राजनीती
October 21, 2016
The recommendations made by an RSS affiliate for gradual removal of English as a medium of instruction has elicited a strong response from Dalit scholars and activists across the country. Dubbing the move as ‘anti-development’, it is alleged that the recommendation has been made with an intention to hamper the progress of the Dalits.
An Indian Express report today revealed a...
October 21, 2016
The JNU student Najeeb Ahmed continues to be untraceable days after he went missing under mysterious circumstances. Najeeb’s friends alleged that he had disappeared soon after his altercation with some ABVP students.
Najeeb’s mother on Friday made a desperate plea saying that she wanted her son back as she alleged that the administration had been “insensitive”...
October 21, 2016
The Self reliance of Made in India VS the neoliberal sweatshops of Make in India
Fake nationalism of the Hindutva variety is not limited to only the national movement, where the RSS was conspicuous by its absence. It is also manifested in Modi's Make in India, which is an offer to global capital to exploit India's cheap labour, along with various tax breaks and subsidised...
October 20, 2016
When the US pulled out of Vietnam it was at least clear who would take over. The same can't be said of Yemen which, for most purposes, is now a failed state and likely to remain so for a long time.
Photocredit: Common Dreams
On October 16, the United States, Britain and the UN's special envoy issued a joint call for a rapid and unconditional ceasefire in Yemen.
"We are...
October 20, 2016
A group of experts from United Nations (UN) has asked the central government to release the Kashmir-based human rights activist Khurram Parvez immediately, who has been booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) by the government of Jammu and Kashmir.
Image: The Indian Express
According to an Indian Express report, the UN group has conveyed its concerns about Parvez, who was stopped from going...
October 20, 2016
सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने 18 अक्टूबर से कुछ ऐसी याचिकाओं पर सुनवाई शुरू कर दी है, जिसका भारतीय चुनावी प्रक्रिया और भारतीय संविधान पर दूरगामी असर पड़ सकता है।
पिछले कई दशकों से खास कर कर इधर, धार्मिक भावनाओं को उभारने ( भड़काने और अन्य कार्रवाई के जरिये ) वाली राजनीतिक पार्टियों के सामने आने के बाद चुनावी प्रक्रिया सांप्रदायिक रंग में रंग दी गई है।(1)
आजकल सुप्रीम कोर्ट उन याचिकाओं पर फिर विचार कर...
October 20, 2016
नई दिल्ली। वीआईपी कल्चर पर सवाल उठाने वाले टाइम्स नाऊ के अर्नव गोस्वामी को सरकार ने वाई श्रेणी की सुरक्षा मुहैया कराई है। अब उन्हें 24 घंटे 20 जवान कवर करेंगे। इन जवानों का खर्चा मुंबई सरकार उठाएगी। बताया जा रहा है कि अर्नव गोस्वामी को धमकियां मिलने के बाद सुरक्षा दी गई है। लेकिन लोग हैं कि मानते नहीं उन्होंने इस पर भी सवाल उठाने शुरू कर दिए हैं। वे अन्य पत्रकारों को भी सुरक्षा को लेकर सवाल उठाने...
October 20, 2016
Growing confidence among resurgent Sikh fundamentalist networks in the UK was evident in recent protests against inter-faith marriage. A desire to control Sikh women’s relationship choices is a key focal point for their mobilisation.
Masked men disrupt an inter-faith marriage at Leamington and Warwick gurdwara, UK. Image: Independent.
On Sunday 11th September 2016, as world...
October 20, 2016
Bhupendra Vira, who battled illegal constructions, was shot dead in his home last week.
Imaget: D Stalin/Facebook
In the past six years, Bhupendra Vira filed more than 3,000 applications under the Right to Information Act regarding encroachments and illegal construction in his neighbourhood in Kalina, Mumbai. On the night of October 15, the 61-year-old’s activism was brought to an...
October 20, 2016
लखनऊ। मेडल क्वीन व आयरन गर्ल के नाम से सुविख्यात अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय खिलाड़ी निधि सिंह पटेल ने एक बार फिर से विदेश की धरती पर अपने देश की प्रतिनिधित्व करते हुए भारतीय तिरंगा लहराया। निधि ने उजबेकिस्तान में आयोजित अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय एशिया बेन्च प्रेस पावरलिफ्टिगं चैम्पियनशिप में 57 किलोग्राम भार वर्ग में अपने प्रतिद्वंद्वियों से कड़ा मुकाबला करते हुए 87.5 किलो भार उठा कर रजत पदक पर कब्जा जमाते हुए एक बार...