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‘PM is sleeping’: BJP leader says Manipur violence ‘defamed India’; resigns

Amid high-tension drama in Parliament during the monsoon session, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state spokesperson from Bihar Vinod Sharma on Thursday tendered his resignation from the party over the ethnic violence in Manipur after he felt ‘stigmatised’ to work under the BJP leadership. He further alleged that the Manipur incident, where two women from the… Read More ‘PM is sleeping’: BJP leader says Manipur violence ‘defamed India’; resigns

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Lives interrupted: The cost of violence in Manipur | BBC News India

Manipur has been in turmoil since May 2023. Clashes between the northeastern Indian state’s Kuki and Meitei communities have resulted in their complete segregation. A viral video from the state emerged on 19 July highlighting the impact of this violence. The BBC’s Anshul Verma and Soutik Biswas spoke to the people of Manipur to understand… Read More Lives interrupted: The cost of violence in Manipur | BBC News India

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MKSS Statement on Platform Based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare Act), 2023

After the passage of the historic Rajasthan Minimum Guaranteed Income Law on 22nd July 2023, we write to you to share yet another significant development from the State. The Rajasthan Assembly has passed the Rajasthan Platform Based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare Act), 2023. In yet another series of firsts, this has become the first… Read More MKSS Statement on Platform Based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare Act), 2023

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Israeli lawmakers pass a key law to weaken the judiciary despite public outrage

By Joe Hernandez; Daniel Estrin Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved controversial changes to the judiciary, part of a package of proposed actions that’s roiled the country in protests in recent months and sparked opposition from broad swaths of Israeli society. The vote in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, capped a monthslong campaign by Israel’s far-right government to… Read More Israeli lawmakers pass a key law to weaken the judiciary despite public outrage

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Shatrughan Sinha: अगर ताली कप्तान को तो गाली भी कप्तान को / Ajit Anjum: जवाब देने से भागते मोदी / Punya Prasun Bajpai: Modi’s Big Mistake: कांग्रेस के नाम पर अपनी ही पोल खोल दी मोदी ने

Shatrughan Sinha: अगर ताली कप्तान को तो गाली भी कप्तान को Ajit Anjum: जवाब देने से भागते मोदी Punya Prasun Bajpai: Modi’s Big Mistake: कांग्रेस के नाम पर अपनी ही पोल खोल दी मोदी ने ! ********************************************************** The Modi Government Is a Regime of Low-Intensity Terror. By Ullekh N.P. Gujarat riots documentary: BBC’s motives are less clear… Read More Shatrughan Sinha: अगर ताली कप्तान को तो गाली भी कप्तान को / Ajit Anjum: जवाब देने से भागते मोदी / Punya Prasun Bajpai: Modi’s Big Mistake: कांग्रेस के नाम पर अपनी ही पोल खोल दी मोदी ने

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Why Does Our Government Need a Graphic Depiction of Violence Against Women to Act?

For a state that has imposed curfews, internet restrictions, and heavy militarisation, the violence has curiously not even shown signs of declining. Source: The Wire Deepanshu Mohan After a harrowing video of two Kuki women being paraded naked in Manipur’s Kangkopi went viral on social media platforms, state functionaries, local politicians, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were all… Read More Why Does Our Government Need a Graphic Depiction of Violence Against Women to Act?

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