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Debunking the ‘Quit India Was Useless’ Myth

In his viral video, Prakhar Shrivastava, a pro-Hindutva commentator on history, calls the Quit India Movement a “super-duper flop.”  Shrivastava’s claim is similar to the decades of the extremist Hindu organisations’ arguments downplaying 1942. Viceroy telegrams, Churchill’s private remarks, and Bose’s own broadcasts say otherwise.

More than 30 lakh Indian students went abroad for higher studies in 6 years: UoI

A sharp increase by 68 per cent has been seen in students going abroad in 2022 as compared to previous years

UP: NCPCR Bid to ‘Trace’ Non-Muslim Students in Madrasas; ‘Discriminatory’, Says UPMEB

The madrasa body has written to the President and Prime Minister, terming the NCPCR recommendations as “violative of Right to Education and against the spirit of the Constitution”.

Journalist access to Parliament still denied: Editor’s Guild lodges strong protest

Image Courtesy: theswaddle.comIn two separate communications, one to the Lok...

A total of 6,775 URLs blocked by the IT Ministry in the year 2022

In the ongoing session of the parliament, the govt. provided that new IT rules, 2021 were introduced, 3 Grievance Appellate Committees formulated to regulate social media.

Journalist Shashikant Warishe murdered for uncovering anomalies in the Barsu Refinery project

Worrisome state of affairs as journalist gets mowed down hours after writing an article showing Amberkar’s connections with PM, CM

DU: Endowment Foundation Faces Opposition From Students, Teachers

They warn that the move would lead to a decrease in the overall quality of education, and the institution would be in danger of a corporate takeover.

University professor, outspoken critic of the Taliban’s ban on education for women and girls arrested in Kabul: Afghanistan

Prof Ismail Mashal was detained on Thursday February 2, while handing out free books.

Why has the Union govt pulled the plug on minority education schemes?

In the ongoing session of Parliament, the government states that they have no intention of reinstating the MANF scholarship, the Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme and the Padho Pardesh scheme for the minorities.

Women are the majority beneficiaries of World Bank-funded minority scholarships

The scheme emanating from this scholarship, benefits the youth who are school dropouts or those educated in institutions like Madrasas

Journalist Siddique Kappan’s release after 28 months in a UP jail, where a black hole with opaque procedures affected release

After 28 months and a demanding fight, I am out’: Journalist Siddique Kappan walks out of UP jail head held high

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Debunking the ‘Quit India Was Useless’ Myth

In his viral video, Prakhar Shrivastava, a pro-Hindutva commentator on history, calls the Quit India Movement a “super-duper flop.”  Shrivastava’s claim is similar to the decades of the extremist Hindu organisations’ arguments downplaying 1942. Viceroy telegrams, Churchill’s private remarks, and Bose’s own broadcasts say otherwise.

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