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Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation Plans To Demolish Iconic Sardar Patel Stadium: Report

September 4, 2023 14:46

New Delhi: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is planning to demolish the city’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (SVP) Stadium, the Ahmedabad Mirror has reported, quoting an unnamed senior leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. The SVP stadium is not to be confused with Ahmedabad’s more popular Narendra Modi Stadium, which was formerly known as the Sardar Patel Stadium and colloquially as […]

‘One Nation, One Election’, Fourth Committee

September 2, 2023 14:36

New Delhi: Union minister for parliamentary affairs Pralhad Joshi on Friday, September 1, said that a committee has been formed to examine the possibility of a system of “One Nation, One Election”, under which simultaneous elections would be held for the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. The idea of simultaneous elections is not new and has […]

Modi Government Calls Five-Day Special Session Of Parliament From September 18

August 31, 2023 17:39

New Delhi: Union minister for parliamentary affairs Pralhad Joshi has announced on Thursday (August 31) that a special session of parliament will be held next month from September 18 to 22. In a statement on X (formerly Twitter), Joshi said that the special session will include five days. “Special Session of Parliament (13th Session of 17th […]

Gujarat Increases OBC Quota In Local Body Elections To 27%

August 30, 2023 12:38

The Gujarat government has increased the reservations for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the state’s panchayats and urban local bodies from 10% to 27%. This decision was made based on recommendations of the K.S. Jhaveri Commission, which was formed based on a 2022 Supreme Court order on deciding the level of OBC quotas in Gujarat. […]

Article 370 Hearings: Article 35A Comes Under Critical Scrutiny Before Supreme Court

August 29, 2023 15:15

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud, heading the five-Judge Constitution Bench hearing the slew of petitions challenging the reading down of Article 370, on Monday (August 28) observed that Article 35A while giving special rights to permanent residents of J&K denied fundamental rights to others. “Article 35A gave special rights and privileges to […]

How The Enforcement Directorate Has Become An Excessive Directorate

August 24, 2023 17:06

New Delhi: In June 2018, the chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) at the time made an unusual representation to his boss, the cabinet secretary. The RAW chief’s office had just received a show cause notice from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for alleged money laundering using a Kolkata based television channel involved in the […]

RPF Constable Who Killed People On Moving Train Has A History Of Assaulting Muslims: Report

August 20, 2023 12:53

New Delhi: Former Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable Chetan Singh Chaudhary, who killed his senior and three Muslims on a moving train on July 31, had abused, assaulted, and threatened a 45-year-old Muslim auto driver in Ujjain in 2016, Hindustan Times reported. Singh threatened one Wajid Khan over a span of several months in 2016-17. Khan filed a […]

Uzbekistan Alleges Indian Company Paid $33,000 Bribe to Put Cough Syrup in Market

August 18, 2023 10:30

State prosecutors in Uzbekistan have alleged that distributors of an Indian-manufactured cough syrup that killed 65 children in the country bribed local officials with $33,000 to skip mandatory testing. According to a report in Reuters, this was revealed in court on Wednesday (August 16). The number of deaths linked to the cough syrup cited by the […]

Under The PLI Scheme, India Is Paying Manufacturers To Bring Work: Raghuram Rajan

August 16, 2023 10:26

In an interview with Karan Thapar, former RBI governor general Raghuram Rajan points out flaws in the Union government’s claim that India has become a mobile phone exporter after the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme was introduced. Apart from questioning the numbers about net exports, Rajan also asks if the government’s assumption that low-skill manufacturing […]

WHO Report Shows No Other Country Has Undercounted COVID Deaths as Much as India

August 14, 2023 12:46

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 death toll is almost 10 times its official tally, and the country is estimated to have had the highest number of COVID-19 deaths until December 2021 – 4.7 million. This is one of the conclusions of the much-anticipated WHO report on the world’s COVID-19 excess death estimates. Of its 4.7 million deaths, 0.83 million […]

Social Media – And Its Cesspool Of Toxicity – Now Occupies A Central Place In Our Democracy

August 13, 2023 14:29

Once captured by the ubiquitous social media lens and flashed everywhere, the evil that men do lives after them. In 2017, Shambhulal Regar etched his name into social media’s “most watched” list by hacking to death and then setting on fire Afrazul Khan, a migrant labourer, for the unpardonable crime of being Muslim, even as […]

Manipur Has Been Without Internet Services For 100 Days Now

August 12, 2023 12:53

New Delhi: August 11 marks 100 days since ethnic violence broke out in Manipur – and 100 days since the state government first shut down the internet. The high court has ordered a “partial restoration” of internet services – but, as experts have pointed out, that partial restoration meets the needs only of a very small […]

As The 2024 Elections Approach, India Is Entering The Most Dangerous Phase Of Its Existence

