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The on-going protests against the CAA-NRC-NPR trio have entered 36th day now The only face off seems to change the retrospective date for the NRC and instead set a current date for new citizens being born in India e.g…
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At present we are standing at a crossroad, where a vast multitude of Indian citizens are wondering about their legal standing and the future 72 years after independence and 70 years after India became a republic…
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Five of 70 assembly segments in Delhi have a Muslim population of 40% or more The lead-up to the Delhi assembly elections is slowly building up. The manner, in which the ruling BJP has made it a prestige issue to win…
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The SJM, a frequent critic of the Modi government, has been pushing back against foreign-owned companies Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presenting the Union Budget 2020 has suggested a new education policy, besides…
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The exit of Britain from the EU on India will have a significant effect, as it is the largest export market for India The UK officially became a non-member of the European Union (EU) from Friday January 31st night, a…
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It is this idea of the Indian Constitution that has come to the vanguard during the recent protests against the CAA+NRC+NPR trio Three events of the last week, related to jurists and the courts have restored one’s…
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Trump's visit right from the time of its announcement was not supposed to be a net gainer for either the US or India US President Donald Trump became the seventh American president to visit India, with his maiden…
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The deal on the table in Afghanistan is the culmination of peace talks that began in September 2018 The United States signed a peace deal with the Taliban, of Afghanistan on 29 February at Doha, Qatar. The accord…
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Protests against the violence have also been reported from Afghanistan, a country traditionally billed as India’s friend The condemnation by the international community of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act…
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Usually a normal human being will find an escape route only in some sort of spiritual or religious connect Among various diseases, cancer has become a big threat to human beings globally. India’s cancer incidence is…
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Jaffrelot opines that the Delhi riots though copied the earlier pattern yet deviated somewhat One wonders how a riot starts. A city or a locality which is apparently calm, with people going about their day to day lives…
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The Indian central government and various state governments have handled the endemic in a very mature and efficient manner The Coronavirus endemic and its deadly effects have brought new words like quarantine, lockdown…
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When even the allies of the BJP do not trust the central government, there could be no reason for others to believe The NPR and Census 2021 exercise, which was due to be started in the country on April 1, has been…
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A large number of ordinary citizens have completely given up the choice of being a rational and questioning individual The events, which unfolded over the last few days and virtually left the whole nation aghast - the…
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Perhaps this biggest global crisis in recent history has also become the biggest opportunity for humankind in quite a while The Corona virus pandemic, which has tormented the world for the last 6 months and is now in…
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Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of State, says rulers must prepare now to transition to a post-coronavirus world order While the world still battles the Covid-19, Corona virus, a debate has already started about…
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This disbelief and lack of trust in the media, has led to calls and proposals to establish a Muslim media house In the recent days, post Delhi riots and Tableeghi Jamaat’s alleged actions violating the Corona pandemic…
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No Arab organisation like the Arab League or the OIC has announced any humanitarian or economic package On April 17, Palestinians marked Prisoners’ Day to remind the world of the plight of thousands of Palestinians…
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