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Environment Ministry Announces Ban on New Mining Leases in Aravallis – But It’s Not New

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The Wire Staff

There Is ‘Indisputable’ Evidence To Link Air Pollution And Lung Diseases, Say Doctors

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Aathira Perinchery

To Those Who Persecute Christians

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Rohit Kumar

India Announces $450 Million Reconstruction Package for Cyclone-Hit Sri Lanka

New Delhi: India on Tuesday (December 23) announced a $450 million reconstruction package for a Sri Lanka left devastated by Cyclone Ditwah and its...

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The Wire Staff

Protests Erupt Over Aravallis, Opposition Parties Lend Support, But Union Env Minister Claims Hill Range Is ‘Safe’

Protests Erupt Over Aravallis, Opposition Parties Lend Support, But Union Env Minister Claims Hill Range Is ‘Safe’

Listen to this article: Bengaluru: “The Aravallis is safe.” “The government has not relaxed any rule about the Aravallis.” “The Aravallis...

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Aathira Perinchery

Deaths on the Court, Silence in the System: Haryana's Sports Grounds Fail its Young Athletes

Deaths on the Court, Silence in the System: Haryana's Sports Grounds Fail its Young Athletes

Listen to this article: Bahadurgarh, Rohtak: In Haryana, a state renowned for producing one of the highest numbers of medal-winning athletes at...

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Sonia Yadav And

When Cohesion Becomes Coercion: The Indian Army’s Case Against Conscience

When Cohesion Becomes Coercion: The Indian Army’s Case Against Conscience

Listen to this article: Military officers – whether devout monotheists or avowed atheists – have had to deliver on a traditional leadership...

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Ali Ahmed

India-New Zealand FTA Announced Even as NZ Coalition Partner Revolts

India-New Zealand FTA Announced Even as NZ Coalition Partner Revolts

Listen to this article: New Delhi: India and New Zealand on Monday (December 22) announced the conclusion of negotiations on a free trade agreement...

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The Wire Staff

Peddling Lord Ram as a Slick Commercial Acronym

Peddling Lord Ram as a Slick Commercial Acronym

Listen to this article: The revanchist government of the day was clearly canny enough to understand that removing Mahatma Gandhi’s name from the...

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Badri Raina

Cancellation of Sahitya Akademi Awards' Announcement Points to Modi Govt's Naked Ambush

Cancellation of Sahitya Akademi Awards' Announcement Points to Modi Govt's Naked Ambush

Listen to this article: Behind the dramatic cancellation of the Sahitya Akademi awards’ announcement last week, the first ever in its history, lies...

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Ashutosh Bhardwaj

Hadi’s Assassination Casts a Shadow Over Bangladesh’s Long-Awaited Elections

Hadi’s Assassination Casts a Shadow Over Bangladesh’s Long-Awaited Elections

Listen to this article: Bangladesh buried the young, firebrand politician Sharif Osman Hadi on Saturday (December 20) following a...

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Sabir Mustafa

‘Govt Looking Into Schools Cancelling Christmas Celebrations Due to RSS Pressure’: Kerala Edu Minister

‘Govt Looking Into Schools Cancelling Christmas Celebrations Due to RSS Pressure’: Kerala Edu Minister

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Schools in Kerala allegedly buckled under pressure from right-wing groups to cancel Christmas celebrations,...

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The Wire Staff

'Cultural Awareness': VHP's Appeals Against Celebrating Christmas Grow Louder

'Cultural Awareness': VHP's Appeals Against Celebrating Christmas Grow Louder

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has urged the Hindu community to refrain from celebrating religious festivals...

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Ankit Raj

Atleast 3 Ratle Power Project Employees Branded ‘Anti-National’ by J&K Police Linked With BJP

Atleast 3 Ratle Power Project Employees Branded ‘Anti-National’ by J&K Police Linked With BJP

Listen to this article: Srinagar: At least three out of 29 employees red-flagged by the J&K police as “subversive/anti-national” elements in a...

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Jehangir Ali

The First Time the NIA Had a ‘Plead Guilty’

The First Time the NIA Had a ‘Plead Guilty’

Listen to this article: This is the fourth article in The Wire’s series ‘The Forced Guilt Project’, supported by the Pulitzer Center for Crisis...

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Sukanya Shantha

‘Our Coming Together Is an Exchange, Not a Transaction’: Behind the 6th Kochi-Muziris Biennale

‘Our Coming Together Is an Exchange, Not a Transaction’: Behind the 6th Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Listen to this article: Nikhil Chopra, an interdisciplinary artist from Goa whose practice combines live art, performance, sculpture, painting,...

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Chintan Girish Modi

INTERPOL Oversight Body Found Mehul Choksi Was Abducted in Alleged Rendition Attempt by India

INTERPOL Oversight Body Found Mehul Choksi Was Abducted in Alleged Rendition Attempt by India

Listen to this article: London: It has surfaced that the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCIF), which has supervisory, advisory and...

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Ashis Ray

PM Modi's West Bengal Rally Hit by Fog, 'Go Back' Protests and Supporter Deaths

PM Modi's West Bengal Rally Hit by Fog, 'Go Back' Protests and Supporter Deaths

Listen to this article: Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned election rally in West Bengal ran into disruptions on Saturday after dense...

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Joydeep Sarkar

Politic | Epsteins of the World and the Ugly Underbelly of Power

Politic | Epsteins of the World and the Ugly Underbelly of Power

Listen to this article: Photographs of individuals, released or concealed, is not the point. That there was somebody like Jeffrey Epstein should...

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Sanjay K. Jha

Chhattisgarh: Mob Torches Christian Home, Churches Over Burial Dispute; Survivor Alleges Hindutva Role

Chhattisgarh: Mob Torches Christian Home, Churches Over Burial Dispute; Survivor Alleges Hindutva Role

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Local opposition to a Christian man’s burial at a Chhattisgarh village reached a violent crescendo in which a...

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Alishan Jafri

Feted in Public, Forgotten in Court: Soldiers Wait as Tribunal Backlog Grows

Feted in Public, Forgotten in Court: Soldiers Wait as Tribunal Backlog Grows

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Thousands of soldiers and veterans are waiting years for their service and pension disputes to be resolved, but...

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Pragya Singh

No Debate on Air Pollution in Parliament This Session, Minister Makes Untrue Claim on AQI and Disease Link 

No Debate on Air Pollution in Parliament This Session, Minister Makes Untrue Claim on AQI and Disease Link 

Listen to this article: Bengaluru : Delhi has been witnessing very high levels of air pollution for consecutive days now but the parliament did not...

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Aathira Perinchery