of the battle against the Coronavirus
AIKS calls for the sacking of Lakshadweep administrator Praful Patel
Decrying Patel for his draconian ateps to change food habits and culture of islanders, the organisation said his proposals violated the secular culture of the Muslim-dominated population.
Punjab-based Youtuber arrested for “racist and anti-India” video
Paras Singh has been booked by Arunachal police under IPC Sections 124A (Sedition),153A , and 505(2) (promoting enmity)
Islamabad: Journalist Asad Ali Toor attacked in his own home
Attack on Toor is yet another distressing reminder of how vulnerable journalists working in South Asia are, especially if they question the government
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As lynchings “normalise” in ‘New India, a Bihar imam is ‘thrashed, pushed’ from train to die in Bareilly
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