Politics
Paris Peace Forum to host conference on two-state ...
May 31, 2025
Aiming to promote peace and security in the Middle East, Paris Peace Forum, a French non-profit organisation, will organise a civil society conference on the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine on June 13 at the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) in Paris. ...
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Jyoti Malhotra’s detention tests India’s human...
May 26, 2025
The arrest of Jyoti Malhotra, a 33-year-old YouTuber from Haryana in India, has ignited a national debate on the limits of state power, the boundaries of free expression, and the state of human rights in India. Despite police officials confirming there is no evidence linking Malh...
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Bihar polls: Opposition accuses BJP of politicisin...
May 25, 2025
That the terror attack in Pahalgam, which claimed 26 lives, would dominate India’s political ecosystem became clear when Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to head to Bihar, instead of Jammu & Kashmir, upon his hastened return from Saudi Arabia on the following day. It wa...
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India faces UN scrutiny for forced repatriation of...
May 17, 2025
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has initiated an inquiry following reports that 40 Rohingya refugees were forced off Indian Navy ships in the Andaman Sea last week. Calling it an “unconscionable, unacceptable act,” the United Nations has st...
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BJP’s u-turn on caste census has Bihar polls in ...
May 14, 2025
In 2024, when general elections were around the corner, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an interview with News18, a television channel, sharply criticised the electoral manifesto of the principal opposition party, the Congress. Taking direct aim at the party’s pitch for conduc...
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India’s ranking in 2025 RSF World Press Freedom ...
May 2, 2025
The 2025 World Press Freedom Index, released on Friday, ranks India at 151, an improvement from 159th in 2024. Despite this shift, the country continues to grapple with substantial challenges to press freedom and media independence. In a press statement, global press freedom acti...
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In rare display of unity, Kashmir shuts down in pr...
April 23, 2025
Less than 24-hours after the worst terror attack in Kashmir in over six years, Pahalgam, that was echoing with laughter and the chatter of tourists, is now eerily silent. The terror attack that claimed 28 lives has transformed not just Pahalgam, but the entire Kashmir valley into...
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Supreme Court ruling on Governors’ role restores...
April 21, 2025
In a clear and resounding verdict, the Supreme Court of India deemed Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi’s refusal to grant assent to the state’s 10 bills as illegal and unconstitutional. Acting on the writ petition filed by the State of Tamil Nadu regarding the Governor’s delay in...
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India’s Immigration Act sparks controversy o...
April 15, 2025
The Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025, which was passed by the Parliament in the recently-concluded Budget Session, has sparked a controversy over whether it curtails the basic right of freedom of expression. During a discussion on the bill in the Parliament on March 11, speak...
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MPs call for swift justice in acid attack cases
April 7, 2025
With repeated incidents of acid attacks being reported from across India, experts including parliamentarians, lawyers, human right activists and social workers urged for stricter implementation of laws and swifter justice in acid attack cases. This call was made at a round table ...
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