'4 killed in B'desh during protests against visit of PM Modi'
"We had to fire teargas and rubber bullets to disperse them as they entered a police station and carried out extensive vandalism," Rafiqul Islam, the police official told Reuters, referring to protesters.
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"For How Many Generations Will Reservations Continue, Asks Supreme Court During Maratha Quota Case Hearing"
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/for-how-many-generations-reservations-will-continue-asks-supreme-court-during-maratha-quota-case-hearing-2394779?amp=1&akamai-rum=off
Can Chanting Gayatri Mantra Treat Covid-19? Govt Collaborates With AIIMS Rishikesh To Find Out https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-can-chanting-gayatri-mantra-treat-covid-19-govt-collaborates-with-aiims-rishikesh-to-find-out/377642
Читать полностью…SC seeks Centre’s reply on move allowing Ayurveda doctors to perform surgeries
https://scroll.in/latest/989590/sc-seeks-centres-reply-on-move-allowing-ayurveda-doctors-to-perform-surgeries?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=public
When the education policy recommends the inclusion of scriptural, religious, or mythical knowledge in the curriculum, it goes far beyond the personal value of a teacher, or even a school. It becomes constructed as essential knowledge. | Saikat Majumdar https://t.co/TeIdRkHGfq
Читать полностью…Caste System Forbidden But Individuals Free To Put Up Display Boards Mentioning Caste Names: Madras High Court
https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/caste-system-forbidden-but-individuals-free-to-put-up-display-boards-mentioning-caste-names-madras-high-court-170842
India is now only 'partly free' under Modi, says report - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56249596
"Latest Draft Intermediary Rules: Fixing big tech, by breaking our digital rights?" https://internetfreedom.in/latest-draft-intermediary-rules-fixing-big-tech-by-breaking-our-digital-rights/
Читать полностью…National Science Day 2021: Remembering CV Raman and celebrating India’s science geniuses
https://scroll.in/announcements/988118/national-science-day-2021-remembering-cv-raman-and-celebrating-indias-science-geniuses?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=public
Will bring in law to prevent ''love jihad'' in Kerala if voted to power; BJP
https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/will-bring-in-law-to-prevent-love-jihad-in-kerala-if-voted-to-power-bjp/2037534
There is a long-standing perception that vaccine hesitancy is the result of public ignorance or a dismissal of science. But studies show that vaccine hesitancy is the result of mistrust in our governing institutions. https://t.co/FotzcJb63m
Читать полностью…APJ Abdul Kalam was a 'Jihadi': Priest of temple where Muslim boy was thrashed
https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2021/03/25/abdul-kalam-was-jihadi-supplied-atom-bomb-to-pakistan-priest-of-temple-where-muslim-boy-was-thrashed.html
Fantastic video from Vox on what the Covid-19 vaccine "Efficacy Rates" actually mean and why comparing the numbers is misleading (95% of Pfizer and 67% of AstraZeneca for example):
https://youtu.be/K3odScka55A
"Autocratisation" begins with ruling governments attacking the media and civil society, followed by polarisation of the society by “disrespecting opponents and spreading false information” and culminates in elections being undermined, the report says. https://t.co/ynBbj5qAsQ
Читать полностью…WHO statement on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine safety signals
https://www.who.int/news/item/17-03-2021-who-statement-on-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-safety-signals
Shringi’s now deleted @HinduEktaSanghh handle glorified his openly criminal activities against the Muslim community. In one post on the page, there was a message inciting “a bloodbath of enemies” with the hashtags #NarsinghanandSaraswati. https://t.co/aPI6ByR9TK
Читать полностью…India now as autocratic as Pakistan, worse than Bangladesh: Sweden institute's Democracy Report
https://theprint.in/india/india-now-as-autocratic-as-pakistan-worse-than-bangladesh-sweden-institutes-democracy-report/619673/
"Can vaccinated people still spread the coronavirus?"
https://theprint.in/health/can-vaccinated-people-still-spread-the-coronavirus/616890/?amp
India’s new intermediary liability and digital media laws will harm the internet (Score: 101+ in 4 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/4FYWd
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/4FYWd
'Will You Marry Her?' Supreme Court Asks Man Accused Of Raping Minor; Grants Him Protection From Arrest
https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/will-you-marry-her-supreme-court-asks-man-accused-of-raping-minor-170530
Following Baba Ramdev's claim that Patanjali's ‘Coronil’ had received WHO certification, on Feb 19, the WHO issued a clarification stating that it had not reviewed or certified the effectiveness of any traditional medicine for the treatment of COVID-19. https://t.co/pS1aV95brO
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