By Sarah Khan An international religious freedom report has been released by the US State Department on 26th June, 2024. The report has raised several concerns and problematic findings. It expresses concerns over the rights of minorities in India with arbitrary detention, internet shutdowns, surveillance of journalists, internet trolls, and extrajudicial killings. The report throws...
In the domain of journalism, where truth and integrity are the most important factors, clashes often arise when allegations of misinformation and defamation surface. Meer Faisal, an independent journalist known for his coverage of hate crimes and mob violence in India, finds himself in such a battle with the Hindutva-leaning news platform OpIndia. Recently, Meer...
In a strong condemnation, the Community Network Against Protected Areas (CNAPA), representing indigenous peoples and forest-dwelling communities, has criticized the alleged “fake encounter” of two Muslim youths reportedly carried out by armed forest guards at Assam’s Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary. Jaliluddin and Sameeruddin, residents of Dhingbari Chapari village in Nagaon District, tragically lost their lives on...
The National Testing Agency released the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET 2024) on June 4 for admission to the undergraduate medical education and this year’s All India rank 1 is bagged by 67 students who scored a perfect 720 out of 720. Among the 67 students who scored 720/720 is Amina Arif. Bakery Worker’s...
BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri’s anti-muslim slurs against Muslim MP Danish Ali in Parliament during a debate in parliament about India’s moon mission is disgusting and reprehensible but not shocking. It is not uncommon in today’s India and Bidhuri’s comments reflect the image of majoritarian democracy. Ramesh Bidhuri’s threatening and islamophobic remarks can be heard calling Muslim...
In its first coordination committee meeting, the opposition bloc INDIA alliance has released a list of fourteen news anchors of nine leading TV news channels whom the alliance will boycott and the leaders across alliance parties will not take part in debates and shows hosted by those anchors because of their “communal coverage” and deflection...
In a Press statement the Members, Associates of All India Muslim Women Association stated that they are deeply disturbed by the recent incident that unfolded in a school in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, where a seven-year-old school-going child was subjected to a shocking act of hate crime and discrimination. This distressing incident has evoked outrage from...
A video of Neha Public School in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district has been widely circulated on social media platforms on Saturday that shook the conscience of India. In a disturbing and troubling viral video, where a female teacher named Tripta Tyagi, seen seated, instructed children in her classroom to hit seven-year-old Muslim student one by...
India scripted history by becoming the first country to successfully soft-land on the southern pole region of Earth’s only natural satellite, Moon on Wednesday. India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission is set to begin exploring an area of the moon that has yet to be visited and has water ice that could be a resource for future missions. Three...
India scripted history by becoming the first country to successfully soft-land on the moon’s south pole on Wednesday. “Chandrayaan-3 Mission: ‘India, I reached my destination and you too!’: Chandrayaan-3,” posted ISRO on the social media platform X (previously known as Twitter). Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully landed on the moon’s South Pole on Wednesday evening, making...