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It has been over 500 days since Khalid Saifi’s incarceration and 300 for Umar Khalid in the northeast Delhi riots cases and almost three weeks since the custodial demise of Father Stan Swamy in the Bhima-Koregaon case—all arrested under the dreaded Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, (UAPA) 1967. The arrests have put the spotlight back on the category of ‘political prisoners’, who are imprisoned for opposing the government via their actions or beliefs.

The powerful Brahmin community, which is believed to play an important role inmoulding public opinion, is being wooed by all political parties for Mission 2022 in a bid to capture power in UP.

Women, the hardest hit segment of our population, first, due to the outbreak of COVID-19; secondly due to mishandling of the situation; and thirdly due to enactment of the three farm laws seeking to bring corporate to the farm in the midst of the crisis, are making history by coming out in forefront in the battle against Modi’s farm laws with renewed vigour. They held all-women Kisan Sansad at Jantar Mantar to mark the eight months of the farmers’ agitation of July 26, 2021. Women from all walks of life are now lending their support as women’s solidarity. It has added a new dimension to the farmers’ agitation that is already making history in the farmers’ movement in India.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Rahul Gandhi will come to a head in a couple of years, leading up to the 2024 general elections. Both are angling for the same distinction, but there’s only one slot to fill. ‘Didi’ thinks she’s the one for the course. And Rahul Gandhi believes he’s the born thoroughbred. Both reckon they can oust the twice-tested ‘Chaiwala’.

New Delhi: Visibly rattled by the dismal showing of the much-hyped shooters NRAI chief startled every one when he said, “We are no longer going to be held at ransom. The period of ransom is over."

New Delhi: Having suffered two consecutive defeats Indian women face Rio Olympic champion Great Britain in their third Pool A encounter at the Oi Hockey Stadium in Tokyo.

New Delhi: Hyped as strong medal contenders the pair of Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary finished poor seventh in the 10M Air Pistol Mixed Team competitions on Tuesday, at the Tokyo Olympics Shooting competition at the Asaka range in Tokyo.

The Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf won comfortably in the election to the Azad Jammu Kashmir provincial legislature, held on Sunday, by bagging 25 out of 45 seats (election held in 44). However, Pakistan’s prestigious morninger Dawn in an editorial described the election as “one of the ugliest in recent times. The tone and tenor of speeches, the intensity of partisan attacks and the level of personal mudslinging was, to say the least, abominable. All party leaders focused on insulting their rivals instead of talking about issues concerning the AJK electorate”.

The new surge in positive coronavirus cases, caused by the viral plague’s Delta variant and a slow-down in the vaccination rate, is again exposing the fatal—literally—flaws in the U.S.’s profit-oriented health care “system,” critics say.

New Delhi: Playing to a plan, India put up a clinical display to overpower Spain 3-0 for their second win at the Hockey competition of the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday.