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Join us for an essential online discussion on the integrity of India's electoral process, as reporters Ayush Tiwari & Aryan Mahtta join Political Editor Shoaib Daniyal to discuss how polls in India might be getting subverted.

Tune in at 4 PM on Sunday, October 12.
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-If India wants to be a leader of the Global South, it must enact a refugee protection law

-How Indian schools’ focus on entrance tests is stunting education

-How stigma makes mental health a ghost in India’s public conscious

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“Our party’s votes get transferred one-sidedly to the alliance partner, but because of their casteist mindset, upper-castes do not transfer to BSP candidates,” #Mayawati said during the rally.

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After winning several awards, Fasil Muhammed’s #FeminichiFathima will finally be out in cinemas on Oct 10. scroll.in/reel/1084583...

In an interview with Scroll, Muhammed had said: “I don’t want to limit this movie to a particular community or region. Basically, this is a movie against patriarchy.”

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Earlier this week, a lawyer tried to fling a shoe at the CJI BR Gavai in court. "Sanatan Dharma ka apmaan, nahi sahega Hindustan," the advocate reportedly said.

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In this week's #ChronologySamajhiye, Anant Gupta breaks down this battle between Hindutva and Ambedkarism.

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A division bench directed the Congress government in the state to file its counter affidavit within four weeks and granted two weeks’ time to the petitioners to file their objections thereafter.

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A bench urged the authority to issue directions in this regard to all District Legal Services Authorities on Thursday itself, “since time to file appeals is running short”.

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#biharelections

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The motion to suspend the three MLAs, Roji M John, M Vincent, and Saneesh Kumar Joseph, was introduced by state Parliamentary Affairs Minister MB Rajesh and alleged that the they had “crossed the point of no return” by injuring watch and ward personnel.

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#kerala

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Indian Police Services officer Babu Rao, who is the national president of Civil Rights Initiative Internationale, said: “If the chief justice of India is targeted because of his caste, then the safety of every marginalised citizen is at stake.”

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#BRGavai

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With grazing grounds shrinking, land protections denied, and nomadic households without fixed addresses lacking opportunities for formal education, many are being pushed to abandon their way of life entirely.

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Safina Nabi writes

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"The Buddha said, “Life can be found only in the present moment, but our minds rarely dwell in the present moment. Instead, we chase after the past or long for the future."

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An excerpt by Thich Nhat Hanh.

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The deaths were reported after several children, who had been suffering from fever and cold, consumed the Coldrif syrup, resulting in vomiting and difficulty urinating. The first death was recorded on September 2.

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The Vidhana Soudha police station in Bengaluru transferred the case to the Tilak Marg police station in Delhi, which has jurisdiction over the matter.

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#Cjigavai

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Donald Trump wants the Nobel Peace Prize as a trophy of global prestige and its fitting that his aspirations is being endorsed by authoritarian and military figures as a nod to his transactional approach, writes Ghazala Jamil.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed the development and said this would mean that all hostages would return home.

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-Anand Teltumbde: Attack on Dalit CJI Gavai recasts criminal aggression as nationalist virtue

-Israel, Hamas have agreed to first phase of Gaza peace plan, says Donald Trump

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#KeirStarmer will hope that in closed door meetings and over canapés and cocktails his team can find common ground with their Indian counterparts and leave with ideas and relationships that will contribute to prosperity in both countries.

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Mark Hannant writes.

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#Hyderabad | The student union accused the police officers of using “excessive force, with male officers manhandling female student leaders, using derogatory language, and threatening individuals with FIRs”.

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#EFLUniversity #propalestineprotest

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“The Nobel Prize laureates in chemistry 2025 have created molecular constructions with large spaces through which gases and other chemicals can flow,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.

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#nobelprize2025

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The bench directed the state government to inform it about the departmental action taken against the two officers. The matter has been listed for further hearing on November 6.

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For more than a hundred years, Palestinians have lost their land and dignity, culminating in Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza.

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The current peace plan is most likely to continue the deception and occupation.

DJ Ravindran✍️

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State silence, media complicity, and digital celebration convert what should be collective shame into ideological pedagogy. It teaches the public that violence in defence of religion is honourable and caste subordination is natural. scroll.in/article/1087...

✍️Anand Teltumbde

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Police officials said Sandipan Garg was arrested after being questioned for five days. He had allegedly accompanied the singer on the yacht trip and had also brought back some of #ZubeenGarg’s belongings to India after his death.

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#Bihar | “Everything is fine within the NDA,” Union minister Giriraj Singh said in Patna. “Seat-sharing arrangements for assembly polls are underway and the final formula would be announced soon.”

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#NitishKumar