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Modi's Two Hour Speech Signals Status Quo For His Muscular Posturing Despite Electoral Setback

The prime minister clubbed all criticisms of his government as an anti-national conspiracy by the Congress and its “ecosystem” and vowed to nip them in the bud, indicating a surefooted continuity in the way his government has cracked down strongly against protestors, dissenters and critics.
02 Jul 8 mins read Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
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TISS 'Termination Reversal' Leaves Women's Studies Department Out of Ambit

The Advanced Centre for Women's Studies which has had a presence at TISS for over four decades, lost most of its staff, including the centre’s chairperson.
02 Jul 4 mins read Sukanya Shantha
Government

Paper Leak Row: Gujarat-Based Firm Blacklisted by Yogi Govt Handling Centre's Recruitment Exam

EduTest, an Ahmedabad-based company, which has been blacklisted by the UP government, has now been handed the responsibility of conducting the second phase of recruitment exam for PM Narendra Modi-led CSIR. Some candidates who appeared in this exam are in jail on charges of cheating during the first phase.
01 Jul 8 mins read Ankit Raj
Law

The First Casualties: Street Vendors Booked Under New Criminal Code

As the BNS was implemented across the country on July 1, contradicting claims started coming in about the first FIR registered under the new law.
01 Jul 5 mins read The Wire Staff
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'Don't Bring Varna System,' Says Kharge After RS Chairman Dhankhar Suggests Replacing Him as LoP

Dhankhar who suggested that Kharge should be replaced as Leader of Opposition in the House by Congress MP Jairam Ramesh later said that the Congress president had disrespected the Chair in a manner never seen before in the 'history of parliamentary proceedings'.
02 Jul 3 mins read The Wire Staff
Media

Reporters Without Borders Makes 10 Recommendations to Modi Govt to Guarantee Press Freedom

'The erosion of press freedom in India, which has happened over the past decade, is deeply worrying in a country that has joined 52 other nations in signing up to the Partnership for Information and Democracy...,' said Célia Mercier of RSF’s South Asia desk.
02 Jul 3 mins read The Wire Staff
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Akhilesh Yadav, Chandrashekhar Raise Caste Census, Social Justice Pitch in Maiden Lok Sabha Speeches

While Yadav said a nationwide caste census is essential for social justice, Chandrashekhar said reservations need to be increased and enforced in the private sector.
02 Jul 2 mins read Sravasti Dasgupta
Law

Delhi HC Issues Notice to CBI in Kejriwal's Challenge Against Arrest, Remand

There was no immediate relief for the chief minister, whose council reportedly said it would apply for regular bail in the corruption case soon.
02 Jul 2 mins read The Wire Staff
Politics

Akali Dal Rebels ‘Atone’ for Four Major ‘Mistakes’ That Led to Party's Political Downfall

In their letter submitted to the Akal Takht's jathedar, the rebels said these mistakes occurred between 2007 and 2017 during Akali rule in Punjab and largely blamed them on decisions by the party's leadership, especially those of party president Sukhbir Singh Badal.
02 Jul 5 mins read Vivek Gupta
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Modi's Crusade Against Kejriwal Shows He Has Forgotten – and Learnt – Nothing

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In Maiden Speech as LoP, Rahul Gandhi Tears into Modi Govt on Hate Politics, Price Rise and NEET

Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
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By Recalling Modi's 'Amrit Vaani' During Elections, Kharge Exposes BJP's Hate Politics

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Communalism

Gujarat: Angry with Muslims Playing Well, Pro-Hindutva Locals Lynch Muslim Man at Cricket Match

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Law

The First Casualties: Street Vendors Booked Under New Criminal Code

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Politics

Rajya Sabha Chairman Dhankar Expunges Kharge's Remarks on Modi, RSS

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New Laws Will Create 'Prosecutorial Nightmare and a Disneyland for Defence Councils', Says SC Lawyer

Lawyer Nipun Saxena tells Karan Thapar in an interview that new laws could create 'a police state' where the police can seek remand for longer periods, handcuffs can be used for a new category of offenders called repeat offenders
02 Jul 2 mins read Karan Thapar
Rights

Watch | PM Modi Must Apologise for Calling Muslims 'Infiltrators': Amartya Sen

'He can’t get away with insulting 200 million Muslims and, therefore, insulting us.'
30 Jun 1 min read Karan Thapar
Politics

'The Prime Minister Will Be the Most Uncomfortable Person in the New Lok Sabha'

Suhas Palshikar does not believe there will be any substantive change between the Modi government’s behaviour during the last 10 years and the next five.
27 Jun 1 min read Karan Thapar
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Watch | Is India Selling Weapons to Israel Morally Repugnant or Morally Justified?

