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Address Discrimination & Hate Crimes India told: CERD, UN

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has sharply criticised the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, and raised concerns about the subjecting of Bengali-speaking Muslims to “systematic and structural racial discrimination”

Hundreds of Thousands form ‘Red Line’ Around the Hague

The red line the government has failed to set.

Israel bombs Iran, targets nuclear facilities, military leaders, scientists; US claims it’s not involved

Immediately following the aftermath of the attack, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency quoted an anonymous official saying Iran will offer a ‘decisive’ response to Israel’s attack.

UNGCA Resolution, Gaza Genocide: Abandoning decades of commitment to non-alignment, India abstains

The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of...

Non-transparency in US 2024 elections? Lawsuit points to possible tampering of Voting Machines before 2024

A lawsuit by Smart Elections has revealed that a private lab with sloppy untested software may have been vulnerable to malware attacks in voting machines used in over 40% of U.S. counties ahead of the 2024 race. Now these (unverified software changes), made with no public notice, no formal testing, and no third-party oversight are being challenged with full disclosure in a US court. That these may have impacted the electoral outcome is a serious question, however the scale is yet to be seen. The plaintiffs have demanded a full hand recount of the Presidential and US Senate races in Rockland County.

Gaza: 700 citizens demand release of detained Madleen activists, call upon UK to fix Israel’s accountability for genocide, blockade, war crimes in Palestine

The open letter has been addressed to the UK government via the British High Commission Offices in India

Ex Sec E.A.S. Sarma expresses ‘serious concerns’ over Starlink deal; demands judicial probe

Sarma, a batch from 1965 IAS officers, has expressed his concerns in the Starlink deal many a time over the past year

Free unrestricted access to Gaza: Reporters without Borders & CPJ issue open letter

Open letter from media and press freedom organisations on Gaza access

Why’s Australian crackdown rattling Indian students? Whopping 25% fake visa applications

This is what happened several months ago. A teenager...

In Pope Francis’ death the world has lost a visionary

April 21, 2025In the death of Pope Francis, the...

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