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Daily Brief: Why banned Jamaat is contesting Kashmir elections after 37 years, and more


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Why banned Jamaat is contesting Kashmir elections after 37 years

The outfit wants the Centre to revoke the ban placed on it in 2019.

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Himachal Pradesh orders eateries to display names of owners

This came a day after BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh issued a similar order claiming the move was aimed at ensuring cleanliness.

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Harsh Mander: Marauding bulldozers have left a trail of shattered lives as reticent courts watched

Unless the judiciary punishes those in public office who destroy the rule of law and morality of the Constitution, court ‘guidelines’ will be empty...

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Sri Lanka’s new president inherits vulnerable, recovering economy with pressures of populist demands

Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been critical of deals struck with foreign lenders, including the IMF, but he will have limited room to manoeuvre.

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Mob justice rules in post-revolution Bangladesh but it is a slippery slope

As the flames of revolution burn ever brighter, let’s all take a moment to appreciate the fine balance between justice and chaos

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Human sacrifice, blood offerings, greed for gold: Why the 1970s Manwat murders continue to shock

In October, a Sony LIV series will revisits the slew of brutal, occult killings in Maharashtra five decades ago.

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How Hanoi became a hub for French scholars studying India

Founded in 1900, the French School of the Far East allowed generations of Indologists and Sanskrit scholars to research what was called ‘Further India’.

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Compassion is the secret to staying youthful, say the Dalai Lama and Kailash Satyarthi in a new book

An excerpt from ‘The Book of Compassion’, by the Dalai Lama, Kailash Satyarthi, and Pooja Pande.

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