Talmiz Ahmad, former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (twice), Oman and the UAE, tells Karan Thapar in an interview that it makes no sense that India should align itself with Israel on an issue where Israel has been accused of genocide.
26 Jun 3 mins read Karan Thapar
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Exclusive | Nitish Should Get Special Status For Bihar From Modi Before It’s Too Late: Lalu Prasad

'Nitish should be in a hurry for special status because the Narendra Modi government will not last long,' feels the RJD leader.
02 Jul 4 mins read Nalin Verma
Government

Is the Army's Planned Firing Range in Kashmir's Gurez Valley a Recipe for Disaster?

The Jammu and Kashmir government’s committee, tasked to prepare a mitigation plan to minimise the impact of potential environmental disruptions due to establishment of the firing range in Gurez, says it would affect the flora and fauna and may also impact tourism.
02 Jul 5 mins read Umer Maqbool
Education

Bihar’s Descent From Ancient Centre of Learning to Hub of Education Mafia Is For All to See

Be it Ranjit Don, the mastermind of paper leak scam of yesteryears or Sanjeev Mukhiya, said to be the kingpin of the latest scandal, both come from Nalanda, the home district of Nitish Kumar.
01 Jul 5 mins read Soroor Ahmed
Law

Why the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita Is a Missed Opportunity for Gender Justice

From clubbing women and children under one chapter to summarily ignoring long-stewing concerns over justice for transgender and queer people, the BNS fails to stand up as a legal system for this day and age.
01 Jul 21 mins read Saumya Uma
Law

Reforming Anti-Money Laundering Laws: Insights from Supreme Court Rulings

As the Supreme Court prepares to review the Vijay Madan Lal judgment, a pivotal ruling concerning PMLA, here is a review of other important court rulings on the matter.
30 Jun 12 mins read Prakhar Bajpai
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Diplomacy

Two Weeks After Canada's Tribute to Nijjar, Indian Parliament Mourns Air India 182 bombing 

Posting the videos of the commemoration on X, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal wrote that 'justice was never fully served to the victims and their families.'
02 Jul 1 min read The Wire Staff
Politics

By Recalling Modi's 'Amrit Vaani' During Elections, Kharge Exposes BJP's Hate Politics

Despite Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankar's partisan role and desperate attempts to silence criticism against Modi and his party, the Congress leader stood his ground to once again shine light on BJP's hate politics.
01 Jul 4 mins read Sanjay K. Jha
Politics

Rajya Sabha Chairman Dhankar Expunges Kharge's Remarks on Modi, RSS

About RSS, vice-president Jagdeep Dhankar said, 'You are bashing an organisation which is working tirelessly for the nation.'
01 Jul 1 min read The Wire Staff
Politics

In Maiden Speech as LoP, Rahul Gandhi Tears into Modi Govt on Hate Politics, Price Rise and NEET

The Congress leader, who was responding to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address, lashed out at the 10-year rule of Narendra Modi which he said resulted in 'systematic attack on the constitution, on the idea of India'.
01 Jul 7 mins read Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
Media

Remove Restrictions on Mediapersons Covering Parliament, Press Body Tells Birla and Dhankhar

The Editors' Guild of India said that “only a fraction” of the roughly 1,000 mediapersons accredited to cover parliament are granted access to do so and that the process by which this access is given is “without transparent process or procedure”.
01 Jul 1 min read The Wire Staff
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Books

Feminine Spirituality Unbound: Exploring 'Wild Women' in Indian Poetry

Arundhathi Subramaniam's anthology is more than a collection of poems; it is a powerful reclamation of female voices that have long been sidelined or sanitised by patriarchal narratives.
01 Jul 5 mins read Ashutosh Thakur
Sport

Dreams, CGI and Patches of Grass: Is There Cricket in the US Beyond the T20 World Cup?

For the leagues, coaches and mainly immigrant players, who keep cricket alive in New York, the World Cup’s arrival in the US can perhaps be read more as a ‘career achievement award’ – some overdue visibility.
30 Jun 6 mins read Ashish Ravinran
Film

‘Paradise’ Grapples with the Stories We Tell Ourselves to Rationalise Our Actions

The film featuring dialogue in Malayalam, Sinhalese, English and Hindi, is a careful examination of a seemingly functional marriage.
30 Jun 5 mins read Tatsam Mukherjee
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Business

Hindengburg Says It Has Received a 'Nonsense' Show Cause Notice From SEBI

The short seller said the notice had been "concocted to serve a pre-ordained purpose: an attempt to silence and intimidate those who expose corruption and fraud perpetrated by the most powerful individuals in India."
02 Jul 3 mins read The Wire Staff
World

From Centrists to Liberals, Six Key Types of Voters Define Modern Britain

Britain's political map was one-dimensional: left versus right. But this has changed in recent decades.
02 Jul 4 mins read Bernard Steen
World

'Not Allowed to Talk, 100 Kept in a Warehouse': Lawyer Recounts 'Inhuman' Israeli Detention Centre

