Politics
India’s culinary heritage under attack in UP, sa...
May 17, 2026
When Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the ‘One District, One Cuisine’ (ODOC) initiative in Lucknow recently, the state government framed it as a landmark moment for the promotion of regional food culture. However, within days, the scheme began facing flak over n...
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Paris Peace Forum expands presence in Africa
May 6, 2026
Leading many activities on sustainable development, including the coordination of the Social Innovation Pavilion and the convening of high-level roundtables, Paris Peace Forum will be attend the Africa Forward Summit being in Kenyan capital Nairobi from May 10-12. In a press stat...
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BJP’s historic West Bengal win meets a divided p...
May 5, 2026
Bagging a two-thirds majority, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has scored an outstanding win in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly Election, ending 15 years of Trinamool Congress rule in a state that political observers had long considered a fortress of Mamata Banerjee and a no-go ar...
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Press freedom declines across Asia-Pacific, India ...
April 30, 2026
In India, press freedom remains under pressure, with the country ranked 157th in the 2026 World Press Freedom Index released by a Paris-based press freedom organisation, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a marginal improvement from its 159th position in 2025 but still within the l...
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Spotlight on controversial Great Nicobar Island pr...
April 29, 2026
Attempts by Indian authorities to obstruct Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, from visiting Great Nicobar Island failed as Gandhi managed to reach the ecologically-sensitive area to highlight concerns over a major project that the government claims will make the...
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Manipur burns in silence with three more deaths in...
April 27, 2026
With three more deaths in under a week, the death toll in ethnic clashes in Manipur just in April has reached eight, with over 20 others, including two children, injured. With fresh violence, the Bishnupur-Churachandpur road, which is the key artery in the state, has remained blo...
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RSF flags India’s Data Protection law over infor...
April 21, 2026
International non-profit organisation advocating for press freedom, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), and several Indian media organisations have formally raised concerns that the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP Act) 2023 and its associated Rules notified on November 14...
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Deletion of over 9 million voters in Bengal SIR sp...
April 19, 2026
With days to go for the first phase of elections to the West Bengal Assembly, the number of eligible voters are yet to be finalised as the highly controversial Special and Intensive Revision (SIR) carried out by the Election Commission of India, has led to a massive deletion of o...
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From rise to rift: Raghav Chadha in AAP
April 9, 2026
On the morning of April 2, the Aam Aadmi Party sent a letter to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat seeking the removal of Raghav Chadha as its Deputy Leader in the House and recommending that he should not be allotted any time for speaking from the AAP’s quota. His replacement was...
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350.org slams Trump for USD 1bn payout to TotalEne...
March 25, 2026
Amid growing criticism over energy policies of the United States President Donald Trump, climate campaign group 350.org has condemned reports that the Trump administration plans to pay USD 1 billion to a French multinational integrated energy firm, TotalEnergies, to exit two offs...
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