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The amendment of Article 370 in August 2019, which effectively nullified the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, was a watershed moment in the history of the region that went largely uncontested by the international community. Besides China and Pakistan, most countries were unwilling to openly criticise India’s actions in …

In the forest belt of North Kashmir’s Sopore area, solid and biomedical waste is being dumped illegally by the local authorities. This has been happening for the past two months and is violating many environmental laws. The forests are rich in biodiversity and host a number of migratory birds in …

Shefali Rafiq In the month of Ramzan, Zainab Nabi visited home just once. As the fasting month was nearing an end and the Eid-ul-Fitr was expected either on Thursday or Friday, she was hoping it would be on the latter-day. The announcement of the new crescent was made close to …

Dr. Shagufta Ashraf The state of Jammu and Kashmir is a conflict zone, a legacy of British colonialism. Despite passage of 73 years, India is not ready to reconcile its illegal occupation over its 67% territory and the bulk of population of the state. In last 72 years India has …

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Is Prime Minister Narendra Modi primarily responsible for India’s current Covid-19 tragedy? On May 15, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat declared that the government, the administration and India’s people had become complacent after the first wave of Covid-19 ebbed. The the Opposition and the media were …

Kapil Sibal The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the underbelly of state structures presided over by an uncaring and heartless government. India is currently reporting 50 per cent of daily new infections worldwide. Of the over 3,00,000 reported deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, about 75,000 …

How authorities in IIOJK axed apple orchards during one winter night, leaving a community broke and homeless Ahmer Khan and Shoaib Mir Fayaz Ahmad is angry. His only source of income was destroyed when the Forest Department in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) cut down tens of thousands …

Uday Walia I must start with a disclaimer: I’m one of the lawyers representing Cairn Energy. But this is not about the proceedings initiated by India to set aside the US$ 1.25 billion arbitral award or even about the proceedings initiated against Air India in the US to seek to …

Melissa Davey Emergency physician and leading epidemiologist in Brazil, Dr Fatima Marinho, is seeing symptoms of Covid-19 in children that starkly contrast with the message that has been relayed globally throughout the pandemic that children do not appear to suffer severely from the virus. Severe muscle aches, diarrhoea, coughing, abdominal …

Aniruddha Ghosal, Aijaz Hussain and Tim Sullivan For the family of the retired diplomat, the terror struck as they tried desperately to get him past the entrance doors of a private hospital. For the New Delhi family, it came when they had to create a hospital room in their ground-floor …