Why We Need An Anti-AI Movement Too (thewire.in)
When Hate Fills Every Corner, From Classroom to Prayer Room, Where Do You Look for Hope? (thewire.in)
The recent incident from a school in Muzaffarnagar highlights, once again, how many of India’s institutions, and its people, are failing the country’s Muslims.
India : Christians Attacked and Bible Torn in Church Attack in Delhi During Sunday Service (thewire.in)
A 100-strong mob surrounded the police station in Delhi’s GTB Nagar for several hours and raised provocative slogans as the pastor and injured persons reached to file their complaint.
Israeli Government Mulls 'Forcible, Permanent' Transfer of 2.2 Million Gaza Strip Residents to Egypt (thewire.in)
An Intelligence Ministry document revealed by Local Call and +972 shows how the idea of population transfer to the Sinai is reaching official discussions.
India: Christians Attacked and Bible Torn in Church Attack in Delhi During Sunday Service (thewire.in)
A 100-strong mob surrounded the police station in Delhi’s GTB Nagar for several hours and raised provocative slogans as the pastor and injured persons reached to file their complaint.
Explainer: Food Inflation Is Not New. So What’s Making Us Feel the Pinch in Our Pockets This Time? (thewire.in)
Rising inflation is taking a toll on Indians, particularly in rural areas, due to a combination of factors, including stagnant incomes and increasing living costs.
Siege on Manipur: Hindu Nationalists' War for Ethnic Supremacy (thewire.in)
Across India, experiments to forge the 'Hindu national community' are predicated on the breakage of minoritised Muslims and Christians, and Adivasis and Dalits. What's happening in Manipur is part of a plan operationalised by the Hindu Right decades ago.
Climate Change Is Killing Languages (thewire.in)
Forced migration is a major cause of language extinction. Environmental disasters are driving these displacements in the very regions richest in languages.
UN Special Rapporteur Says ‘India Risks Becoming One of the Main Generators of Atrocities' (thewire.in)
At a USCIRF Hearing on Religious Freedom in India in Washington DC, there was talk of Manipur, Assam and discriminatory laws and processes for religious and other minorities and “a steady and alarming erosion of fundamental rights".
Sikh Activist's Murder: US, UK, Australia Express 'Deep Concern' Over Canada's Allegations (thewire.in)
All three countries not only have significant Indian diaspora, but are also part of the 'five eyes' intelligence alliance with Canada.
'They Bulldozed Our Life': Mathura's Muslims Struggle as the State Crushes Their Homes in UP, India (thewire.in)
A glimpse on the persecution Muslims face in Modi's India
'Unhappy With Data Sets,' Modi Govt Suspends Director of Institute Which Prepares NFHS (thewire.in)
The Union government has been known for its very uneasy relationship with data. It has missed a deadline for the decadal Census. Its handling of Consumption Expenditure series and then the timing of the release of unemployment data has been strongly criticised in the past.
Pro-India Hacker Group Claims Responsibility for Cyberattack on Canadian Forces Website (thewire.in)
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/news/t/496676...
Demolitions as Tools of 'Collective Punishment': Examining Instances in India and Israel (thewire.in)
When a house is demolished due to the illegal activities of one of its inhabitants, all the other residents bear the repercussions of those actions. This practice is referred to as 'collective punishment'.
International Commentators Slam Modi's BJP for anti-Semitic Poster (thewire.in)
CW: Article contains images depicting the anti-Semetic puppeteer trope...
CAA Should Be for All Persecuted People ‘Irrespective of Religion’, Says Taliban (thewire.in)
Blinken Says India Should Join Canadian Probe, US Takes ‘Transnational Repression’ Seriously (thewire.in)
Intelligence Bureau at Ashoka University, Wants to Probe ‘Democratic Backsliding’ Paper (thewire.in)
IB officials arrived Monday to speak to former faculty member Sabyasachi Das, and unsuccessfully tried to speak to others from the economics department after learning he was not on campus. A second visit was then set for Tuesday.
India, Manipur genocide : Silent London Protesters Demand Justice for Manipur Rape Survivors (thewire.in)
Under the shadow of the Indian High Commission, protesters marched to Parliament Square, where they stood in silence beneath the statue of Mahatma Gandhi.
Modi Claims He Never Said Muslims Were ‘Infiltrators’ or ‘Had More Children’. This is Not True (thewire.in)
cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/25013593...
IT Ministry Decides to Block Proton Mail After Fake Bomb Threats in Tamil Nadu: Report (thewire.in)
UP: Dalit Boy 'Forced to Drink Urine', Then Named in Sexual Harassment Case (thewire.in)
reposted in comm I meant to post in originally...
Unprecedented TB Drugs Stock-Out in India: Union Health Minister Skips UN High-Level Meet (thewire.in)
'The Wire' spoke to several individuals across India, who are affected by the acute shortage of TB drugs in the country. The WHO has described this situation as 'worrying', while the state TB officials call it 'frustrating'.
Gujarat Govt Under Fire for 'Holding Back Narmada Waters for PM Modi's Birthday Causing Floods' (thewire.in)
Both Congress and AAP alleged that water was held back in the Sardar Sarovar Project for two days before being released all at once on September 17 – Modi's 73rd birthday – leading to floods in five districts.
Editors’ Guild Moves Supreme Court Against Manipur Police's FIRs (thewire.in)
A day ago, the Guild had released a statement criticising Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh's move to term it as "anti-national" after it released a fact-finding report indicting the state government's partisan role in the ethnic violence.
