The Rajya Sabha cleared the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 in the early hours of April 4 after a 14-hour long debate, paving the way for it to become a law…
Often, innocuous-seeming symbols are encrypted with coded messages. For instance, in the United States, a hangman’s noose is associated with the far-Right, White supremacist group Ku Klux Klan (or the…
Ranjani Srinivasan, the former Columbia University (CU) PhD scholar from Chennai, has refuted media reports and US homeland security secretary Kristy Noem’s claim that she self-deported from the US. Speaking…
On Holi this year, Congress-ruled Telangana became an easy target for the Opposition. Leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party went all guns blazing after the Hyderabad and Cyberabad police issued…
Simmering communal tensions led to violent clashes in Nagpur on March 17. Right-wing outfits, such as the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal, led protests seeking the removal of…
Within hours of it being widely reported that an Indian PhD scholar at Columbia University named Ranjani Srinivasan self-deported after their visa was suddenly revoked by the US government last…
On March 17, 2025, violence erupted in Nagpur, Maharashtra, after claims began circulating that a piece of cloth with a verse from the Quran inscribed on it was burnt during…
On 9 March, the Indian men’s cricket team lifted the ICC Champions Trophy after 12 years, defeating New Zealand in the finals. Following the win, large crowds gathered on the…
A viral video of explosions targeting a moving train is being circulated by media outlets and on social media with claims that it shows the recently hijacked passenger train in…
The six-week-long Maha Kumbh Mela, held in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, came to a close on Wednesday, February 26. The same evening, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting released a statement…