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30-07-202131 STORIES

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Conservation and happiness

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Flora and fauna in Bhutan

Enchanting Bhutan

A journey in search of birds and places teeming with wildlife in the biodiversity hotspot of Bhutan.

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On Hermann Gundert’s life in India from 1836 to 1859 and his contributions to education and to Malayalam

In the over two decades that Hermann Gundert spent in India, mostly in the Malabar region of Kerala, he lived a life of service as a missionary, lingu

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1806 revolt at Vellore Fort

The July 1806 mutiny at the Vellore Fort was a forerunner to the Great Rebellion of 1857. A review of the causes that led to it as India prepares to c

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Gangavaram port disinvestment

AP govt offers Adani group Gangavaram Port on a platter

In a widely-criticised move, the Andhra Pradesh government decides to divest its stake in Gangavaram Port to the Adani group, but the labour unions op

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Mangrove Forests

The importance of mangroves to protect India’s coast from the adverse effects of climate change

The recent cyclones on the west coast have highlighted the increased climate change–related risks that India is facing and made it clear how essential

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REGIONAL ELECTIONS IN FRANCE

No champagne for Macron, Marine Le Pen

The triumph of traditional parties of the left and right, together with record levels of abstention, in the regional elections offer little cheer for

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Donald Rumsfeld (1932-2021): Unapologetic warmonger

Donald Rumsfeld (1932-2021) will be remembered for his role in the U.S.’ occupation of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003, and as one who showed no

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Dilip Kumar: Nehru’s Hero

Dilip Kumar (1922-2021) was to some a tragedy king and to others a romantic hero who with his acting skills created a new era in Hindi cinema. But per

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Kin of lynching victims wait for justice

The RSS supremo Mohan Bhagwat has asserted that those who kill innocent Muslims over cow slaughter go against Hindutva, but the families of men who ha

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DEVOUT & DIVIDED

Nature of religiosity in India

The Pew survey on religion in India finds that regardless of their socio-economic status, Indians claimed a religious identity and their commitment to

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Fear as the key: Modi regime targets cartoonist Manjul

The cartoonist Manjul is the latest target of the Modi regime, which is facing widespread condemnation for its attempt to browbeat social media giants

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Cinematograph Act Amendment

The Modi government’s move to play super censor has the film fraternity up in arms

The Modi government’s move to give itself the power to re-examine a film cleared by the CBFC has the film fraternity up in arms and puts the spotlight

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Cabinet Reshuffle

Prime Minister Modi's Cabinet reshuffle is an attempt to absolve himself of all the government's failures and continue with the Sangh Parivar’s divisive politics

Regardless of the outrage across the world over Father Stan Swamy’s death in custody, Prime Minister Modi effects a Cabinet reshuffle, which is seen a

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Police firing on anti-Sterlite protesters

NHRC report on Thoothukudi firing: Truth under wraps

A High Court bench pulls up the National Human Rights Commission for closing its probe into the 2018 police firing on anti-Sterlite protesters without

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Maharashtra’s ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition goes through a rocky patch

Maharashtra’s ruling coalition goes through a rocky patch amid rumours of the Sena and the BJP coming together again.

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Jammu and Kashmir

Kashmir: Centre’s iron hand in velvet glove

Hopes of the Centre softening its stance on Kashmir are belied as the Union government starts making moves to begin the delimitation exercise in Jammu

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COVID-19 in India: False positivity amidst declining second wave?

The current trend of declining COVID-19 cases and deaths and the positive outlook the government is projecting on the pandemic situation in India are

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A simple prescription to contain COVID-19 in rural Karnataka

A doctor and his team of volunteers spread across 160 villages of Karnataka adopt a simple method to contain the spread of COVID-19 in areas where pub

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Cover story: Bhima Koregaon

The 16 activists arrested in relation to the Bhima Koregaon case are victims of witch-hunt

The arrests and incarceration of 16 activists, known as the BK-16, on specious charges relating to the Bhima Koregaon violence case is part of the Cen

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Interview: Justice V. Gopala Gowda

Justice V. Gopala Gowda: ‘State alone can be held accountable’

Interview with Justice V. Gopala Gowda, former judge of the Supreme Court of India.

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Interview: Justice Madan B. Lokur

Justice Madan B. Lokur: ‘The special court failed in its duty’

Interview with Justice Madan B. Lokur, retired judge of the Supreme Court of India.

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COVER STORY: UAPA

UAPA: Terror and the law

It is time to question intensely the provisions of the draconian UAPA that made it possible for the state to incarcerate Fr Stan Swamy from October 20

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Binayak Sen and Stan Swamy

Sen, Swamy and the ‘evidence’

The case of Binayak Sen shows the depths to which the state can descend to prolong incarceration of public-spirited activists and allow them to wither

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Father Stan Swamy: Portrait of a priest as an Adivasi

Stan Swamy left Tamil Nadu early in life not to preach, but in search of an enduring identity, which he found among the indigenous people he worked wi

What is the ‘crime’ I’m supposed to have committed?

Reproduction of Father Stan Swamy’s letter, which was written in October 2020 just before his arrest

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Revisiting Gandhi’s early years

A new and close look at the first 45 years of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s life, ingeniously reconstructed from his The Story of My Experiments with T

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Hindutva stamp in Modi’s foreign policy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy is shaped by his Hindu nationalist ideology and the RSS’ expansionist utopia and driven by his self-aggr

“The Institutional Murder of Fr. Stan Swamy”

A statement by the family members and friends of the BK-16*

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Economic Perspectives

Biden’s economic policy faces a backlash

As President Joe Biden strives to win support for substantially enhanced spending to help the post COVID recovery of the United States economy, critic

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Death of Father Stan Swamy

Father Stan Swamy: Silenced in death

The passing of 84-year-old Father Stan Swamy marks the lowest point in the functioning of several institutions of the state, which seemed to be more k

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