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Israel's Gender Segregation Bill for Academia Is a Trojan Horse for Racial Segregation

Listen to this article: Just before Israel heads to the polls, the Netanyahu–Ben Gvir government is racing to complete legislation that, officially,...

yesterday 10

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Eitay Mack

BJP's Sudden Candidate Change Sparks Buzz in Prestigious Bankipur Bypoll

New Delhi: The Assembly bypoll in Bihar, due on July 30, has been creating a stir for many reasons. The former Assembly seat of the new BJP President...

yesterday 8

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The Wire Staff

Why Atticus Finch Doesn't Belong in the Supreme Court's Faizabad Bar Judgment

Listen to this article: The Faizabad Bar Association recently passed a resolution that no lawyer within its membership would represent the accused in...

yesterday 10

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Sumit Baudh

Will 'JAI Se VIJAY' Deliver? New Army Chief General Dhiraj Seth's Vision Faces Old Hurdles

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Like his predecessors, India’s newly appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Dhiraj Seth, has sought to...

yesterday 10

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Rahul Bedi

Full Text of the 'Preliminary' SIT Report On the Ram Temple Theft Case

Listen to this article: Below is a copy, translated from Hindi, of the “top secret” Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted in Uttar Pradesh...

yesterday 10

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The Wire Staff

Rajasthan Govt Recruitment Portal Asks Applicants – Even Indian Citizens – to Declare if They Came From Another Country

Listen to this article: Jaipur: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Rajasthan has introduced a new disclosure requirement on its State...

yesterday 7

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Shruti Jain

Supreme Court Removes Litigant from Courtroom After He Abuses Bench, Tosses Documents in the Air

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Dramatic scenes unfolded in the Supreme Court on Friday (July 10) as a litigant had to be forcibly removed from the...

yesterday 10

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The Wire Staff

'We Are Asking For Tarpaulins, Not a Gaganyaan': Voices from CJP Protest at Jantar Mantar

Listen to this article: New Delhi: It is Day 20 of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar and Day 11 of their hunger strike. The...

yesterday 10

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Rohit Kumar

Satluj Was Taken Down From OTT, But Punjabis Have Brought It to Their Villages

Listen to this article: They say that when a story carries enough truth and emotional weight, no force can stop it from reaching the people. That,...

yesterday 10

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Damanjeet Kaur And

'Continuing Erosion of Due Process': Film Journalists Write to Ashwini Vaishnaw on Abrupt Removal of 'Satluj'

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Fifty film journalists and film critics have written to minister of information and broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw,...

yesterday 10

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The Wire Staff

Govt Note Admits E20 Can Reduce Fuel Economy by 3-5% in Some Vehicles

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The government today admitted that petrol blended with 20% ethanol – commonly known as E20 – can reduce fuel...

yesterday 10

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The Wire Staff

Ayodhya After the Temple: Faith, Power and the Embezzlement of Ramdhan

Listen to this article: The ‘Ram Janmabhoomi Movement’ that involved L.K. Advani’s Ram Rath Yatra, his arrest in Bihar, and the demolition of...

yesterday 10

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Nalin Verma

What We Learn About BJP-ruled States From Odisha’s Textbook Fiasco

It is obvious that the leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are more comfortable with typing than writing. The value of good education is alien...

yesterday 10

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N R Mohanty

Modi's Visit Seeks ‘Nap Times’ and ‘Venues Without Stairs’, Reports New Zealand Media

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to New Zealand will feature specific logistical accommodations due to his age, along with...

yesterday 20

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The Wire Staff

Good Egg, Bad Opposition: The Complex Rules of Bengal's Dim-ocracy

West Bengal has finally resolved the oldest philosophical problem in politics by defining the boundary between good and bad. Plato, Aristotle and...

yesterday 10

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Aparna Bhattacharya

NDA-Ruled States, Top Universities Push Back Against Centralisation Proposed Under VBSA Bill

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Several National Democratic Alliance-ruled states and leading universities in the country have raised strong...

yesterday 10

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The Wire Staff

The Anatomy of India’s Energy Crisis

Listen to this article: India’s vulnerability was quick to show. Within two weeks of the US and Israel attacking Iran on February 28, Indians were...

