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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has called for prompt, thorough and impartial investigations into all deaths including that of protesters and members of the security forces that have occurred due to the unrest.
South Asia
The choice of an open-ended format is likely to produce problems similar to those encountered during the 2011 Socio-Economic and Caste Census, when respondents were allowed to report their caste without being restricted to a standardised list.
Caste
The real strength of Prakash’s book is that he pushes us to complicate our thinking. Two competing truths can be true: a young Hindu bashing Muslims can be filled with hatred; that same Hindu, though, can also be filled with love – for a song, an experience, a story, a symbol.
Books
The verbal exchange began after Gandhi said in a video posted by Congress party on its social media account that India could not fully develop if women were not able to express themselves freely.
Politics
Last week, when Gen Z lingo was the fashionable talking point of the day, I discovered that LMAO – a term they frequently use – means ‘laughing my ass off’. It’s one of the 34 different ways the essay illustrates how Americans use the word.
Society
Harassing millions of Indian citizens on electoral rolls, who according to ECI’s own figures of 2024 data are 96.88 crores, is rather atrocious, more so when determination of citizenship is not within their domain.
Rights
The use of profanities by both girls and boys seems to have stung senior politicians, bhakts and the mainstream media.
The meeting of MPs convened by CM Vijay was boycotted by the opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MPs.
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