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    Netanyahu Is Rendering Israel Morally Bankrupt

    Under no circumstances and regardless of what the Jews have experienced, however, can the Israeli military justify any acts of revenge against innocent Palestinian...
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    668 Instances of Hate Speech Targeting Muslim in India, Says Report

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    Swat Women Won’t Be ‘Duped’ by Militants This Time

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    UN Report Holds China Responsible for ‘Serious Human Rights Violations’ in Xinjiang; China Rebuts Strongly

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    Ninety Years of a Full Life [Part – II]

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    Accountability

    Bangladesh’s NHRC to Probe Attack on Hindus; Administration Negligence

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    India’s Bangladeshi Bogeyman

    During the 2019 election campaign, then BJP president and now Home Minister, Amit Shah, described Bengali-speaking Muslims in border states as ‘termites’—invoking the same...
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    Quakes Do Not Kill People, Bad Buildings Do

    The infrastructure surge in the geologically fragile Himalayas is putting people at risk. So are populations in the alluvial...
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    Human Society is Making the Mistake of Forgetting the Importance of Forests: President Droupadi Murmu

    President Droupadi Murmu said that she was confident that the officers of the Indian Forest Service had become completely...
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    Inflation and Inequality – What does Government Data say?

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