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The Caste Politics Curse That India Just Can't Shake Off
Maratha Kranti Morcha, a rallye for Marathi castes demanding respect of their rights in Mumbai last year. Mhidanesh/Wikimedia, CC BY-NC-SAAfroz Alam, Maulana Azad National Urdu UniversityIndia is still...
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In UP, A Teen Was Arrested And Allegedly Tortured In Jail For A Facebook Post...
A Muslim teen has alleged that he was picked up by the police in Uttar Pradesh and charged with hacking, following a status update he posted on a recent court ruling on rivers Ganga and Yamuna....
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Reuters Exclusive: No Respite For Indian Banks As Bad Loans Hit Record $146...
A review of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data obtained through right-to-information requests shows banks' total stressed loans — including non-performing and restructured or rolled over loans — rose 4.5...
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Indian Army Brigadier Punished For Having Extra Marital Affair With Colonel's...
An Indian Army Brigadier's extra-marital affair with his senior's wife has reportedly cost him a "four-year loss of seniority for promotion purposes" and a severe reprimand.The Brigadier, posted at the...
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Sex With Minor Wife Is Rape, Rules Supreme Court Of India
A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court has ruled that sex between a man and his minor wife would constitute rape under the Indian Penal Code.Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said today that the...
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A Special Olympics Gold Medallist In Punjab Is Working At A Homeless Shelter...
The fact that a staggering number of Indian sportspersons around the country struggle to make ends meet and have a dignified life is common knowledge. Many of them, die in pitiful conditions, their...
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In Bihar Question Paper, Kashmir Is A Separate Country
One of the questions prepared by the state education board of Bihar for class VII students describes Kashmir as a separate country from India. The question reads: What are the people of the following...
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Social Acceptance And Legal Loopholes Enable Child Marriages To Continue In...
India is one of the few countries worldwide where child marriage continues to be widely accepted--legally and socially. Despite reports suggesting that child marriage is on the decline in the country...
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CBFC Certifies ‘Sexy Durga’, But Asks For The S-word To Be Dropped From The...
Malayalam filmmaker Sanal Kumar Sasidharan's contentious film 'Sexy Durga' has finally been cleared by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), or, as it is more popularly known as, the Censor...
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Anupam Kher Appointed As FTII Chairman
NEW DELHI -- Veteran actor Anupam Kher was on Wednesday named the new Chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune.Kher will succeed the controversial Gajendra Chauhan, whose...
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Murder Of Singer Brings Focus Back On Rajasthan's Muslim Community Singing...
Twenty families were first allegedly boycotted, then threatened and turned away from their homes even as police continued to look for two men who killed a Rajasthani folk singer in Jaisalmer's Danta...
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The Big Ram Statue Is A Misplaced Priority. But Who Will Tell Adityanath That?
Alas Yogi Adityanath, you have failed us.When the media was filled with gasps of horrors at a fiery sadhu being handed the reins of Uttar Pradesh, I was secretly excited to learn he was only 5'5".The...
View ArticleModel At Centre Of 'Racist' Dove Ad Speaks Out: 'I Am Beautiful And I Will...
A model who starred in the controversial Dove advert that was branded “racist” by many, has spoken out to say she is “not a victim”.Lola Ogunyemi said as a Nigerian woman, born in London and raised in...
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What The SC Ruling On Sex With Minor Wives Means For The Child Brides Of India
The Indian Penal Code (IPC) is a legacy of the British Raj that was brought into force in 1860 to consolidate various penal statutes that were spread far and wide, owing to the diversity of the nation....
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Why We Need Queer-Inclusive Children’s Libraries
Adults have an instinctive need to protect children. It is a worthy goal, but when adults begin to sanitise the world children are exposed to, it is analogous to keeping them in a sterile environment....
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The Irony Of Imbalanced Work-Life-Balance Conversations
As if the dismal count of women leaders wasn't bad enough, it appears that what they are valued for is also drowned in stereotypes. Let's examine both with an example, the numbers and nature of women...
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Confronting Breast Cancer Is Crucial To India’s Economic Development
The lack of awareness of this growing problem is a big issue. shutterstock.comJudith Fletcher-Brown, University of PortsmouthBreast cancer is a growing epidemic in India. It could kill 76,000 women a...
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Relinquishing The ‘High Moral Ground’ To Iran
President Trump's belligerent approach in muddying the water with Iran is yet another ploy to remain true to populist promises he made to right-wing audiences, at home and abroad, in the course of his...
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The Morning Wrap: SC Delivers A Blow To Child Marriage; Real Estate May Come...
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning.Essential HuffPostThe Supreme...
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Modi Has A One-Point Economic Agenda And It’s Succeeding
In October 2015, a little over a year after Narendra Modi became prime minister, the price of pulses suddenly saw a sharp increase. It was, as it often is, election season. Narendra Modi had staked his...
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