No words. Thirty years ago, in the Indian state of Bihar, a group of village midwives confessed on camera that they routinely took the lives of newborn baby girls. Powerful documentary by BBC, Amitabh Parashar and Anubha Bhonsle youtu.be/uSuMOh_d9oc?si…

“Using food as a weapon is unconscionable”

Our Al Jazeera Investigations investigation exposes war crimes in Gaza through the medium of photos and videos posted online by Israeli soldiers themselves during the year-long conflict. Watch the full film here. #GazaCrimes

What a regressive piece of writing. What sanctity does the institution of marriage have if the husband needs to coerce his wife into having sexual relations with him? For all the “India is developing rapidly” rhetoric, we can’t even provide a semblance of equality to women.

Powerful.

India, with 903 soldiers at risk in Lebanon, decides not to sign a letter by 34 countries in UNIFIL condemning attacks on its peacekeepers. A clear departure from the time New Delhi used to be at the forefront in defending UN peacekeepers.

A brilliant academic, who took up the cause of human rights, had to suffer ten years of brutal incarceration for trumped-up charges under the notorious anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967, simply because his social activism displeased the State. Though he

The “tyranny of KYC”– examples from Jharkhand. Case 1: Ashok Parhaiya (PVTG). His three children get scholarships, but their bank accounts are frozen because “KYC laga hua hai”. He is running around and spending money to solve the problem, without success.

🧵 So I guess the cat is out of the bag. I was fired from Microsoft on Thursday, hours after a vigil we organized to honor and remember the lives of Palestinians killed by American-funded and Microsoft-empowered Israeli genocide.

Here's a long 🧵 on what happened when I demanded for a separate gender neutral accommodation as a trans person in my medical college. ( which I'm legally entitled to by NALSA vs UOI judgement & trans persons (Protection of rights) act 2019.)

And yet many homes and houses of marginalized communities, specifically Muslims, have been bulldozed by the state authorities leaving many and many vulnerable groups homeless and shelter less.

No hashtag, no outrage on social media for the infant, 2 children and 3 women killed in cold blood in #Manipur dear India? Doesn't fit your logic and politics of mainland India? Or it doesn't fit the picture you drew of Manipur ? Or have you just moved on? Or did you need

Previous BJP led govt under Raghubar Das in Jharkhand created controversial 'Land Bank' of 2.1 million acres meant for industries de facto affecting land rights of marginalised communities. It now puts BJP & JMM under scanner. I report Land Conflict Watch maktoobmedia.com/india/jharkhan…

We charged Gautam Adani and Sagar Adani, executives of Adani Green Energy Ltd., and Cyril Cabanes, an executive of Azure Power Global Ltd., for conduct arising out of a massive bribery scheme. sec.gov/newsroom/press…

भारत में, पूजा स्थल (विशेष प्रावधान) अधिनियम, 1991 के तहत, 15 अगस्त 1947 को अस्तित्व में आए किसी भी धार्मिक स्थल का स्वरूप नहीं बदला जा सकता। इसके बावजूद, उत्तर प्रदेश के जिला संभल में चल रहे सर्वे के दौरान हुए पथराव और उसके बाद पुलिस फायरिंग में तीन लोगों की मृत्यु और अन्य के

THREAD On Feb 23, Dhirendra Shastri, who has previously ‘prescribed’ gaumutra & haldi as a cure for cancer, laid the foundation for a ₹200cr cancer hospital. PM Modi attended the event & praised his ‘younger brother’ for his efforts in unifying Hindus

Governments of Israel and US are bullies and evil.