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Sulli Deals: The Indian Muslim women 'up for sale' on an app

Dozens of Muslim women in India found their identities being used in a degrading app.Read More

Blinken starts India meetings with address to civil society group - Reuters India

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet his Indian counterpart and other officials on Wednesday before heading to see Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as the China rivals seek to deepen their cooperation and iron out differences.Read More

'Trivial' inconsistencies shouldn't doom asylum bid - 2nd Circ. - Reuters

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday said minor inconsistencies between the testimony of a Sikh Indian activist who was beaten because of his political beliefs and other records in his case should not have led an immigration judge to reject his …Read More

How a NASA Tweet Stoked a Religious Divide

People are asking: do images and idols of deities belong on the desk of a NASA intern?Read More

Mandira Bedi: Actress stirs debate over women's role at cremations

India's Mandira Bedi made news for performing her husband's last rites, generally a male preserve.Read More

Why some Catholic Canadians are abandoning the church in light of the residential school crisis - CTV News

1. Why some Catholic Canadians are abandoning the church in light of the residential school crisis  CTV News
2. Orange Shirt Day 'not approved' for military members honouring residential school survivors  CBC.ca
3. While some cheer on the d…Read More

Native Americans win ruling to join lawsuit against Lithium Americas project - Reuters

A U.S. federal judge ruled on Wednesday that Native American tribes may join a lawsuit seeking to block Lithium Americas Corp's (LAC.TO) proposed Thacker Pass mine in Nevada, the latest at…Read More

British rule in India: an abusive relationship | Letters

Arguments that ‘it was not all bad’ can quickly descend into a catalogue of justifications for atrocious acts and behaviours, writes Dr Nandini Boodia-Canoo. Plus letters from Geof Wood, John Griffiths and David BentleyAmartya Sen has delivered a critical app…Read More

The Indian girl killed for wearing jeans

Neha Paswan was allegedly beaten to death by relatives who disagreed with her choice of clothes.Read More

India PM Modi warns against overcrowding at tourist spots - Reuters India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned on Tuesday against overcrowding at tourist sites and called for faster vaccinations against the coronavirus even as official figures indicated a slower spread of new infections.Read More

'Not in solidarity with us': Indigenous leaders call for church arsons to stop - CTV News

1. 'Not in solidarity with us': Indigenous leaders call for church arsons to stop  CTV News
2. Residential school survivors call for an end to arson attacks on churches  CBC.ca
3. Indigenous priest speaks of ‘roller-coaster of emotions’ for…Read More

A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country - The Chronicle Journal

1. A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country  The Chronicle Journal
2. 'Breakthrough' COVID-19 infections 'are what we expect,' Mass. doctor says  WCVB Channel 5 Boston
3. SC sees 1,212 new COVID cases, highest total since mid-A…Read More

Were missing children buried in unmarked graves in Johnson County? It’s time we knew

Native children were taken from their parents and communities over the course of 150 years. Some may be buried at the Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway...Read More

Wall Street enforcement to get tougher as SEC's new top cop gets to work - Reuters

When former New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal starts work at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday, he will be the agency's first incoming enforcement director without recent ties to corporate America since 2005.Read More

The Indian state that hosted the super-spreader Kumbh Mela was on the verge of “inviting a catastrophe again”

The Uttarakhand government postponed the Char Dham Yatra—a Hindu religious trip spanning Badrinath, Kedarnath, Yamunotri, and Gangotri. Typically, over 380,000 pilgrims undertake the Char Dham Yatra every year.Read More

182 Graves Found At New Site, Canadian Indigenous Group Says

A search has reportedly found 182 human remains in unmarked graves at a site near a former Catholic Church-run residential school that housed Indigenous children taken from their families.Read More

Gujarat: Over 200 people attend religious event; FIR against organisers for COVID-19 norms violation

According to an official from Nilambagh police station, an FIR was registered against four organisers of the event on Sunday night under Indian Penal Code Sections 188 and 269, and provisions of the Epidemic Diseases Act.Read More

Cancellation puts spotlight on Malaysia’s cultural conservatism

Decision to cancel talk by dancer Ramli Ibrahim reignites debate about the impact of religious conservatism on culture.Read More

Facebook takes hate speech seriously… as long as it’s in English

If like many Australian Muslims you have reported hate speech to Facebook and received an automated response saying it doesn’t breach the platform’s community standards, you are not alone. We and our team are the first Australian social scientists to receive …Read More

Two Men Have Been in Jail for 45 Days for Saying Cow Poop and Piss Can’t Cure COVID

Their Facebook posts said cow faeces and urine are not the cure, “science and common sense is.”Read More