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• The Rise of the “Wife of” Content: A Curious Shift in Social Media Trends | Disha

  7 December, by Disha
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  As social media content evolves, a new trend has emerged: women identifying themselves primarily through their husbands’ professions, such as “police wife,” “army wife,” or “sarkaari wife.” These educated, well-spoken women often  (...)

• Analysing the Assembly Election Results of Jharkhand and Maharashtra –- Welfare Schemes for Women & Implications | K. Gireesan

  7 December
  Analysing the election results of Jharkhand and Maharashtra legislative assemblies cannot be confined to which party/ coalition has formed the Government. It is significant to examine the ‘why’ factors behind the results that went in favour of  (...)

• Sambhal Mosque, Ajmer Dargah — How far back can we go? | Ram Puniyani

  7 December, by Ram Puniyani
  The decade of the 1980s saw a drastic downturn in the direction of peace and progress. The communal forces found a new tool to instil hate by misusing the history related to our ancient holy places. There was a Rath Yatra led by Lal Krishna  (...)

• Sambhal, Ajmer Sharif & the spreading communal virus | Humra Quraishi

  7 December, by Humra Quraishi
  5 December 2024
  Human Rights Day, 10 December, is almost here but is there any relevance left to this day! Humans and their basic rights have been reduced to a nothingness of sorts. There is a genocide on, in and around Gaza, where the hapless  (...)

• Hemant’s Triumph: How Welfare and Tribal Support Sank BJP’s Hopes | Chhotelal Kumar

  7 December, by Chhotelal Kumar
  The 2024 Jharkhand Assembly election, concluded on November 23, saw a resounding victory for the JMM-led INDIA alliance, which secured a remarkable 56 out of 81 seats. This outcome was particularly striking given the expectations of a tight  (...)

• Anthropology beats economics: How people in flood-prone region help each other: The Case study of Odisha | Radhakanta Barik

  7 December, by Radhakanta Barik
  Wondering at by looking at the poor people in a flood prone Island of Cuttack district survived with difficulties and worked for making their children educated. This helped their children to get educated who got the jobs in the state sector.  (...)

• Back door entry of repelled Farm laws through New Agricultural Market Policy | Soma Marla

  7 December, by Soma S. Marla
  December 17, 2024
  Recently the Union agricultural ministry has circulated a new draft agricultural market policy framework on agricultural marketing. Union agricultural additional secretary Mr. Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, is also committee  (...)

• Indian women decry ‘politics on the womb’ | John Dayal

  7 December, by John Dayal
  December 7, 2024
  Bhagwat’s 3 child norm
  Indian women, still deemed politically passive, have taken the lead in shooting down an advisory form the ruling party’s chief ideologue that couples now have three children to ensure the country does not  (...)

• Overseas territories boost the might of France, yet it neglects the welfare of their people | Bharat Dogra

  7 December, by Bharat Dogra
  December 17, 2024
  The recent cyclone in Mayotte and the earlier violence in New Caledonia have drawn attention to the problems of people in ‘Overseas France’. France has 13 such ‘territories’ in various parts of world where about 2.8 million live.  (...)

• 498-A IPC (85 BNS) must become gender neutral to prevent abuse | N. Vidya

  7 December, by N. Vidya
   “Justice is due!” So read a placard in the room of the Bengaluru IT employee who committed suicide by hanging, leaving behind not just devastated parents and a brother but also a 24-page suicide note detailing all the agony he faced at the hands  (...)

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