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New Delhi: As the World Day of Social Justice is being celebrated across the globe, minorities are being persistently hounded under Narendra Modi government in India where, only this week, two Muslims were burnt alive by a Hindutva gang in Haryana state. The day is marked
New Delhi: A new report by Oxfam India has again highlighted the sharp rich-poor divide in the country. It has stated that the richest 21 Indian billionaires have more wealth than 700 million Indians. From the time the pandemic began till November last year, billionaires in
New Delhi: Amnesty International India has responded to the ongoing demolition of homes and businesses in parts of Kashmir that started on February 5 demanding it is stopped immediately. Amnesty International has pointed out numerous demolitions only taking place in Jammu and Kashmir, India’s only Muslims-majority
Altaf Hussain Wani Kashmiris have been heavily bearing the brunt of Modi regime’s onslaught since the day it revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir guaranteed to it under article 370 of the Indian constitution. It is utterly shocking that this sickening double-edged onslaught with
Washington: A gunman killed six people in the southern US state of Mississippi, prompting President Joe Biden to call again for tightened gun restrictions only days after he pleaded for action following a deadly university shooting. Police in Mississippi said a man shot and killed a
New Delhi: As the 16th anniversary of 2007 Samjhauta Express bombing arrives, netizens are speaking up against Hindu nationalists for perpetrating the terrorist act condemning Indian government for sitting over multiple pieces of evidence, denying justice to victim families. On 18 Feb 2007, an IED blast
Washington: Global warming melts sea ice, which leads to further warming because water absorbs more heat than ice, creating what scientists call a "climate feedback loop." A report released Saturday contains what researchers believe is the most comprehensive list of feedback loops ever compiled and a
18th February marks the 40th anniversary of the Nellie massacre in Central Assam. According to official reports, around 2000 Muslims of East Bengal origin from various villages under the Nellie Police Station in Assam's Nagaon district (now Morigaon) were killed by their tribal and low-caste Hindu
Dhaka: The UN’s decision to slash food aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh would have catastrophic consequences, experts warned, as the World Food Program plans to reduce rations from next month. Bangladesh hosts more than 1.2 million Rohingya Muslims, most of whom escaped deadly violence and
Warsaw: Months after Russian forces occupied southern Ukraine’s Kherson province last year, they started paying visits to the home of a Ukrainian woman and her Russian husband. They smashed their refrigerator and demanded possession of their car. One day, they seized the wife and her teenage
New Delhi: India’s Finance Ministry accused the BBC of tax evasion, saying that it had not fully declared its income and profits from its operations in the country. Indian tax authorities ended three days of searches of the British broadcaster’s New Delhi and Mumbai offices on
New Delhi: Amid layoffs and a severe cost-cutting, Twitter has closed offices in Delhi and Mumbai and asked staff to work from home, according to sources. The micro-blogging platform’s Bangalore office, which largely has engineering staff, remains operational, the sources said. The Delhi and Mumbai offices