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The Bombay High Court Should Know that Prevention of Genocide Is Everyone's Business

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Sarayu Pani

Backstory: Indian Media No Longer Dares to Go into the Dark Labyrinth of Torture

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Pamela Philipose

It's the Small Things | Three Generations at a Dining Table

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Ananya M.p

Tracing Censorship in Modern Indian Art

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The Map Academy

'This is Not Patriotism': Bombay HC Rejects CPI(M)'s Plea For Permission to Protest Against Gaza Genocide

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Bombay high court on Friday (July 25) dismissed a petition filed by the Communist Party of India (Marxist)...

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The Wire Staff

India's Democracy on a Precipice: Will the State Take a Step Back in Bihar?

Listen to this article: When the Constitution of India granted the right of universal adult franchise to citizens, it did not, unlike the American...

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Badri Raina

EC Declares Bihar SIR a Success; But Merges Key Categories, Obscuring Number of ‘Untraceable’ Voters

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on Friday (July 25) declared the conclusion of its controversial special intensive...

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Pavan Korada

‘Warnings Were Ignored’: Behind the Rajasthan Govt School Building Collapse That Killed Seven Children

Jaipur: Early on July 25, Ramdayal Bhil, who is in his forties, was inspecting his maize fields at the Piplodi village of Rajasthan’s Jhalawar...

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Deep Mukherjee

Asked to Investigate UPA Govt's Use of 'Fake Notes' That Never Were: Ex-Finance Secretary Subhash Garg

Listen to this article: New Delhi: About a year ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government...

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Sravasti Dasgupta

Bihar SIR: Parliament Stalemate Continues As Govt Remains Non-Committal on Opp’s Demands

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The first week of the monsoon session ended in a washout on Friday as the stalemate between the government and...

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Sravasti Dasgupta

Animals Go ‘Missing’ in West Bengal Zoos, Official Numbers Don’t Tally

Listen to this article: Bengaluru/Kolkata: Captive wild animals in two zoos in West Bengal have gone “missing”, as per official records maintained...

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Aathira Perinchery And

‘You Speak Bengali, So You Are Bangladeshi’: Muslim Families Across Delhi-NCR Allege Police Harassment

Mass evictions of people living in slums across cities, using force, allegations of harbouring ‘illegal migrants’ have acquired phenomenal pace in...

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Atul Ashok Howale

Why Parliamentary Rituals and Performative Gestures Won’t Save Our Cities

Listen to this article: On July 9, 2025, Gurugram – a city waterlogged by floodwaters – witnessed severe inundation that crippled traffic and...

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Tikender Panwar

Month After Inexplicable Abstention, India Tells UN that Gaza Needs Ceasefire, Not 'Intermittent Pauses'

Listen to this article: New Delhi: India on July 24 called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, warning that the “ongoing human suffering must not...

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The Wire Staff

Kashmir Journalist Roughly Handled By Protesting Doctors Seeks Press Bodies' Intervention

Listen to this article: Srinagar: A female journalist from Kashmir on Thursday (July 24) approached the Press Council of India (PCI) among other...

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Jehangir Ali

As Free Trade Deal With UK Inked, Indian Textiles, Gems, Footwear Slated to Benefit

Listen to this article: New Delhi: After three years of negotiations, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his UK counterpart Keir Starmer on...

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The Wire Staff

'Reporters Starving: AFP, AP, BBC and Reuters Urge Israel to Allow Aid and Journalists Into Gaza

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Four western news organisations – the Associated Press, AFP, BBC News and Reuters – have issued a joint...

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The Wire Staff

‘Framed as Bomb Expert Because I’m an Engineer’: Sajid Ansari on 7/11 Acquittal

Listen to this article: New Delhi: On July 21, the Bombay high court acquitted 12 individuals implicated in the Mumbai train blast case, among whom...

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Owais Siddiqui

Not Protecting Planet From Impacts of Climate Change May Violate Int'l Law: Top UN Court

Listen to this article: In a watershed advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has said a “clean, healthy and...

24.07.2025 3

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Louise Osborne

India Resumes Tourist Visas for Chinese Nationals as Border Talks Continue in Delhi

Listen to this article: New Delhi: India on Wednesday (July 23) announced the resumption of tourist visas for Chinese nationals after a gap of five...

24.07.2025 3

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The Wire Staff

In Gurugram’s ‘Holding Centres’, Men Say They Are Detained Just for Speaking Bengali

Listen to this article: Gurugram: On July 19, Hafizur Sheikh (41) had finished his shift as a cleaner outside a liquor store in Gurugram when he...

24.07.2025 5

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Alishan Jafri And

When Vajpayee Chose to Fall in Line After Godhra

Listen to this article: The following is an excerpt from Abhishek Choudhary’s Believer’s Dilemma: Vajpayee and the Hindu Right’s Path to Power,...

24.07.2025 6

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Abhishek Choudhary

Dhankhar Gone, Election Commission Begins Preparing for Vice-Presidential Polls

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Two days after vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar posted his surprise resignation letter to the president on X, the...

23.07.2025 10

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The Wire Staff

Did Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar Slip From Modi's Good Books?

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The conspicuous silence by BJP over vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar’s sudden resignation, and later Prime...

23.07.2025 10

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Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta

7/11 Judgment Fails to Hold Police Accountable For Custodial Torture, Lost Time of Those Acquitted

Mumbai: On July 21, two significant judgments were delivered in separate cases of custodial torture. In one, the Supreme Court ordered the...

23.07.2025 5

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Sukanya Shantha

The Gujarat Model at a Dangerous Crossing

Listen to this article: “He is incorruptible”; the middle-aged founder of a well-known chartered accountancy firm in Mumbai looked palpably...

23.07.2025 3

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Sanjay Jha