India
Editors Guild expresses concern at amendment to IT rules, says Union alone cannot determine fake news
The Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Wednesday expressed concern over a draft amendment made to the Information Technology Rules-2021 by the Ministry of Electronics and IT, which empowers the Press Information Bureau to “fact-check” contents and direct social media platforms to take down anything deemed “fake."
India
Women wrestlers molested by national coaches, allege India’s world wrestling champions
Vinesh Phogat, the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold in both Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games, and other top Indian women wrestlers on Wednesday raised sexual abuse allegations against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and its president Brijbhushan Sharan Singh.
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Central India
MP: Muslim Student assaulted by Hindutva men for speaking to Hindu friend
A Muslim student was beaten up by a Hindutva group for speaking to a Hindu girl, who is his friend from the same college, in Madhya Pradesh‘s Khandwa.
India
Hyderabd University students mark Rohith Vemula’s institutional murder 7th anniversary
Radhika Vemula, Dalit woman activist and mother of Rohith Vemula Wednesday urged the Bahujans across India to engage in active political life and also rule the country.
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India
Yogi Adityanath faces Criminal complaint in Switzerland ahead of WEF visit
Guernica 37 Chambers on 17 January filed a criminal report with the Office of the Swiss Federal Prosecutor against the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath who is...
Kashmir
Remembering Rehman Rahi, Kashmir’s literary genius
He was 98 years old and had been working since 14, when his father, a labourer, passed away. He first worked as a clerk in the PWD and then...
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India
I have to be beheaded before entering RSS office: Rahul Gandhi
Congress former chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that he will never go to the office of Hindutva militant outfit Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), citing ideological differences. "You will have to behead me before that," he added.
India
BJP govt widening economic inequality in India: Mallikarjun Kharge after Oxfam report
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday accused the Union government of widening economic inequality in India.
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India
Assam Muslim declared ‘foreigner’ by tribunal: Gauhati High Court quashes 2018 decision
The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday set aside an order declaring a Muslim man, Assam resident, as a foreigner, observing that the Foreigners Tribunal did not take note of the material on record while passing the decision.
India
India records lowest COVID-19 cases since 2020
India, on Monday recorded 89 new COVID-19 infections, the lowest number of cases since March 27, 2020, according to data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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India
He is in jail not for himself but for the nation: Umar Khalid’s mother
Jailed human rights activist Umar Khalid's mother, Dr Sabiha Khanum, recalls the anxious week she spend with her son who was home after getting an interim bail to attend his sister's marriage.
India
Muslim women from pogrom hit northeast Delhi allege wrongful termination from NGO
Muslim workers from a non governmental organisation (NGO) SEWA Bharat have alleged discrimination against the organisation. The women who were terminated from the organisation are mainly from anti-Muslim pogrom hit northeast Delhi.
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