yesterday 10

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M. Rajshekhar

Fadnavis' 'Kutta' Remark Ignites Political Row; Shiv Sena, NCP Call Out Negligence in Missing Link Project

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s remarks about critics of the Missing Link project on...

yesterday 10

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The Wire Staff

History is Re-Writing Itself Around the World

Listen to this article: Over the past three odd decades, history has globally undergone a quiet reversal of its centuries-old certitudes. Until the...

yesterday 9

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Harbans Mukhia

Ram Mandir Theft: Dinendra Das, Gopal Rao Contradict Trust's Position After July 6 Meeting

New Delhi: Two people linked with the Ayodhya Ram Mandir trust have made statements appearing to contradict what the administrative body officially...

yesterday 10

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The Wire Staff

Hours After Inducting Turncoat Trinamool MPs, BJP Fields Them For Rajya Sabha Bypoll

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Hours after three former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs in the Rajya Sabha – Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and...

yesterday 10

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The Wire Staff

India, Australia Unlock Uranium Trade After 11-Year Wait, Voice Concern Over West Asia Escalation

Listen to this article: New Delhi: More than a decade after signing a civil nuclear agreement, India and Australia on Thursday (July 9) finalised the...

previous day 10

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The Wire Staff

Ram Mandir SIT Chief Vijay Vishwas Pant Named in Pending Cheating, Forgery Case

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Vijay Vishwas Pant, the 2004-batch IAS officer currently heading the high-profile Special Investigation Team (SIT)...

previous day 10

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Omar Rashid

Vijaya Mehta and the Art of Committing Fully, Then Letting Go

Listen to this article: When Vijaya Mehta passed away, Marathi theatre lost not just a director, but also a living archive of what she called, without...

previous day 10

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Ramu Ramanathan

A Platinum Jubilee, a Political Speech and the Questions Facing India's First IIT

Kharagpur (West Bengal): Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur held its 72nd convocation on Friday, July 4, awarding 3,936 degrees to...

previous day 10

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Farooq Shah

Whose Footpath Is It Anyway? The Fundamental Right to Walk and the Vanishing Right to Vend

Listen to this article: Yesterday, on a walk I take most evenings, a few familiar spots were empty. Most striking was the absence of four vendors with...

previous day 10

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Swarati Sabhapandit

Andhra Pradesh Education ‘Debate’: The Rebuttal Never Reached the Argument

Listen to this article: It is worth asking how a response billed as the other side of a debate managed to leave every specific claim in my piece...

previous day 10

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Joe Christopher

Sudden Removal of Four Officials from Environment Ministry Suggests 'Gigantic Scandal': Jairam Ramesh

Listen to this article: New Delhi: On July 3, the Union environment ministry terminated from duty four close aides to environment minister Bhupender...

previous day 10

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The Wire Staff

F414 Fiasco and its Ramifications

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Mounting uncertainty over India’s negotiations with the United States and General Electric (GE) over the F414...

previous day 10

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Rahul Bedi

Netanyahu's Nightmare

Listen to this article: When the unprovoked joint US-Israel attack on Iran was launched, the whole world was shocked and every nation had to undergo...

previous day 10

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Bansidhar Pradhan

Nehru's Decisive Reply to Srinathji Temple Theft Exposes Modi's Silence on Ram Temple Dacoity

Listen to this article: On November 13, 1958 when Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was informed by one Mangaldas Pakvasa about the grave issue of...

previous day 10

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S.n. Sahu

Beyond the NEET Paper Leak: Medical Education is at a Crossroads in India

Listen to this article: The controversy around the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), including allegations of paper leaks, has sparked...

previous day 10

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Vikash R. Keshri

‘Baby Do Die Do’: A Film on a Mildly-Ambitious Woman Assassin that Never Leaves the Slow Track

The title for Nachiket Samant’s film is at first perplexing. But then, once I saw what they were trying to do, I smirked. An English transliteration...

previous day 10

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Tatsam Mukherjee

How Emily Eden Drew the Ordinary and Extraordinary in 19th Century India

Listen to this article: The party left Calcutta on 21 October 1837, travelling on a ‘flat’, first heading downstream and then through the...

