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Why Regional Journalists Need Greater Protection From Threats, Violence The unequal distribution of capital means that regional journalists operate inside a field where they are constantly overpowered before a story even begins. Alankar Kaushik✍️ https://t.co/V6fQyLFfJq
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The unequal distribution of capital means that regional journalists operate inside a field where they are constantly overpowered before a story even begins.
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@SravastiDasgup2 Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said that the meeting was ‘productive’ and the opposition's suggestions will be placed before the Business Advisory Committee. @SravastiDasgup2✍️ https://t.co/hHMkETQaMJ
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Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said that the meeting was ‘productive’ and the opposition's suggestions will be placed before the Business Advisory Committee.
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Opp Demands Discussion on SIR, National Security at All-Party Meeting Ahead of Winter Session @SravastiDasgup2✍️ https://t.co/hHMkETPCXb
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Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said that the meeting was ‘productive’ and the opposition's suggestions will be placed before the Business Advisory Committee.
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Labour unions across the country have been protesting against the new labour codes, mainly on the ground that the changes do not go far enough in protecting workers. Kashif Mansoor, Basit Abdullah✍️ https://t.co/zNTPWIkqeD
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Labour unions across the country have been protesting against the new labour codes, mainly on the ground that the changes do not go far enough in protecting workers.
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Minimum Wages Under the New Labour Codes: What the Law Promises and What It Misses Kashif Mansoor, Basit Abdullah✍️ https://t.co/zNTPWIkY4b
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Labour unions across the country have been protesting against the new labour codes, mainly on the ground that the changes do not go far enough in protecting workers.
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#Saakhi: Caste, as Women Experience it It starts in the kitchen with food and its distribution dictated by a code of genderised hierarchy where males are the leaders. @MrinalPande1✍️ https://t.co/VPL8B02mMI
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It starts in the kitchen with food and its distribution dictated by a code of genderised hierarchy where males are the leaders.
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The Union environment ministry had submitted the final report of its high-powered committee that revisited the environmental clearances granted for the Great Nicobar development projects in a sealed cover to the NGT. https://t.co/76C68g39RX
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The Union environment ministry had submitted the final report of its high-powered committee that revisited the environmental clearances granted for the Great Nicobar development projects in a sealed...
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‘Gustaakh Ishq’: A Modest Muslim Social Reclaiming Decency in the Age of Vitriol In an age when Hindi cinema has been pilloried as ‘Urduwood’ by RW trolls, it’s heartwarming to see Vibhu Puri’s film reclaim and revive the Muslim social. @LunkyFallow✍️ https://t.co/6qhIqC7F66
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In an age when Hindi cinema has been pilloried as ‘Urduwood’ by right-wing trolls, it’s heartwarming to see Vibhu Puri’s film reclaim and revive the Muslim social.
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A report revealed a staggering 10.64% of Mumbai’s 1.03 crore registered voters are duplicates, while another uncovered bizarre anomalies in the Nanded Waghala Corporation’s electoral rolls. Read here:
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A report revealed a staggering 10.64% of Mumbai’s 1.03 crore registered voters are duplicates, while another uncovered bizarre anomalies in the Nanded Waghala Corporation’s electoral rolls.
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#Politic | The Hype and Reality of Narendra Modi's Politics If you thought the prime minister must show a sense of proportion no matter how enticing grandiloquence is, you haven’t understood the Modi phenomenon, writes @whoskj2. https://t.co/oMLM2gk5lC
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If you thought the prime minister must show a sense of proportion no matter how enticing grandiloquence is, you haven’t understood the Modi phenomenon.
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#SIR | EC Extends Voter List Revision Deadline by Seven Days For All 12 States Amid growing fears and concerns, the EC has announced the new date of electoral forms submission as December 11. The final roll will now be published on February 14, 2026. https://t.co/zI5VIvzTcO
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Amid growing fears and concerns, the EC has announced the new date of electoral forms submission as December 11. The final roll will now be published on February 14, 2026.
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Over 11 Lakh Duplicate Entries in Mumbai; Voters Found 'Living' in Coaching Centres in Nanded: Reports #Maharashtra
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A report revealed a staggering 10.64% of Mumbai’s 1.03 crore registered voters are duplicates, while another uncovered bizarre anomalies in the Nanded Waghala Corporation’s electoral rolls.
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'When we were writing 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara', we were fighting so much and so loudly in Zoya’s house that the neighbours called her mother to ask her if everything was all right.' Mihir Chitre✍️
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'When we were writing 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara', we were fighting so much and so loudly in Zoya’s house that the neighbours called her mother to ask her if everything was all right.'
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Counting and classifying citizens for the caste census must not be treated as a benign exercise, but as a political act that can challenge or reinforce hierarchies of knowledge and power. Swarati Sabhapandit, C.P. Rajendran✍️
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Counting and classifying citizens for the caste census must not be treated as a benign exercise, but as a political act that can challenge or reinforce hierarchies of knowledge and power.
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'Won’t Consider Withheld Parts of Report on Revisiting Clearance for Great Nicobar Projects': NGT https://t.co/LMGgC5MGZj
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The Union environment ministry had submitted the final report of its high-powered committee that revisited the environmental clearances granted for the Great Nicobar development projects in a sealed...
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The cracks first showed in mid-November when Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena accused the BJP of aggressively poaching its grassroots workers, especially in bastions such as Kalyan-Dombivli. https://t.co/Yu3Dczqxs6
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The cracks first showed in mid-November when Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena accused the BJP of aggressively poaching its grassroots workers, especially in bastions such as Kalyan-Dombivli.
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British Playwright Tom Stoppard Dies Aged 88 Stoppard had fled the Nazi occupation with his family in 1939, first settling in Singapore and then in India, before eventually resettling in Britain. | @dwnews
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Stoppard had fled the Nazi occupation with his family in 1939, first settling in Singapore and then in India, before eventually resettling in Britain.
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The Dubai crash, reinforced by official appraisals and oversight reports, exposed HAL’s fragile global credibility and the fact that India’s first-generation combat aircraft Tejas can no longer rely on spoken reputation alone. Rahul Bedi✍️
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The Dubai crash, reinforced by official appraisals and oversight reports, exposed HAL’s fragile global credibility and the fact that India’s first-generation combat aircraft Tejas can no longer rely...
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Already, the alienation of Hindu Matua voters by the SIR, the culture war waged against Tagore and the divisive narrative around ‘Vande Mataram’ suggest a problematic future for the Bengal BJP. Suman Nath✍️
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Already, the alienation of Hindu Matua voters by the SIR, the culture war waged against Tagore and the divisive narrative around ‘Vande Mataram’ suggest a problematic future for the Bengal BJP.
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As AQI Soars to 326, Delhi Govt Faces Heat from Citizens and Opposition Over Pollution Crisis As winter deepens and smog thickens, the government is being asked to deliver not just plans, which appear not to be working anyway, but outcomes @PragyaSingh✍️ https://t.co/uOaSj0D7n5
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As winter deepens and smog thickens, the government is being asked to deliver not just plans, which appear not to be working anyway, but outcomes.
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