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Shoaib Daniyal
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Scroll Quiz: How much do you know about India’s Independence Day?
Let’s go beyond our school history textbooks.
Shoaib Daniyal
· Yesterday · 10:30 am
NRC debate: How the 1947 Sylhet partition led to Assam’s politics of the foreigner
Till the division, there were more Bengali speakers in Assam than Assamese speakers.
Shoaib Daniyal
· Aug 12, 2018 · 06:30 am
RSS ideologue S Gurumurthy's appointment to the RBI raises eyebrows. But what will it really change?
After demonetisation, this posting has raised questions of political interference in the central bank’s functioning.
Shoaib Daniyal
· Aug 10, 2018 · 06:30 am
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Why Narendra Modi deserves not one but all the Nobel Prizes
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Yesterday · 05:45 pm
Kerala floods: 25 people killed in rain-related incidents on Wednesday, says CM
Yesterday · 11:39 am
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Yesterday · 04:47 pm
The big news: Kochi airport suspends operations till August 18 amid floods, and 9 other top stories
Yesterday · 01:45 pm
The Daily Fix: Lynchings must be tackled by the police – passing the buck to WhatsApp won’t work
Everything you need to know for the day (and a little more)
Shoaib Daniyal
· Aug 09, 2018 · 10:05 am
The Daily Fix: Supreme Court’s press gag on NRC coordinator muddies an already messy situation
Everything you need to know for the day (and a little more)
Shoaib Daniyal
· Aug 08, 2018 · 10:01 am
The Daily Fix: What does the media’s fear of criticising Modi say about press freedom in India?
Everything you need to know for the day (and a little more)
Shoaib Daniyal
· Aug 07, 2018 · 09:54 am
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Yesterday · 08:00 pm
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Yesterday · 05:00 pm
Watch: A Karnataka couple live-streamed their wedding as proof of consent after parents’ opposition
Yesterday · 01:00 pm
Watch: The piano and the sarod (and virtuoso performers) make a little magic with ‘Jana Gana Mana’
Yesterday · 10:00 am
Bengali Dalits feel the NRC is targeting their community. Will this hurt the BJP in West Bengal?
Of late, the BJP had done well to attract Dalit Bengali refugees with its promise of citizenship for Hindu Bangladeshis. But the NRC might harm that narrative.
Shoaib Daniyal
· Aug 03, 2018 · 06:30 am
In Dhaka, angry students have taken over police duties – and are not even sparing the police
The protests erupted after two students were run over by a bus and are directed at police corruption as well as government apathy.
Shoaib Daniyal
· Aug 02, 2018 · 05:38 pm
The Daily Fix: By making it about ‘national security’, Amit Shah raises communal pitch on NRC
Everything you need to know for the day (and a little more)
Shoaib Daniyal
· Aug 01, 2018 · 09:28 am
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A bond of blood and soil, says Salman Khan in the teaser for ‘Bharat’
Yesterday · 04:33 pm
SPI Cinemas CEO Kiran Reddy says sale to PVR was driven by financial, not political, reasons
Yesterday · 02:00 pm
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Yesterday · 01:54 pm
‘Oru Kuttanadan Blog’ trailer: Mammootty’s Hari has a penchant for trouble
Yesterday · 01:43 pm
‘An expel Bengalis campaign’: Opposing NRC in Assam, Mamata makes her strongest identity pitch yet
The Trinamool hopes Bengali identity can stave off the BJP’s appeal to Hindutva in West Bengal.
Shoaib Daniyal
· Jul 31, 2018 · 03:30 pm
‘Courts have a caste bias’: With proposed Bharat Bandh on August 9, Dalit politics targets judiciary
Dalit groups are hoping for a repeat of the April 2 strike that saw mass protests against Supreme Court’s alleged dilution of SC/ST Act.
Shoaib Daniyal
· Jul 31, 2018 · 12:30 pm
The Daily Fix: Using intimidation to crush Jharkhand’s Pathalgadi movement will fuel adivasi anger
Everything you need to know for the day (and a little more)
Shoaib Daniyal
· Jul 31, 2018 · 09:37 am
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Yesterday · 10:06 pm
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