Bangkok: The official global death toll from Covid-19 is on the verge of eclipsing six million, underscoring that the pandemic, now in its third year, is far from over. The milestone is the latest tragic reminder of the unrelenting nature of the pandemic even as people
New Delhi: For over two months, tension has gripped India's southern state of Karnataka, after schools and colleges barred entry for Muslim girls and women who wear the hijab, or Islamic headscarf, a move that has created ripples across the country and comes as regional
Suhrith Parthasarathy The Karnataka bill on conversions goes much further than the laws enacted in other states in its infraction of liberty and it contains a raft of illegitimate provisions. Its intentions have been laid bare by the belligerence that has accompanied its advocacy. In his magisterial
New Delhi: Calls across India for anti-Muslim violence – even genocide – are moving from the fringes to the mainstream, while Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his top leaders keep silent, warned a recent report published in The New York Times. "The hate speech
By Amom Malemnganba Singh The electoral success of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2014 parliamentary elections marked a turning point in India’s electoral history. Under the slogan “Achhe din aane waale hain” (“good days are coming”), Narendra Modi led the party to its biggest
Bengaluru: Several prominent citizens and intellectuals have, through a petition, demanded the repeal of all anti-conversion laws in India. The petition initiated by the National Solidarity Forum (NSF), a network of civil rights groups and individuals, has called for joining hands to defend the values enshrined
Islamabad: Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar said that India is attempting to portray a false sense of normalcy in Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir to mislead the international community. Addressing a weekly briefing, the spokesperson highlighted the occupied territory has been turned into one of the
Peshawar: Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby participated mass at All Saints Church here and gave a message of peace and religious harmony to people, especially in the context of war between Russia and Ukraine. During his brief visit to Peshawar, he met with the relatives of
Haryana: The northern state of Haryana became the 11th Indian state to consider enacting a law against religious conversions amid protests by opposition members who called it “divisive politics.” The pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government introduced the Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religious Bill,
Kolkata: An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier shot dead his colleague and later killed himself in West Bengal Indian state. The BSF soldier shot himself dead after killing his colleague at a camp in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Monday, officials said. The incident took place