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‘We Cannot Be Afraid’: Rhiya Ahir in Conversation with Teesta Setalvad

What does it mean to stand beside young people when they choose to confront power?In this conversation, activist and journalist Teesta Setalvad speaks with Rhiya Ahir, whose act of...

A historicity of Savarkar’s rehabilitation project

An examination of claims made as part of the Hindutva leader’s image makeover

Myanmar: American journalist Danny Fenster sentenced to 11-year jail term

Managing Editor of online magazine Frontier Myanmar, Fenster, was found guilty of “incitement and violations of immigration and unlawful associations laws”

Students, teachers demand repeal of NEP 2020

At a meeting organised by join AIFRTE in Delhi, students voiced concerns about the Brahmanical undertone of the new education policy

Why did Times Now give a platform to communal, seditious statements?

Times Now Summit 2021 allows Kangana Ranaut to say independence was ‘alms’, Himanta Biswa Sarma to say ‘India belongs to Hindus’

BHU: Urdu dept HoD apologises for Urdu Day poster with Allama Iqbal’s photo

ABVP had objected that the poster did not have BHU founder Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya’s photo

Why is Chhath Puja 2021 crucial for the Kejriwal-led Delhi government?

Delhi is due to have Municipal body elections in 2022, which the  BJP has won for decades, AAP needs to make its mark, before next state elections, and ahead of UP elections 2022

Allahabad HC grants The Wire journalists protection from arrest

Reprieve for Siddharth Varadarajan and Ismat Ara in case pertaining to reportage on the death of a protester during the Republic Day tractor protest in New Delhi

Hate bandwagon prospers under Narsinghanand’s patronage

The video that has been taken down by Facebook was a live video where followers of Yati Narsinghanand can be seen verbally abusing Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Shaheen Bagh protesters and Muslims in general

Hate Watch: Actor Sara Ali Khan trolled for visit Kedarnath temple

The trolls bore both, Muslim and Hindu names and went at Khan with all kinds of vile comments

Dainik Jagran fails to get injunction against Alt News

An Alt News article had alleged that Dainik Jagran had undermined Covid-19 deaths by claiming that mass burials were quite common at the Shringverpur ghat; the court said one cannot stifle freedom of speech

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