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A special court in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada acquitted prominent Adivasi activist Soni Sori in a sedition case filed against her in 2011. On Tuesday, Special judge Vinod Kumar Dewangan found Sori, her aide Lingaram Kodopi, a contractor BK Lala and Essar… Continue Reading →
15th March 2022 The Karnataka High Court in its order today has held that wearing of hijab is not essential to the practice of Islam; that College Development Committees (CDCs) have a right to prescribe a uniform; and that Muslim… Continue Reading →
Facebook allowed a company owned by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio Group to promote BJP in several election campaigns through surrogate advertisements, found The Reporters’ Collective in its investigation. These advertisements lit the fuse of anti-Muslim sentiments, tommy-gunned BJP’s opponents and critics through… Continue Reading →
The BJP may enjoy ideological dominance today, but counter-hegemonic politics has deeper cultural resources. If we are determined and intelligent, we shall win. YOGENDRA YADAV It feels like a powerful gut punch,” read one of the many messages I received… Continue Reading →
Most of the AAP women candidates who won are greenhorns TNN / Updated: Mar 12, 2022, AAP’s Santosh Kataria, Jeevan Jyot Kaur, Anmol Gagan MaanBATHINDA/LUDHIANA/PATIALA: Of the 13 newly-elected women MLAs in Punjab, 11 belong to AAP, while Congress and SAD… Continue Reading →
Access to safe abortion critical for health of women and girls: WHO 9 March 2022 The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing new guidelines on abortion care today, in a bid to protect the health of women and girls and… Continue Reading →
Dear all, We invite you to this urgent and important conversation on the viability of nuclear power and the affordability of nuclear risks in a world where nuclear facilities seem to be increasingly becoming sites of armed conflict and violence… Continue Reading →
March 8, 2022 KAMALA THIAGARAJAN A teen girl with a smart phone in Kolkata, India, photographed in April 2020 during the government-imposed lockdown. Schools pivoted to virtual learning, which shut out many students — especially girls in low-income communities —… Continue Reading →
On this International Women’s Day, we salute the courage of all people living in conflicts and war zones which, in so many parts of the world, are destroying lives. The brutality and devastation they bring about have profound and… Continue Reading →
Swearing can be cathartic and an easy way to articulate frustrations, but it also holds a mirror to a society. Analysis of Cuss words across languages and classes in a patriarchal India and the ever-present subtext of misogyny By –… Continue Reading →