previous day 10

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Mary Ann Prior

How the Cockroach Janta Party Transformed From Meme to a Student Movement

Listen to this article: The world knows that the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which began as online satire, transformed from website to on-ground...

previous day 10

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Anuradha Chenoy

As L-G Asks for Greater Scrutiny of J&K Books, Questions on Academic Freedom, Erasure of History

Listen to this article: Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired a high-level meeting on July 7, directing authorities to...

previous day 10

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Junaid Dar

Hindu Mob Vandalises Under-Construction Church in Bengal's Sonarpur

Listen to this article: New Delhi: A mob on Sunday (July 5) vandalised an under-construction church in the Buri Bot Tola in the Subhasgram area of...

previous day 10

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The Wire Staff

No Reports, No Corruption: One Day in the Life of a Tired Republic

Listen to this article: Ever since 2014, when the blissful era of Amrit Kaal began, it is said that the nation has been spared the shame and disgrace...

previous day 10

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Harish Khare

US Presbyterian Church Votes to Recognise Israel's Attacks on Gaza as 'Genocide'

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The United State’s Presbyterian Church has voted to recognise the Israel’s strikes on Gaza as a genocide. This...

previous day 10

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The Wire Staff

Day 132 of US-Israel War on Iran: US Launches Fresh Airstrikes, Firefighter Killed in Iranshahr Airport

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The West Asia crisis triggered by the US and Israel’s attack on Iran entered day 132 on Thursday (July 9). The US...

previous day 10

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The Wire Staff

Bishnoi, a Punjab Cop, ‘John Wick,’ and ‘Jai Shri Ram’: The 37 Men Named in ‘Operation Hard Ball’

Listen to this article: New Delhi: A corrupt inspector who threatened to charge an innocent person with a murder if he did not pay up, a friend turned...

previous day 20

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The Wire Staff

Ram Temple Theft: SIT Confirms Theft and Security Lapses But Leaves Key Questions Unaddressed

New Delhi: Amidst the ongoing controversy following reports of the alleged theft of offerings at Ayodhya’s Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir last month, the...

previous day 10

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Ankit Raj And

India Urges Restraint, De-escalation as US and Iranian Exchange of Fire Jeopardises Deal

Listen to this article: New Delhi: With the US and Iranian exchange of fire this week again jeopardising their fragile interim peace deal and...

wednesday 10

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The Wire Staff

BJP Celebrates but Questions Abound as Key Accused of Bengal Minor's Rape and Murder Is Killed in Encounter

Listen to this article: Kolkata: In the early hours of July 8, Prabhas Mondal, one of the key accused in the rape and murder case of an 11-year-old in...

wednesday 10

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Aparna Bhattacharya

What the US Indictment of Lawrence Bishnoi Means for Extradition to America

Listen to this article: The US indictment of Lawrence Bishnoi has turned a familiar Indian crime story into a transnational legal question. Can a man...

wednesday 10

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V. Venkatesan

The Supreme Court Has Declared Walking a Fundamental Right. Will Governments Put People Over Cars?

Listen to this article: The Supreme Court, in a judgment on June 19, declared walking a fundamental right. A bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and A.S....

wednesday 10

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Vishavjeet Dhanda And

India's History With Delimitations – and Why Any Exercise Invites Scrutiny Now

Listen to this article: A majority of Indians view elections as a contest centred on candidates, parties and manifestos. Delimitation rarely enters...

wednesday 10

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Nirmanyu Chouhan

Day 131 of US-Israel War on Iran: Ceasefire Deal with Iran is 'Over,' Says Trump

Listen to this article: Iran targeted US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait on Wednesday (July 8) only after the US launched strikes on several...

wednesday 10

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The Wire Staff

ED ‘Freezes’ Rs 440 Crore In Trinamool Bank Accounts After Chopper, Airplane Linked Raids: Reports

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday (July 8) reportedly “froze” several accounts held in private...

wednesday 10

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The Wire Staff

The Wayanad Landslide Was an Avoidable and Man-Made Tragedy

Listen to this article: When a mountain of excavated soil came crashing down onto the Meenakshi bridge near Kalladi near Meppadi in Wayanad on July 7,...

wednesday 10

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Binu Karunakaran