More than 4,000 Palestinians whom Israel arrested in Gaza have been held at the military base in the Naqab/Negev since October 7. Some have been released. Those who haven't are being treated worse than Iraqi prisoners were in Abu Ghraib, says a visitor.
01 Jul 8 mins read Baker Zoubi
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Stampede at Religious Event in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, At Least 116 Killed

The incident took place towards the end of a religious gathering or samagam organised by a self-proclaimed godman Narayan Sakaar Hari alias Bhole Baba, who dresses up in white suit and wears a tie, in Mughal Garhi village in the Sikandra Rao area of Hathras.
02 Jul 4 mins read Omar Rashid
World

"Not German Enough": AfD’s Controversial Take on Germany’s National Team's Diversity in Euro 2024

Several players from Germany's side at this year's Euros do have foreign roots. Jonathan Tah has a German mother and an Ivorian father. Benjamin Henrichs is the son of a German father and a Ghanaian mother. Antonio Rüdiger has a German father and a mother from Sierra Leone.
02 Jul 4 mins read Andreas Sten-Ziemons
Politics

Unrest Over Reservations Emerges as the Biggest Factor for NDA's Downfall in UP

While the BJP is still assessing its performance, two out of its four allies in the state – Nishad Party and Apna Dal (Soneylal) – have spoken.
02 Jul 3 mins read Omar Rashid
Communalism

Full Text | 'Modi's India is Fragile, Neglects Engines of Development': Amartya Sen to Karan Thapar

In a candid interview with The Wire, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen tells Karan Thapar, 'India will not tolerate being a divided country.'
02 Jul 14 mins read Karan Thapar
Environment

What Does 'Carbon Farming' Mean for Indian Agriculture?

Carbon credit market in agriculture is in its nascent stage and requires a strict regulatory system.
02 Jul 5 mins read A. Amarender Reddy and Tulsi Lingareddy
World

How Bolloré, the ‘French Murdoch’, Carried Le Pen’s Far Right to the Brink of Power

Over the past decade, he has gradually expanded his media assets in France to include television channels, a radio station, prominent magazines, France’s leading publisher, its biggest travel retail chain and, most recently, its best-known Sunday paper.
02 Jul 9 mins read France24
Politics

Manipur's Moment at Midnight, Modi's Move, a Speaker Rebuked: 5 Key Moments of a Fiery LS Day

Here are some things that made the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address one to remember.
02 Jul 7 mins read Sravasti Dasgupta and Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty
Politics

By Objecting to Om Birla Bowing Before Modi, Rahul Gandhi Captures the Mahatma's Vision

By bowing down before Modi, Birla outraged the office of the Lok Sabha Speaker and its role in representing the freedom of the House and the whole nation.
02 Jul 4 mins read S.N. Sahu
Communalism

BJP's Raja Singh Felicitates Lawyers Representing Accused in Gauri Lankesh Murder Case

The BJP MLA from Telangana, who had faced 101 cases in Hyderabad, of which 18 were communal in nature, felicitated four advocates at the Vaishvik Hindu Rashtra Mahotsav held in Goa between June 24 and 30. 
02 Jul 1 min read The News Minute
Economy

Social Security Pensions: Right to a Dignified Retirement for the Poor

What we need is a universal old age pension scheme that provides a decent, minimum wage-linked monthly amount to all, excluding those already covered by other pension plans.
02 Jul 4 mins read Dipa Sinha
Communalism

Why Narendra Modi's Project to Say Rahul Gandhi Condemned Hinduism in Parliament Won't Work

Rahul Gandhi, with a photograph of the Hindu deity Shiva in his hand, was addressing people who are convinced that the Congress is anti-Hindu. He had to activate a dormant truth to trample down the masquerading lie.
02 Jul 7 mins read Sanjay K. Jha
Politics

Rahul Gandhi Writes to LS Speaker After Portions of His Maiden Speech as LoP Expunged

In his letter to Om Birla, the Congress leader wrote that taking off portions of his speech 'goes against the very tenets of parliamentary democracy'.
02 Jul 3 mins read Sravasti Dasgupta
Religion

Why is Rahul Gandhi differentiating between Hinduism and Hindutva?

The BJP has successfully leveraged Ram Mandir to effect a fundamental restructuring of Hinduism, which has no ecclesiastical order, absolutist establishment, governing organisation, or binding holy book. All of this could change.
02 Jul 6 mins read Pushparaj Deshpande
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The Dying Palestinians and the Muslims in India

2 Dec Moumita Alam
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The Light That Peeps in Through the Holes: Two Poems on Rat-Hole Miners

1 Dec Moumita Alam
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Environment

What Does 'Carbon Farming' Mean for Indian Agriculture?

02 Jul A. Amarender Reddy and Tulsi Lingareddy
Government

Is the Army's Planned Firing Range in Kashmir's Gurez Valley a Recipe for Disaster?

02 Jul Umer Maqbool
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