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    Feminists, democratic groups condemn targeting hijab wearing Muslim students

    An open letter signed by over a thousand people thus far says that the Hijab is just a pretext to impose apartheid on and...

    Himalayan glaciers melting rapidly, minister informs Lok Sabha

    Melting glaciers have significant impact on water resources of Himalayan rivers due to a change in glacier basin hydrology, reduced water downstream, and impact...

    Taliban hold confidential talks for humanitarian aid in Geneva

    The Swiss foundation, Geneva Call, is hosting a restricted-access conference to find out how unimpeded humanitarian assistance can be delivered to the people of...

    WHO’s aid plea warns of risks from new variants

    Warning of the emergence of more dangerous variants of COVID-19 on the anvil, a press release pointed out the inequities in the access to...

    Forests for business?

    Environmentalists see the government applying two different standards on the issue of monetising forests and disturbing wildlife for industrialisation on the one hand, and...

    Half a million and counting: Minor irrigation water bodies in India

    The minister for jal shakti provided a list of tanks, reservoirs or ponds counted as part of an ongoing census from various states. India has...

    Bail for Lankan lawyer, “prisoner of conscience”

    The criminal investigation department of the Sri Lanka police had detained Hejaaz Hizbullah, an attorney-at-law under the island nation’s Prevention of Terrorism Act. Sri Lankan...

    Humanitarian agencies write to finance minister. Seek consultative process

    Sphere India has asked the finance minister to institutionalise disaster risk and climate change adaptation budgeting in the union budgets to mark the shift...

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