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Kuwait government to deport expats who protested over remarks against Prophet Mohammed?
Protestors could be deported to their respective countries for violating the country’s laws prohibiting sit-ins or demonstrations by expats
BJP dumps spokesperson Nupur Sharma, Naveen K. Jindal in damage control move
Action comes after outrage from Gulf nations, days after Sharma Jindal made derogatory remarks about the Prophet
WHO bats for ASHA, calls them India’s ‘Global Health Leaders’
Union leaders argue true respect for ASHAs would entail payment of proper wages and job permanency
Over 100 Indian journalists stand with Shireen Akleh and Palestinians
Journalists write to the Israeli Prime Minister condemning the response to the reporter’s assassination
Israel’s Supreme Court ruling permits eviction of 1,000 Palestinians in West Bank
The court allows demolition of eight Palestinian villages, displacing inhabitants permanently
Al Jazeera’s Shireen Abu Akleh shot dead in West Bank
The veteran journalist was covering a raid on a Jenin refugee camp when she was shot in the head
Singapore bans ‘The Kashmir Files’
The film is found to be ‘provocative and one-sided portrayal’ of Muslims; official fears it would create communal tensions
Reproductive rights of American women in jeopardy?
A leaked draft of a majority opinion penned by Justice Samuel Alito indicates that a majority of the justices could be inclined to strike down Roe vs. Wade
Guess where India stands on the World Press Freedom Index?
India’s ranking has fallen to 150 out of 180 countries, slipping further this year in the Reporters Without Borders’ Index
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India
Yes, Savarkar did file 10 Mercy Petitions before the British, revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh refused to Compromise: Grandnephew tells Pune Court
Savarkar’s grandnephew who had lodged a criminal defamation case against LOP Rahul Gandhi, stated and admitted during his testimony that while there were other freedom fighters who refused to file clemency petitions before the British, his uncle Vinayak Savarkar had filed as many as ten!
Rule of Law
Court recognises mob lynching as aggravating factor, sentences seven to life for 2022 cow-vigilantism killing
By expressly recognising mob lynching as an aggravating circumstance, the judgment strengthens accountability for vigilante violence and underscores the application of collective liability principles under Section 149 IPC
Communalism
Despite ASI’s warning protesters in Bharuch march to collector to ‘preserve original identity’ of Bharuch mosque
The foot march happened just days after the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which protects the mosque, wrote to the district administration to not allow any “large gathering” on June 10
India
Falsifying the Truth: PUCL condemns the systematic manipulation of census data & suppression of ground realities in census exercise
Reports from Rajasthan indicate that census enumerators are being pressured and coerced into falsifying data to paint “a rosy” picture for the government, states PUCL
Communal Organisations
Disclosure and transparency from the RSS may finally expose decades-old ambiguities
The author, a historian and keen documentalist of the far right argues that if the RSS is compelled into legal transparency and accountability, murky details from the past could well tumble out of its century old existence
History
Syama Prasad Mookerjee: ‘Patriot’ or collaborator of British Rulers & Muslim League?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrating victory in West Bengal assembly elections at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi (May 4, 2026), stated that “the soul of Syama Prasad Mookerjee must be at peace today”. Earlier too Modi had described him "a statesman, thinker and a patriot who devoted his life towards strengthening national integration".
India
Register, Disclose, Pay Taxes: Karnataka HM Priyank Kharge to the RSS
In a salvo that has created ripples of concern within organisations of the far right, especially the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) that is the ideological fountainhead of the present regime, Karnataka’s recently appointed Home Minister, Priyank Kharge, has written to the organisation demanding that it disclose its registration details, pay taxes, comply with the law and Constitution.