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When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.
Whatsapp moves Delhi HC challenging GoI’s traceability clause
The clause requires the messaging platform to identify the originator of a message forwarded multiple times, and Whatsapp sees this as an invasion of privacy, and a form of surveillance
Covid-19: Less than 2 lakh new cases reported for the first time in 40 days
India recorded 1.96 lakh new Covid-19 cases, current Daily Positivity Rate is 9.54% and 3,26,850 recoveries registered
113 faulty ventilators provided under PM CARES fund: Bom HC questions Centre
The court also commented on local politicians visiting hospitals and inspecting these ventilators, calling such statements distasteful
Narada case: CBI withdraws appeal against Calcutta HC order granting house arrest to TMC leaders
The SC refused to accept CBI’s argument that the atmosphere in Calcutta and the dharna by the CM impacted the grant of bail by the CBI court on May 17
Supersizing victimhood: Hindu Right’s appropriation of Islamophobia, the Jewish Holocaust & Indigenous struggles
Image Courtesy:india.comThe seemingly illogical idea of Hindu victimhood -...
George Floyd murder: One year on
While there has been an increase in conversations surrounding race, justice still eludes many other victims of racism including Breonna Taylor and Daunte Wright
Assam CM calls Akhil Gogoi “mentally unfit”
Himanta Biswa Sarma alleges Gogoi is not fit to attending Assembly proceedings
Facebook, Twitter could face legal action in India
Action could be initiated for non-compliance with a February 25 notification that mandated for appointment of certain officials
Lakshadweep: Beef Ban, Goonda Act proposed by Administrator Praful Khoda Patel
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan says changes proposed by Patel challenge the “lives, livelihoods and culture”, and cannot be accepted
3 Jhansi junior doctors detained, allegedly manhandled for trying to approach UP CM
The medical professionals wished to hand over a letter listing the demands of the staff at the Maharani Laxmi Bai medical college hospital in Jhansi to CM Yogi Adityanath who was visiting the facility
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Systematic Exclusion: Caste-based atrocities across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, MP, and UP
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Delhi: Ayaan Saifi, a 16-year old, stabbed to death in nation’s capital on April 30
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UP: Women protest installation of prepaid smart electricity metres in several districts
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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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