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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...

Visionary Gorbachev’s noble ideas failed because he ignored the deceit, duplicity and dangers of imperialism

History will remember the great distance between what he sought and what he achieved, and we must learn from this

Students in Ratiya in Haryana protest against anti-student policies of government

In Ratiya district of Haryana on August 25th a...

Corporal Punishment for Blasphemy or Apostasy not in line with Quranic Ethos?

The present concept of blasphemy as an offence has been developed by Muslim jurists in the post Prophetic period.

Journalist Union Slams US Journalist Angad Singh’s Deportation as ‘Vendetta’

Singh’s family has alleged that he was deported because of the documentaries on the Shaheen Bagh protest and videos on the Delta wave he produced for VICE News.

Vice News journalist Angad Singh deported

Family claims he was put back on a flight to New York as soon as he landed in India for a personal visit

Indian Govt ‘Forced’ Twitter to Hire Agent: Ex-Company Security Chief

In a whistle-blower complaint filed with US SEC, Peiter Zatko alleged that the agent had direct unsupervised access to the company’s systems and user data.

Hathras Case: Journalist Siddique Kappan moves SC seeking bail

Supreme Court agreed to hear the matter on August 26

Azaan on loudspeakers does not violate fundamental rights of people of other faiths: Karnataka HC

The Court's observations come at a time when there have been repeated instances of right-wing fundamentalists targeting the Muslim call to prayer

When Forest Rights meets Right to Education

With the horrors of the deadly virus still in...

MP: 16-Year-Old Dalit Girl Beaten up for Sitting in the Front Row, Teacher Booked

According to police, the incident occurred over 700 km away from the state capital on August 2 at the Government Higher Secondary Girls School, Baidhan, in the Singrauli district.

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