A Muslim woman was yesterday denied entry into Marbia Cafe in Delhi’s New Friend’s Colony area because she wore a hijab!

The cafe staff said they only allow people in casual, formal, or semi-casual attire which is insane. I've seen many women wearing sarees and bindis there.

Scoop: An Al Jazeera English review found Instagram boosted nearly 50 Modi AI-created Modi ads tagged #AIart ahead of elections, a disclosure Meta said is insufficient, highlighting gaps in AI policy enforcement

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Most of them told me they had heard that the BJP was coming to power.

Heard where, I asked? On WhatsApp groups, on social media and on the news. All these were saying the BJP was winning, the #400Paar slogans were on village groups.

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Lynching survivor Samaydeen battled threats, police negligence & attempted cover-up to get justice for himself & Qasim, murdered by a Hindu mob over false rumours of cow slaughter. Omar Rashid on how his testimony led to an exemplary life sentence for 10 article-14.com/post/how-a-mus…

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95% of value of Electoral Bonds:

Sold in 30 Phases from Mar-2018 to Jan-2024:

Came via 15,631 EBs purchased by donors of value

of Rs.1 crore each.

15 of above EBs were not encashed

Thus

Political Parties received main donations via 15616 EBs
of Rs.1 crore

Are the cocaine hippos of Colombia coming to India?

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In one of the most under-covered humanitarian crises, Pallabi Munsi , Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis & Mark Baron (+ Sudanese journos not named over safety risks) found terrifying evidence of RSF weaponizing hunger to forcibly induct farming communities
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We bring you series on toxic newsrooms and how, especially under the current political scenario, journalists are made to work under intense pressure. Sometimes, to even work on propaganda stories. I speak to Journos who went through this. thecitizen.in/india/journali…

Drought is driving poor Indian women into exploitative sugarcane work in the central state of Maharashtra, with many of the migrant labourers opting to undergo unnecessary hysterectomies: IIED Research

Ritu Bharadwaj
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Why do members of a cult founded by a rape-accused self-styled godman who is currently a fugitive in an unknown location keep showing up at UN events (t.ly/berFT)? More imp:The questionable optics of Hindu monks/nuns at Western climate summits despite 0 participation

'the Tom Cruise of Hare Krishna' John McDermott spent the past year investigating the origin story of Jay Shetty - the wellness guru who has risen to the top of Holywood and officiated Ben and Jen's wedding theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/n…

This Urban Company advertisement is a testament to how easy it is for one of the nastiest companies that even sued and treated police action against women gig workers demanding basics to receive feminist support.

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