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42nd Anniversary of 1984 Sikh genocide: Amnesia of the Indian state and society
For almost last 3 decades now, on every anniversary of the 1984 genocide of Sikhs in India, this author has been reminding the Nation how Indian State and judiciary...
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CBSE by Monday evening expressed “regret” and announced that it had set up an “expert committee to avoid such occurrences in future”
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Varanasi admin acquires 30 schools, studies suspended to house security forces
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will inaugurate the ₹800 crore Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Dham project on December 13
Rohingyas sue Facebook for $150 billion over failing to police communal hate speech
A class-action complaint was filed in California and in a coordinated action, British lawyers also submitted a letter of notice to Facebook's London office
Madras HC expresses “dismay and anguish” as NCERT removes report on gender non-conforming, transgender children
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SC stays further proceedings in FIRs against journalists Samridhi Sakunia, Swarna Jha, Arti Ghargi
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Anirban Roy Choudhury, editor of Barak Bulletin, accused of Sedition
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Vinod Dua passes away at 67
The veteran journalist passed away on Saturday after a prolonged post-Covid illness
Will the gov’t continue to restrict journalists’ access to Parliament?
A protest march was held on December 2, against the various restrictions on media’s entry into Parliament and the Press Gallery
Direct funds to guardians solves nothing: UP activists on gov’t education
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