Masrat Nabi, Author at Media India Group

Stalemate continues as student protest in Jharkhand enters fourth week

August 16, 2026

The Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium in Ranchi, capital of Jharkhand, has turned into a semi-permanent camp of tents, hunger-strike beds and hand-painted placards. On Sunday, the sit-in by thousands of job aspirants against alleged irregularities in the state’s recruitment examin...

46 million children out of school as India’s education spending stays below 6 pc target: UNESCO

August 11, 2026

Carrying the fate of nearly 250 million children, the most in the world, India’s education system continues to struggle with persistent gaps in access, retention and learning despite its vast scale. Around 46 million children aged 6 to 17 remain out of school, while public spen...

Truck drivers from Punjab, Haryana hit as US cancels over 28,000 licences

August 10, 2026

A United States crackdown on commercial driving licences is putting thousands of foreign truckers at risk, with Indian drivers from Punjab and Haryana among those most affected. More than 28,000 non-citizen commercial driving licences (CDLs) have already been cancelled, largely o...

Mahishbathan: Faces behind the masks

August 8, 2026

Nestled in the remote stretches of Kushmandi, in Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal, lies a village that seems to exist entirely in the shadow of its own faces. Here in Mahishbathan and in several surrounding hamlets nearly every household makes Gomira masks, wooden ‘mukha�...

Sawan Shivratri: Celebrating Shiva beyond Kashi and Kedarnath

August 8, 2026

As Hindus, notably devotees of Lord Shiva across India, begin celebrations of Sawan Shivratri, one can immediately relate the festivities to the most famous Shiva shrines, at Kashi in Uttar Pradesh, and at Kedarnath in Uttarakhand. But there are many other equally ancient shrines...

Ajay Devgn’s ‘Chauhaan’ sparks row in Kashmir over pellet guns

August 7, 2026

A teaser lasting just over a minute has become the subject of a national debate. More than a year before its release, Ajay Devgn’s Chauhaan is under fire for portraying that pellet guns caused ‘limited damage’ in scenes depicting protests in Pulwama. The dialogue ha...

Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Unbeaten After 40 years.

August 2, 2026

#OnThisDay: On August 2, 1992, American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee won heptathlon gold medal at the Barcelona Summer Olympics in Spain. #MIG

National Book Trust: Promoting reading across India

August 1, 2026

#OnThisDay: On August 1, 1957, National Book Trust (NBT), India was established by Government of India, under Ministry of Education. #MIG

Shaheed Udham Singh Martyrdom Day.

July 31, 2026

#OnThisDay: On July 31, Shaheed Udham Singh Martyrdom Day is observed to honour the revolutionary freedom fighter Udham Singh who was hanged by the British in 1940 for assassinating British Governor Michael O’Dwyer to avenge the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre. #MIG

We want to make Ladakh a year-round destination

July 30, 2026

How has 2025 been for Ladakh? Ladakh had faced certain challenges earlier, including a few incidents that had an impact on tourism. As a sector, tourism is highly sensitive, and such developments can affect travel sentiment and visitor numbers. However, the situation has improved...

Rising spousicides raise questions over marriage and consent

July 27, 2026

The last few months have seen emergence of a number of cases where spouses or spouses-to-be have turned to killing their partners. Almost all of these cases follow a similar pattern, where a marriage arranged without the consent of at least one partner and a relationship with som...

Maldives: A Troubled Paradise

July 26, 2026

#OnThisDay: On July 26, 1965, Maldives gained full political independence after being a British protectorate since 1887, ending decades of colonial oversight while the sultanate initially remained in place. #MIG