August 12, 2023 12:27

– Prem Shankar Jha Nine years into Narendra Modi’s reign as prime minister, one cannot but admire the consummate skill with which he has turned silence and enigma into his most effective political weapon. INDIA, the newly formed opposition coalition, has roundly condemned the BJP’s failure to prevent the civil war that is now raging […]

Nirva, The Last African Cheetah In The Wild, Still Missing, Search On

August 11, 2023 11:01

New Delhi/ Kochi: Nirva, the last African cheetah in the wild in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park, is still at large. Authorities have not been able to locate and dart her despite searching for more than a week now. Some cheetahs in Kuno died due to maggot infections and authorities have been subjecting all the remaining […]

The Strange History Of Ice Cream Flavours – From Brown Bread To Parmesan And Paté

August 11, 2023 16:47

English Heritage is now selling what it calls “the best thing since sliced bread” at 13 of its sites – brown bread ice cream, inspired by a Georgian recipe. The announcement of the flavour mentions several more outlandish Georgian flavours trialled by English Heritage before it landed on brown bread, such as Parmesan and cucumber. English Heritage is […]

Pakistan Election Commission Disqualifies Imran Khan For 5 Years After Conviction

August 9, 2023 10:49

New Delhi: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday (August 8) disqualified former prime minister Imran Khan from holding public office for five years after his conviction in a corruption case last week. A trial court in Islamabad had on Saturday sentenced Khan to three years’ imprisonment and a fine of Pakistani Rs 100,000 for […]

‘Elephant Whisperers’ Bomman And Bellie Allege Exploitation By Filmmakers

August 7, 2023 16:17

New Delhi: Oscar winning documentary The Elephant Whisperers has made headlines once again, not for its win, but because of accusations of maltreatment against the makers of the film, the Hindu reported. Bomman and Bellie, the two mahouts who star in the film, have said that they were subjected to difficult situations during the making of the documentary, and had […]

Ninth Cheetah Dies In Kuno National Park

August 3, 2023 10:55

New Delhi: Another cheetah has died in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park. So far, six adult cheetahs and three cubs have died, taking the number of deaths to nine. A monitoring team found Tiblisi – aka Dhatri, a female brought to Kuno from Namibia – dead on the morning of August 2, according to a press […]

Police Focuses on RPF Constable’s ‘Mental Illness’, Erases Mention of Possible Hate Crime from FIR

August 2, 2023 11:37

Mumbai: On July 31, as most passengers were still asleep on the Jaipur-Mumbai Superfast Express, constable Chetan Bachu Singh allegedly strangulated his colleague Aman Ghanshyam Acharya, snatched his service rifle and shot his senior Tikaram Meena from a point-blank range. Singh then ran amok between the three-tier AC coaches, pantry car, and sleeper coaches of the […]

In ‘While We Watched’, Ravish Kumar Is a Picture of Courage in Perilous Times

July 30, 2023 18:12

On July 20, 2023, the film directed by Vinay Shukla, While We Watched was previewed at the IFC Center in New York City. There was a long queue outside the theatre and the subject of the film, Magsaysay award winning journalist Ravish Kumar stood there surrounded by fans who were chatting with him and taking selfies. He […]

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Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation Plans To Demolish Iconic Sardar Patel Stadium: Report

‘One Nation, One Election’, Fourth Committee

Modi Government Calls Five-Day Special Session Of Parliament From September 18

Gujarat Increases OBC Quota In Local Body Elections To 27%

Article 370 Hearings: Article 35A Comes Under Critical Scrutiny Before Supreme Court

How The Enforcement Directorate Has Become An Excessive Directorate

RPF Constable Who Killed People On Moving Train Has A History Of Assaulting Muslims: Report

Uzbekistan Alleges Indian Company Paid $33,000 Bribe to Put Cough Syrup in Market

Under The PLI Scheme, India Is Paying Manufacturers To Bring Work: Raghuram Rajan

WHO Report Shows No Other Country Has Undercounted COVID Deaths as Much as India

Social Media – And Its Cesspool Of Toxicity – Now Occupies A Central Place In Our Democracy

Manipur Has Been Without Internet Services For 100 Days Now

As The 2024 Elections Approach, India Is Entering The Most Dangerous Phase Of Its Existence

Nirva, The Last African Cheetah In The Wild, Still Missing, Search On

The Strange History Of Ice Cream Flavours – From Brown Bread To Parmesan And Paté

Pakistan Election Commission Disqualifies Imran Khan For 5 Years After Conviction

‘Elephant Whisperers’ Bomman And Bellie Allege Exploitation By Filmmakers

Ninth Cheetah Dies In Kuno National Park

Police Focuses on RPF Constable’s ‘Mental Illness’, Erases Mention of Possible Hate Crime from FIR

In ‘While We Watched’, Ravish Kumar Is a Picture of Courage in Perilous Times

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