Sarah Hegazi’s Life and Death Reflect the Twin Horrors Faced by LGBTQ Muslims in Exile
Reading Time: 6 minutes LGBTQ communities worldwide are mourning the death of 30-year-old Sarah Hegazi, a queer Egyptian activist who ended her life on June...
Category : Society
Nepal PM Oli Says ‘Ayodhya’ Was in Nepal; Kathmandu Issues Clarification
Reading Time: 6 minutes New Delhi: A day after Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli ruffled Indian feathers with a statement alleging that India has...
Out of Work, Weavers of Famed Banarasi Silk Sarees Forced to Push Kids into Child Labour
Reading Time: 14 minutes Varanasi: A boy, about eight years old, sitting on a raised threshold in Varanasi’s Bajardiha, hands out tea to an old...
New DG of IIMC Lacks Experience, Educational Qualifications, Reads Letter to PM
Reading Time: 7 minutes New Delhi: The appointment of known Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh sympathiser Sanjay Dwivedi as the Director General of Indian Institute of Mass...
Indian Science Must Heed the Message of the Black Lives Matter Movement
Reading Time: 7 minutes As the Black Lives Matter protests against racial injustice and racially-targeted police brutality sweep across the US, a country which claims...
Vadodara Police Book Man Who Made Threats Against Comedian Agrima Joshua
Reading Time: 4 minutes New Delhi: The Vadodara police have booked a man for issuing rape threats to comedian Agrima Joshua, who has been targeted...
Should an Islamic State Fund a Mandir? As Pak Debates, Hindus Pray for Temple in Islamabad
Reading Time: 6 minutes Karachi: Just about a week after Hindus conducted the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of a temple in Islamabad on June...
Watch | Arrest of AMU Student Turns Spotlight Back on Police Violence in Campus
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sharjeel Usmani, a student activist from Aligarh Muslim University, was arrested from his house at Azamgarh on Wednesday evening as...
For Street Hawkers Stripped of Their Livelihood, Direct Income Transfers Can Ease Distress
Reading Time: 7 minutes PM SVANidhi – PM Street Vendor’s Atma Nirbhar Nidhi – a special microcredit program for street vendors started this week on...
Turkish Court Overturns 1934 Decree, Paves Way to Turn Hagia Sophia Into a Mosque
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ankara: A Turkish court annulled on Friday a 1934 government decree turning Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia into a museum, paving the way...