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Writing on the one of the world’s topmost novelists, Albert Camus, author of “’The Plague’”, Mugambi Jouet calls him “a thinker for our age of pandemic and polarization.” Titled “Reading Camus in Time of Plague and Polarization”, published in the Boston Review, a political… Continue Reading →
NEW DELHI: Ever since Dr Kafeel Khan went out of his way to take charge and stem the calamity unfolding at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College at Gorakhpur his life has taken a turbulent turn. Hailed as a hero by… Continue Reading →
Hathras Gang-Rape and Murder Case:: The CBI has also invoked charges against the accused under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Hathras case: The 20-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped and tortured in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras.18Hathras: The four accused in… Continue Reading →
By: Heather Barr Strange men came to the place where Kang Yu-jin (names are pseudonyms) worked, looking for her after her ex-boyfriend impersonated her on social media, posting sexual images and saying she wanted to find men to have sex with…. Continue Reading →
International organisations and individuals from more than 25 countries, extending their solidarity to the ongoing farmers’ agitation, have called it “a beacon of hope to the millions of Indians who have been ridden over roughshod by the current government”, said… Continue Reading →
——–Date: December 17, 2020 ToShri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare ,Government of India.Dear Sir, Sub: Serious concerns from economists regarding the recent Farm Acts, which merit their repeal At a time of an unprecedented agitation… Continue Reading →
The Caravan Since late November, lakhs of farmers have been protesting at Delhi’s borders against the government’s recently enacted controversial farm laws. On 11 December, the joint platform of Central Trade Unions reiterated its solidarity to the farmers’ struggle in… Continue Reading →
By Fr Cedric Prakash SJ* December 10 was the Human Rights Day, once again! Another anniversary, when post World War- II the world gave itself the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — a pathbreaking and much needed Magna Carta. Sadly,… Continue Reading →
The Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG) – a group of former civil servants belonging to the all India and Central services who have worked with the Central government as well as different State governments, claiming to have “no affiliation with any… Continue Reading →
The three farm acts, against which farmers have been protesting for the past fortnight, could make the situation worse as it endangers the entire procurement mechanism, and hence, the PDS itself. First-of-its-kind survey on hunger has found that the period… Continue Reading →