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Myanmar panel claims soldiers possibly committed war crimes, but not genocide, against Rohingyas0
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- January 22, 2020
scroll.in | Jan 21, 2020 The International Court of Justice is expected to rule on a genocide case against the country on Thursday. A Myanmar government-appointed panel on Monday established that there were “reasonable grounds” to believe that members of the security forces were among “multiple actors” who committed possible war crimes against the Rohingya
READ MORE‘In J&K, internet used to watch dirty films’: NITI Aayog member justifies suspension of services0
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- January 19, 2020
He also claimed that the lack of internet did not have a ‘significant effect’ on the state’s economy. Scroll Staff Yesterday NITI Aayog member VK Saraswat on Saturday claimed that the suspension of internet services in Jammu and Kashmir did not have a “significant effect” on the economy as it was used to only watch
READ MOREHow the British convinced Hindus that Muslims were despots and religious invaders0
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- January 19, 2020
How the British seeded the idea that Muslims were despots and religious invaders The East India Company wanted to be seen as a rectifier of the historical harm inflicted by the Muslims. Manan Ahmed Asif Sep 16, 2017 It is a fact not so easily known, thus rarely acknowledged, that the British colonial project in
READ MOREKulbhushan Jadhav case: ‘Pakistan violated Vienna Convention, remedies are due,’ ICJ chief tells UN0
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- October 31, 2019
The International Court of Justice President told the UN that Pakistan was obliged to fully grant India consular access to the former Indian Navy officer. International Court of Justice President Judge Abdulqawi Yusuf told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday that Pakistan violated its obligations under the Vienna Convention in the case of former
READ MOREOf ‘infiltrators’ and ‘internal matters’: Indian government’s doublespeak on NRC0
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- October 20, 2019
While Amit Shah threatens to deport ‘illegal immigrants’, Modi assures Bangladesh that it has nothing to worry about. Ipsita Chakravarty October 20, 2019 The Indian government appears to have developed a careful doublespeak on the National Register of Citizens, recently updated in Assam and on the cards for the rest of the country. In Assam,
READ MOREJammu and Kashmir; US senator denied permission to visit Kashmir calls on India to be transparent0
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- October 5, 2019
Scroll India 6 October 2019 Chris van Hollen, a Democrat, was behind a recent amendment to a Senate appropriations bill that mentioned the restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir. United States Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Democratic Party, has claimed that he was denied permission by the Indian government to visit Kashmir to
READ MOREBabri Masjid case: Archaeological evidence rules out present-day Ayodhya as city of sacred texts1
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- September 8, 2019
Ram temple case: Archaeological evidence rules out present-day Ayodhya as city of sacred texts re-examining history Looking for clues about Ram in the Puranas and from digs conducted by archaeologist Brij Basi Lal. Rajesh Kochhar September 7, 2019 The Supreme Court is hearing the Ayodhya case on a daily basis with a view to be
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‘Hindus have been disproportionately targeted’: Why the Assam government is not happy with the NRC0
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- August 30, 2019
The BJP suggested low exclusion rates in border districts meant the NRC was inaccurate. Political analysts in the state say migration levels have dropped. Aug 04, 2019 Arunabh Saikia On August 1, the Assam government released the district-wise break-up of the 40.07 lakh people who were left out of the draft of the National Register
READ MOREIndia opts out of agreement to share hydrological data with Pakistan during flood season: Report0
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- August 23, 2019
Indian Commissioner for Indus Waters PK Saxena said it would not violate the Indus Waters Treaty. Scroll Staff 22 August 2019 India has decided not to renew an agreement it signed with Pakistan in 1989 to share hydrological data during flood season, The Times of India reported on Thursday. New Delhi said it would provide
READ MOREWho detained Kashmiri politician Shah Faesal and under what law?0
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- August 18, 2019
Home ministry officials did not respond to Scroll.in’s questions. Ipsita Chakravarty 16 August 2019 On August 15, it was reported that Shah Faesal, the Kashmiri bureaucrat who left the Indian Administrative Service to join politics, was being held at the Centaur Hotel in Srinagar, which has been turned into a makeshift detention centre. Early on
READ MOREHumans of Assam: The nephew of India’s fifth president is struggling to prove his Indian citizenship0
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- August 16, 2019
Ziauddin Ali Ahmed and his family won’t make it to the final NRC – here’s why. Arunabh Saikia Jul 28, 2019 Humans of Assam is a collection of stories of people living in the state who fear losing their Indian citizenship. It is part of the month-long reporting project called The Final Count. When the
READ MOREDeath by Citizenship: This man killed himself, anxious over wife’s fate – and he is not the only one. Part 3 Final0
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- July 28, 2019
The final in a three-part series on people who ended their lives consumed by anxiety over proving they and their families were Indian citizens. Jul 18, 2019 Arunabh Saikia Kadbhanu is a difficult woman to get hold of. You have to phone a specific relative – who accepts calls only from certain numbers – who
READ MOREDeath by Citizenship: They made it to NRC, but were dropped later – tagged as suspected foreigners Part 20
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- July 28, 2019
The second in a three-part series on people who ended their lives consumed by anxiety over proving they and their families were Indian citizens. Jul 17, 2019 Arunabh Saikia There is no ceiling fan in the Das’ living room anymore. Nirod Baran Das had hanged himself from it last October, damaging it beyond repair in
READ MOREIndia: Death by Citizenship: A loving son, a brave mother, a distraught father – faces of Assam’s tragedy. Part 10
The first in a three-part series on people who ended their lives consumed by anxiety over proving they and their families were Indian citizens. Arunabh Saikia Jul 16, 2019 Jul 16, 2019 · 09:00 am Arunabh Saikia Birosmoni Das struggles to complete a sentence without breaking down. But this much she remembers clearly: her son,
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