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Two landslides in Kinnaur last summer which claimed 22 lives have made the local population more aware of the ecological dangers posed by hydropower projects, such as the proposed Jangi Thopan Powari project.
Sikh scholars have expressed misgivings about the BJP government’s efforts to portray the Sikh Guru as a symbol against Muslims, with several of them insisting he died protecting the ethos of religious freedom.
Since Ambedkar’s passing, Ambedkarites have been leaving a mark in various arenas, from politics to academia to employees’ organisations and more. Yet, as Anand Teltumbde puts it, “Every Ambedkarite, whether they are conscious of it or not, experiences some crisis.”
The Mumbai-based organisation has questioned the ‘complicity of the police’ in the communal clashes reported recently.
The BJP has picked up a playbook of authoritarian regimes when it razes homes and buildings of the poor and its critics. As in the past, people are paying the price for it today.
The government in Nepal says that the economic situation is not as bad as it is in Sri Lanka, but the opposition insists on measures to prevent a crisis. With the ruling coalition not on a firm footing in Parliament, political instability threatens to hobble economic recovery.
At a meeting of the Parliamentary Official Language Committee, Union home minister Amit Shah stated that Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English and not local languages; Also – Why Assam Is Up in Arms Against Amit Shah’s Proposal to Make Hindi Compulsory Till Class 10.
The government has raised more than Rs 97,000 crore in 2021-22 by leasing out state-owned properties to various private entities, including global pension funds. The properties include those related to coal mining, various bits of highways, power transmission lines, etc.
The certification is a requirement for imports in several countries. Among the companies that have applied for it are Adani Wilmar and Reliance Industries.
Attacks on Dalits have grown in Rajasthan since 2018. The upper castes are viewing growing assertion by scheduled castes as a challenge to caste hierarchy—a Dalit man forced to shave off moustache, others beaten for riding a mare on their wedding, Dalit women prohibited from wearing slippers.
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