Author: Dilip

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Is Nuh demolition targeting a particular community? Punjab and Haryana HC

QUESTIONING THE demolition drive in Nuh following communal violence last week, the Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday asked whether properties of a “particular community” were targeted “under the guise of a law and order problem”, and an “exercise of ethnic cleansing” was being conducted. Pointing to reports that demolition orders and notices were not… Read More Is Nuh demolition targeting a particular community? Punjab and Haryana HC

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After Pune teacher’s arrest: Fear and surveillance in the classroom

If, as a teacher, you become overly cautious before you utter a word, if you worry that a student is recording your lecture, or the administration is continually monitoring your every move, how can you teach Marx, Gandhi, Ambedkar, Tagore, Iqbal, Manto and Premchand freely, spontaneously and creatively?  Avijit Pathak The primary reason I could… Read More After Pune teacher’s arrest: Fear and surveillance in the classroom

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The Niger crisis shows France’s quasi-empire in Africa is finally crumbling

France has retained a quasi-empire in Africa by stealth, and it is under threat like never before. Nabila Ramdani Retreats from crumbling empires are inevitably characterised by hastily arranged evacuations. Panicked civilians make their way to rickety airport terminals, in the hope of an emergency flight out of the chaos. This was the postcolonial scene… Read More The Niger crisis shows France’s quasi-empire in Africa is finally crumbling

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ये खेल भी नहीं चलने वाला मोदी जी, फंस गए आप

“यह सत्ता हासिल करने के लिए पूरे देश को मणिपुर बना देगा।..” YOUTUBE-    / 4pmnewsnetwork   FACEBOOK- https://www.facebook.com/4pmnewsnetwo… TWITTER- https://twitter.com/4pmnews_network WEBSITE- http://www.4pm.co.in/ Email : 4pmconnect@gmail.com ये खेल भी नहीं चलने वाला मोदी जी, फंस गए आप || Modi || Politics

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Air pollution linked to rise in antibiotic resistance that imperils human health

Air pollution is helping to drive a rise in antibiotic resistance that poses a significant threat to human health worldwide, a global study suggests. The analysis, using data from more than 100 countries spanning nearly two decades, indicates that increased air pollution is linked with rising antibiotic resistance across every country and continent. It also… Read More Air pollution linked to rise in antibiotic resistance that imperils human health

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Sri Lanka, thirty one years after: Burning of the Jaffna Public Library, May 1981

NB: Meanwhile the JNU History Centre collection, one of the most valuable in the country, is being dismantled by the authorities to make room for a new centre of Tamil studies. I am sure lovers of Tamil language and culture do not wish for the university’s history collection to be removed. This is nothing but… Read More Sri Lanka, thirty one years after: Burning of the Jaffna Public Library, May 1981

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Appeal & Signature Campaign to Save the Centre for Historical Studies Library in JNU

NB: The temptation of our day is to accept the intolerable, for fear of still worse to come: Hermann Rauschning, The Revolution of Nihilism (1939). DS This is an appeal to the national and global academic community at large, including JNU alumni as well as teachers’ associations, student bodies and individual professors and students across the world.… Read More Appeal & Signature Campaign to Save the Centre for Historical Studies Library in JNU

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Supreme Court shows the yellow card: Rahul Gandhi back in the field

Bharat Bhushan The Supreme Court’s stay on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in a defamation case is a major setback for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The public perception of Rahul Gandhi’s conviction from the very beginning was of a witch-hunt. The general feeling was that those in political power wanted to keep him… Read More Supreme Court shows the yellow card: Rahul Gandhi back in the field

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Gurugram’s is a hard-won economic gain. But Nuh violence shows it’s imploding

PRAVEEN SWAMI Erased from our memory by high-rise buildings and malls, Gurugram, and the Mewat region that sprawled to its south, imploded into a macabre carnival of killing during Partition. “Whole villages were razed; scores of mosques desecrated; thousands killed or forced on pain of death to convert to Hinduism”, historian Ian Copland writes, “and many… Read More Gurugram’s is a hard-won economic gain. But Nuh violence shows it’s imploding

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