Politics

Deserting Ghulam Nabi Azad, 17 leaders rejoin Congress

Deserting Ghulam Nabi Azad, 17 leaders rejoin Cong...

January 6, 2023

Over half a dozen senior leaders, including former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Tara Chand rejoined the Congress at a function on Friday morning at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters in New Delhi. Besides Chand, the other prominent leaders who retu...

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Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes after week-long break

Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes after week-long break

January 3, 2023

After a week-long break for Christmas and New Year, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was joined by thousands of supporters at the resumption of Bharat Jodo Yatra this morning in New Delhi. Gandhi prayed at a Hanuman temple at Kashmere Gate before leading the march towards the Uttar P...

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1,668 journalists killed from 2003-2022 in connection with their work, says RSF

1,668 journalists killed from 2003-2022 in connect...

December 30, 2022

Global press freedom organisation Reporters San Frontieres (RSF) says that with murders, contract killings, ambushes, war zone deaths and fatal injuries, a total of 1,668 journalists have been killed worldwide in connection with their work in the last two decades (2003-2022). RSF...

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Bharat Jodo Yatra finds enthusiastic support in Delhi

Bharat Jodo Yatra finds enthusiastic support in De...

December 25, 2022

Continuing his attacks on current dispensation led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his Bharatiya Janata Party government and its parent far-right organisation the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for spreading communal hatred in the country instead of working to resolve the pro...

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Rousing reception for Rahul Gandhi as Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Delhi

Rousing reception for Rahul Gandhi as Bharat Jodo ...

December 24, 2022

Thousands of people were already gathered at Badarpur border in south Delhi just as first rays of sun had barely begun to penetrate the dense smog of toxic fumes that have enveloped the national capital for over two weeks. Waving both the tricolors, the National Flag and the Cong...

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Kisan Garjana Rally- Bharatiya Kisan Sangh Organises Farmers’ Protest in Delhi

Kisan Garjana Rally- Bharatiya Kisan Sangh Organis...

December 20, 2022

Over 55,000 farmers from various states of India staged a protest at Ramlila Maidan of Delhi on Monday in a rally organised by Bhartiya Kisan Sangh, part of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, parent of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. The organisers say that the Kisan Garjana pro...

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European Parliament bribery scandal puts spotlight on dark underbelly of EU institutions

European Parliament bribery scandal puts spotlight...

December 17, 2022

The European Parliament is considered a cornerstone of European democracy and is meant to play the role of the sole pan-EU, democratically-elected body to represent the people of the EU and keep a check on the bureaucrats and their opaque ways of working that is often considered ...

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Maulana Azad National Fellowship cancellation riles student bodies

Maulana Azad National Fellowship cancellation rile...

December 14, 2022

On December 9, 2022, Minister of Minority Affairs, Smriti Irani announced that the government was terminating with immediate effect the Maulana Azad National Fellowship, a bursary for students from minority communities. “The MANF scheme overlaps with various other fellowship sc...

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EU’s Chips Act offers unique opportunities to enhance ties with India

EU’s Chips Act offers unique opportunities to en...

December 10, 2022

The adoption of the European Union’s Chips Act Position Paper by the Council of Europe about a week ago is a “watershed moment” in EU’s quest to become a dominant player in the global semiconductor ecosystem. The Council of the European Union consists of the Heads...

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Oxfam report says digital divide hurting women, unemployed & rural poor in India

Oxfam report says digital divide hurting women, un...

December 7, 2022

For almost a decade, there has been a lot of noise at leading global forums about the growing menace of digital divide and with leaders of not only various countries but also of civil society groups and large corporations promising to take quick remedial actions to bridge this di...

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