Re-written History Books: A Propaganda Tool

The Haryana School Education Board has virtually released new history books for classes 6 to 10.  Soon after the book was released online, a controversy was created after the new text blamed the Congress party for the 1947 partition.  Highlights from the new book Image Source: thewire ▪︎ The text blames the Congress leaders’ greed for power as the…

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Defence Pensions Missing: Face-off between the government and the armed forces

At the end of April 2022, about 58,275 retired military personnel, ranging from retired army commanders to retired jawans, didn’t get their monthly defence pension credited. It really became worse as it was a weekend and the helpline of the principal controller of defence accounts, Allahabad, was switched off, which works Monday to Friday only.…

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An Unrealized Suppression of Free Speech is a Major Threat to Democracy

Before the invention of the printing press, the philosophers, and intellectuals carried the work of journalism orally, through speeches, manifestations, etc which was accessible to only a segment of people willing to know. Then came the printing press in 1436 as a revolution in the history of mankind delivering a sense of dignity and power…

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Growing Communalism and its Political Advantage to the BJP

The politics and its methods have evolved over time, the politics we understand today is far different from what it used to be; and definitely not what is desirable for the country. The country has witnessed various methodologies and ideological trends with different governments coming into power.  The 2014 parliamentary elections marked a turning point…

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Why has India banned wheat exports?

  India has de-escalated from the position of claiming to distribute food across the world during the COVID era to currently banning the export of wheat with immediate effect. India has banned exports to control the increasing price of wheat in the market. At present, the daily average retail price of wheat has increased 19.34…

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SC releases Rajiv Gandhi’s Assassination Convict A.G Perarivalan

In a historic judgment, the Supreme Court on Wednesday released  AG Perarivalan, one of the convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.  After 30 years of imprisonment, Perarivalan had approached the court questioning the delay in his release despite the Tamil Nadu government’s recommendation to remit his sentence in 2018. A bench consisting of Justices…

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How did North Korea go from Zero to 1.7M COVID Cases?

Until late last week, the North Korean government had firmly denied any confirmed cases of the virus within their borders, making it one of only three countries worldwide to have remained uncontaminated by the pandemic to date.  However, on Thursday, the state media confirmed that an “obscure febrile disease” had infected 350,000 people nationwide, and…

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West Bengal allots medical seats to Ukraine returned medical students: Centre-State relations at a flashpoint

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine affects the world in unpredictable domains. About 18,000 medical students from India who pursued an education in Ukraine were forced out of the country leaving their studies behind halfway. According to the National Medical Commission, regulatory students cannot be accommodated in Indian medical colleges just because they pursued a medical degree…

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Suspicion of being a Muslim cost an Old man his Life

The terrible news has come from Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh, where a  65-year-old was manhandled to death on suspicion of being a Muslim. As an accused in the case, the spouse of a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councilor and his colleague have been named. Shivraj’s government, on the other hand, claims that action has been…

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Did Hardik Patel resign from Congress to join the BJP?

On May 18th, Hardik Patel – Gujarat’s Patidar leader and former working president of the Gujarat state unit resigned from congress. Patel has been showing his discontent with party policies for months. In the resignation letter he wrote to party president Sonia Gandhi, Patel mentioned that even after trying to bring Congress to the right…

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NHRC closes in on 30 years of existence – but is that all it has achieved?

Over the past few years, human rights in India have been brought under the scanner continually. Violations of basic human rights have been reported from all states of the Nation, and some instances have even attracted the attention of international media like the Anti-CAA protests and Farmers’ Protests of 2021. Against such a backdrop, the…

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What is the Gyanvapi Mosque-Kashi Vishwanath dispute and its current state?

A new issue with roots laid centuries back has gripped the nation in a new debate. The issue is a tussle between two countries. Here one claims that a mosque in Varanasi has always been a mosque while the other claims it was a temple that was destroyed and then the mosque was built at…

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