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Post deadly clash on LAC, India’s Prime Minister denies Chinese incursion

June 20, 2020June 20, 2020 Editor

Prime Minister’s remarks came after talks with party heads, with opposition leaders raising the issue of intelligence failures India’s prime minister has said the country is “hurt and angry” at the killing of 20 soldiers by Chinese forces in a disputed Himalayan border region but appeared to downplay the incident in a public address, denying there had been any incursion into Indian territory. “Nobody has intruded into our border, neither is anybody there now nor have our posts been captured,” Narendra Modi said in a televised speech on Friday after…

India-China border tension: A new flashpoint in South Asia

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 Editor

At least 20 Indian soldiers have been killed after a violent confrontation with Chinese troops in the Himalayan region of Ladakh in the deadliest clash in nearly 50 years, with experts warning of a new geopolitical flashpoint in South Asia. New Delhi blamed Beijing for Monday’s clash in Galwan Valley near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) where the Chinese and Indian troops have been engaged in a standoff since early last month. The heightened tensions between the two nuclear-armed countries have drawn international concerns, with the UN urging both…

‘84% Indian households suffered a decrease in monthly income since lockdown’

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 Editor

The economic distress in India caused by lockdown imposed to stem the spread of coronavirus is dire. Nearly 84% of Indian households is seeing decreases in income since the lockdown began. Nearly a third of all households will not be able to survive beyond a week without additional assistance. This was stated in a study, titled “How Are Indian Households Coping Under the Covid-19 Lockdown? 8 Key Findings”, carried out by experts at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago and the Mumbai-based Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy (CMIE). “Direct…

‘Ram Baan’ New India has a solution to all its problems – Blame the Muslim

June 6, 2020June 6, 2020 Editor

The ‘Muslim’ angle ensures that the otherwise silent Modi ministers turn into overnight activists, and the social media ‘warriors’ are never short of an issue to let their bigotry out. By -Jyoti Yadav New India has a new solution — a Ram baan, if you may. If you have a problem or are caught in a difficult situation, you only need to find a Muslim to put the blame on. Not only can you effectively manage the situation, but you can also activate Hindu ‘warriors’ on social media, and drive the police…

2550 Foreign Tablighi Jamaat members blacklisted by MHA from entering India for 10 years

June 4, 2020June 4, 2020 Editor

A total of 2,550 foreign Tablighi Jamaat members, who were staying in India in violation of visa rules during the nationwide lockdown implemented to combat the Covid-19 spread, have been blacklisted by the Home Ministry, according to a PTI report on Thursday. The 2,550 foreign nationals will not be allowed to enter into India for next 10 years, the news report said quoting MHA officials. A large congregation organised by the Tablighi Jamaat in the Nizamuddin area of the national capital New Delhi in March had emerged as a major…

Why Indians get pissed off with Racism & Police Brutality in the US but don’t care about the same issues in their own country?

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 Editor

By Shamani Joshi Experts explain why some of us are so selective with the issues we outrage against. Over the weekend, I saw all my social media feeds flooded with illustrated quotes of Desmond Tutu that declared “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor”, poignant protest signs that declared “I can’t breathe”, and the quintessential hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. These were all in solidarity against the incident that saw George Floyd, a black man, die after a police officer kneeled on his neck…

Indian media blaming Muslims for the spread of the coronavirus

May 16, 2020May 16, 2020 Editor

“During this lockdown, why does every crowd gather only near mosques?” journalist Arnab Goswami recently asked on the Indian news channel, Republic TV. The well-known anchor was referring to a crowd that had gathered last month near a railway station that happens to be near a mosque in Mumbai, the capital of the western state of Maharashtra. Local media reports said they were migrant workers desperate to get back to their towns and villages after a nationwide lockdown was imposed to try and combat the spread of the coronavirus. The…

Jail for ‘Pregnant Lady’, Bail for ‘Gun Supplier’ in Delhi’s Communal Violence Case

May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 Editor

Consider the case of two people arrested by the Delhi Police in connection with the Delhi riots of February 2020. One is a pregnant Muslim woman, a student of Jamia Millia Islamia with no prior involvement in any criminal activity. She is taken into custody six weeks after the violence had ended. No arms and ammunition were recovered from her at the time of the arrest. The other is a Hindu man who the police claims has been supplying arms for the past two years, buying weapons and cartridges from Madhya…

‘Do not buy from Muslims Vendors’: BJP leader calls for social boycott

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Editor

India’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has issued a notice to one of its leaders after a video showing him asking people not to buy vegetables from Muslims surfaced amid a nationwide coronavirus lockdown. “Keep one thing in mind. I am telling everyone openly. There is no need to buy vegetables from ‘miyans’ [Muslims],” legislator Suresh Tiwari from Deoria town in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh was heard saying in the mobile phone video that went viral on Tuesday. Millions in India are facing unprecedented job losses and hunger…

Arab World up in arms against India’s Corona-virus related Islamophobia

April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 Editor

Thanks to anti-Muslim bias in the media and even official messaging over the coronavirus, the intelligentsia in India-friendly Gulf countries has started critically examining the ruling BJP’s attitudes towards Muslims and Arabs. A pandemic that has claimed the lives of 170,000 people and infected close to 2.5 million people worldwide (at last count), acquired a religion on its arrival on Indian shores. The spread of the virus has not only created a health emergency in the country but also brought India on the verge of a new kind of polarisation, thanks…