- Telangana
Despite growing population, Muslim political representation shrinks in Telangana
Hyderabad: India’s Muslim population is growing. By 2060, it is estimated that the Muslim population in India will be the largest in the world. Presently, Indonesia has the largest number of Muslim…
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Technology has potential to destroy and liberate as well: What do stakeholders wish to do about it?
By Rushda Babukhan The Digital Citizen Summit’s first day featured an enlightening discussion titled ‘Access to Rights and Rights to Access,’ held on 2 November. Organized by the Digital Empowerment Foundation and…
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Beyond connectivity: Revelations and collaborations at Digital Citizen Summit
By Mohammed Amaan Khan The 5th Digital Citizen Summit brought together experts from various backgrounds. It is an annual initiative by the Digital Empowerment Foundation and the Centre for Development Policy and…
- India
Mysore’s Dasara illumination: Power bill soars to Rs 21 lakh
Diganth Kengeri Mysore: The grandeur of Mysore’s Dasara festival, celebrated with its iconic lighting, has left the city with an astonishing electricity bill of 21 lakh rupees. Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Company (CESC), the power…
- Opinions
Mission Impossible: Palestinians–O, you human animals…don’t you take rest from dying
By Asma Anjum Khan Let me clarify first. I belong to a generation that grew up thinking that BBC was the most truthful most honest news reporting channel in the world. Now…
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Rethinking Women’s Reservation Bill–A call for bottom-up empowerment
By Moumita Barman The recent introduction of the Women’s Reservation Bill of 2023 in the Indian Parliament marks a significant step towards gender parity in politics. This legislation, also known as the…
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Wrestling with diplomacy–The Indo-Canadian state of affairs
By Mohammed Amaan Khan The realm of international relations is a complex web of affairs and intriguing interactions. In this dynamic environment, the article delves into the diplomatic relations between India and…
- Opinions
Regulate media consumption when propaganda becomes profitable
By Sarfaraz Nasir Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, once famously defined democracy as ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people’. He said this a couple…
- Opinions
Legislature remains exempt from efforts to empower the marginalised
By Tanvi Rupakula In August, the Supreme Court took a step forward in combating gender bias embedded in legal language and court proceedings by flagging a list of terms, stereotypes, and phrases…
- Opinions
Love thy neighbour, yes, but also love animals and the environment you live in
By Asif Khan Every day on my morning walk (in the suburbs of Chicago, the USA) I see the same people. There are times when I see some new people walking their…
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Insights from Claudia Goldin’s research on women’s labour market outcomes
By Apoorva Ramachandra Claudia Goldin won the Nobel Prize in Economics Sciences for “advancing our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes“. Jakob Svensson, Chair of the Committee for the Prize of Economic…
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The Nizam and Swaraj: Osman Ali Khan’s ‘Indianness’ was never in doubt
By Mohammed Ayub Khan Toronto (Canada): The characterization of Hyderabad’s integration into the Indian Union as ‘liberation’ is a problematic proposition. It is based on a selective and simplistic understanding of history…
- Opinions
Let’s create youngsters who object to and refuse slapping their classmate
By Asma Anjum Khan #Classroom #Education #Slap #Thappad #Aurangzeb #TipuSultanThat child getting slapped turning into a pulp woke me up again. I know, wake up to sleep again. But while I was…