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‘Wear Hijab In Madrassas And At Home, Not In Schools, Colleges’

In shocking comments, amid a row over the hijab in Karnataka, BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur on Wednesday said headscarves…

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Interview: What Next For India’s Farmers?

For more than a year, India’s farmers came together in the largest protests in world history. Demonstrations started in earnest…

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This Time, Tibet Stands Silent As The Olympics Return To China

As a speedskating team was winning China's first Olympic gold medal of the Beijing Games, all seemed quiet in the…

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Centre Did Not Fulfil Promises To Farmers: SKM

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Tuesday alleged that the Centre has not worked towards fulfilling its promises to farmers…

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Girl Boycotts Exam After Being Asked To Abide By HC Order On Hijab

The hijab row continued to simmer in Karnataka on Tuesday over alleged denial of entry for girl students into schools…

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UN To Finalise Report On How Warming Hits Home Hard

Scientists and governments have met to finalise a major UN report on how global warming disrupts people’s lives, their natural…

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Pollution Causing More Deaths Than Covid-19: UN Expert

Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than COVID-19, a U.N. environmental report published on Tuesday…

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Hijab Row Reaches India’s Most Populous State

A dispute over restrictions on the wearing of the hijab by female students in a southern Indian state has now…

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Honour Killing: Qandeel Baloch’s Brother Freed

A Pakistani man sentenced to life in 2019 for strangling Qandeel Baloch, his sister and a social media celebrity in…

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South Asia’s Toxic Battery Recycling Problem

Lakhan feels like he has won a lottery today. The 45-year-old scrap buyer has purchased a dead car battery from…

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‘Why Doesn’t Modi Speak About Black Money?’

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, on Monday, targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over unemployment, saying he does not talk about it…

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Hijab Row: Some Schools Reopen In Karnataka

Some schools reopened in the state of Karnataka on Monday after closing last week when protests erupted over students being…

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Wheelchair-Bound Woman Claims Pub Denied Her Entry

A differently-abled woman has accused a popular pub in Gurugram's Cyber Hub of denying her entry as she was wheelchair-bound,…

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Glaciers In Karakoram Region Stable, Others Melting Faster: Govt

Glaciers in the Karakoram region are in a stable condition, but those feeding the Ganga and the Brahmaputra river basins…

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Aus Lists Koalas As Endangered On East Coast

Australia on Friday listed koalas along much of its east coast as endangered after the native marsupial's habitats were hit…

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Muslim Students: Hijab Ban Forces Choice Of Religion Or Education

Ayesha Imthiaz, a devout Indian Muslim who considers wearing a hijab an expression of devotion to the Prophet Mohammad, says…

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SC Tells UP To Withdraw Recovery Notices To Anti-CAA Protestors

The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday drew flak from the Supreme Court for acting on the recovery notices issued to…

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‘Didn’t Use Public Funds For Self’: Rana Ayyub After ED Action

Journalist Rana Ayyub rejected allegations on Friday that she "misused" donor funds raised in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic,…

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‘What Is The Poor You Are Talking About?’: FM

Faced with criticism for her latest Budget not doing enough for the poor, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday mocked…

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‘Hijab’ Row: A Piece Of Cloth, A Gaping Rift

Article 25 of the Constitution Of India grants to its citizens the "Freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and…

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Tiger Deaths Rose To 127 In 2021 From 106 In 2020: Govt

Tiger deaths increased to 127 last year from 106 deaths in the previous year due to various reasons, including old…

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Plastic Pollution In Oceans On Track To Rise For Decades

Plastic pollution at sea is reaching worrying levels and will continue to grow even if significant action is taken now…

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What Is Paramount? Nation Or Religion, Asks Madras HC

Expressing deep concern over the growing tendency of certain forces to fuel religious disharmony in the country, the Madras High…

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Mt Everest’s Highest Glacier To Disappear By Middle Of This Century

Researchers in Nepal have warned that the highest glacier on top of Mount Everest could disappear by the middle of…

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UN Meet Sets Sights On Global Plastics Treaty

At a key UN summit in Nairobi this month, governments will discuss the path towards the first global treaty to…

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