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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...

Police crackdown on student protesters in Delhi, Kolkata

Delhi students succeed in voicing their demands through rigorous protests, but Kolkata students face a harsher reality

K’taka HC disallows wearing of any religious dress in class; denies interim relief to petitioners

The SC denies urgent hearing in appeal against the order saying it will take up matter at “appropriate time”

Facebook’s plans to curb online hate during Indian elections: Too little too late?

Parent company Meta announces a slew of measures including activating its Election Operations Centre

Busted! Times Now anchor fails to make important distinction between ban on Islamic traditional veils

Tries to school Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai for her Tweet about the Hijab controversy in Karnataka; gets fact checked and schooled himself!

New press accreditation rules can be misused to punish journalists

Journalists raise concerns over the newly rewritten guidelines for central press accreditation 

Hijab controversy: All schools and colleges to remain be shut for the next three days in Karnataka

The Karnataka High Court will continue to hear the hijab case on Wednesday February 9; videos of right-wing groups creating unrest flood the internet

Will focus on ‘Indo-centric narratives’, implementing NEP: New JNU VC 

Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit’s ‘vision’ echoes that of the Bharatiya Janata Party, news reports reveal alleged misconduct at parent University

Badshah Khan an icon of inter-faith harmony: February 6

Complimentary to Gandhi’s Satyagraha, Badshah Khan also played a crucial role in the sub-continent’s movement for sovereignty over the British and commitment to inter-faith Harmony

Kashmir: Journalist Fahad Shah arrested for FB post on Pulwama encounter

Pulwama Police allege ‘Facebook users and portals have been uploading anti-national content’

Towards Human Fraternity

The aim of ‘International Day of Human Fraternity’ celebrated on February 4 every year is to tell the world that everyone is free to choose their religious or irreligious belief

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