India has become a “dangerous and violent space for Muslim minorities” ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government introduced amendments to the Citizenship Act last year, said the . The annual report looks at the status of civic space and personal liberties accessible to citizens, especially minorities, living in South Asian countries like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It said that while civic space is under threat the world over, India’s case was unique in terms of the “alarming setbacks” that have “taken place at an extraordinary pace,...…India has become a “dangerous and violent space for Muslim minorities” ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government introduced amendments to the Citizenship Act last year, said the . The annual report looks at the status of civic space and personal liberties accessible to citizens, especially minorities, living in South Asian countries like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It said that while civic space is under threat the world over, India’s case was unique in terms of the “alarming setbacks” that have “taken place at an extraordinary pace,...WW…

An 18-year-old woman in was allegedly murdered by her father who opposed her live-in relationship with a Dalit man, The Indian Express reported on Thursday, citing the police. Last month, the couple – 18-year-old Pinki Saini and 24-year-old Roshan Mahawar – had approached the Rajasthan High Court, which on February 26 instructed the police to provide security cover to them. The couple’s advocates called the murder “gross negligence” that could not prevented despite a court order. The police said that Saini was abducted from the couple’s home in Dausa on March 1 after they arrived from...…An 18-year-old woman in was allegedly murdered by her father who opposed her live-in relationship with a Dalit man, The Indian Express reported on Thursday, citing the police. Last month, the couple – 18-year-old Pinki Saini and 24-year-old Roshan Mahawar – had approached the Rajasthan High Court, which on February 26 instructed the police to provide security cover to them. The couple’s advocates called the murder “gross negligence” that could not prevented despite a court order. The police said that Saini was abducted from the couple’s home in Dausa on March 1 after they arrived from...WW…

When a little-known YouTube channel posted a video on February 11 calling for some of India’s most prominent journalists to “be hanged”, it marked a new danger for India’s free press. The video was shared by a host of right-wing figures despite its call to execute at least five senior journalists, all from India’s clutch of independent online news media.Among those named in the video, which claimed to reveal a “money trail” between journalists and an “anti-India conspiracy” to draw attention to protests by thousands of farmers, were co-founder Mohammed Zubair, Washington Post columnist Rana...…When a little-known YouTube channel posted a video on February 11 calling for some of India’s most prominent journalists to “be hanged”, it marked a new danger for India’s free press. The video was shared by a host of right-wing figures despite its call to execute at least five senior journalists, all from India’s clutch of independent online news media.Among those named in the video, which claimed to reveal a “money trail” between journalists and an “anti-India conspiracy” to draw attention to protests by thousands of farmers, were co-founder Mohammed Zubair, Washington Post columnist Rana...WW…

A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde on Monday asked a government employee if he was willing to marry a woman who has accused him of repeatedly raping her when she was a minor, Bar and Bench reported. The court was hearing a bail plea of 23-year-old Mohit Subhash Chavan, who is a technician with the Maharashtra State Electric Production Company. The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court had cancelled his , according to Live Law. During Monday’s hearing, the chief justice asked Chavan’s counsel: “Will you marry her?” To this, the advocate said he would reply after consulting his...…A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde on Monday asked a government employee if he was willing to marry a woman who has accused him of repeatedly raping her when she was a minor, Bar and Bench reported. The court was hearing a bail plea of 23-year-old Mohit Subhash Chavan, who is a technician with the Maharashtra State Electric Production Company. The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court had cancelled his , according to Live Law. During Monday’s hearing, the chief justice asked Chavan’s counsel: “Will you marry her?” To this, the advocate said he would reply after consulting his...WW…

Support Scroll.inYour support is crucial: India needs independent media and independent media needs you.Become a MemberThere is no subtext to this film’s title – the reference is intentional, direct and the overriding theme of the 120-minute Thank You for Coming. Karan Boolani’s comedy, based on a script by Radhika Anand and Prashasti Singh, hinges on the threadbare conundrum of a 32-year-old woman seeking her first orgasm.In an attempt to find her “happy ending”, Delhi native Kanika (Bhumi Pednekar) has been kissing frogs since her school days. Even as a thirtysomething, she is still...…Support Scroll.inYour support is crucial: India needs independent media and independent media needs you.Become a MemberThere is no subtext to this film’s title – the reference is intentional, direct and the overriding theme of the 120-minute Thank You for Coming. Karan Boolani’s comedy, based on a script by Radhika Anand and Prashasti Singh, hinges on the threadbare conundrum of a 32-year-old woman seeking her first orgasm.In an attempt to find her “happy ending”, Delhi native Kanika (Bhumi Pednekar) has been kissing frogs since her school days. Even as a thirtysomething, she is still...WW…

Support Scroll.inYour support is crucial: India needs independent media and independent media needs you.Become a MemberIn August 2023, The New York Times published a story “A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul”. The story investigated whether Chinese funding was being funnelled to advocacy and media organisations across the world to defend the internal authoritarianism of the Chinese state. One of the countries included was India, with a fleeting reference to an Indian digital news organisation NewsClick, which the report said “sprinkled its coverage with Chinese...…Support Scroll.inYour support is crucial: India needs independent media and independent media needs you.Become a MemberIn August 2023, The New York Times published a story “A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul”. The story investigated whether Chinese funding was being funnelled to advocacy and media organisations across the world to defend the internal authoritarianism of the Chinese state. One of the countries included was India, with a fleeting reference to an Indian digital news organisation NewsClick, which the report said “sprinkled its coverage with Chinese...WW…

Support Scroll.inYour support is crucial: India needs independent media and independent media needs you.Become a MemberMany international students come to Australia with the hope of staying permanently.But our latest report, Graduates in limbo: International student visa pathways after graduation, shows that the rights Australia grants international students to stay and work here after they graduate are too generous, offering many false hope.Australia offers graduating students much longer temporary visas than our main competitors for international students, such as Canada, the UK and the...…Support Scroll.inYour support is crucial: India needs independent media and independent media needs you.Become a MemberMany international students come to Australia with the hope of staying permanently.But our latest report, Graduates in limbo: International student visa pathways after graduation, shows that the rights Australia grants international students to stay and work here after they graduate are too generous, offering many false hope.Australia offers graduating students much longer temporary visas than our main competitors for international students, such as Canada, the UK and the...WW…

Support Scroll.inYour support is crucial: India needs independent media and independent media needs you.Become a MemberWe welcome your comments atletters@scroll.in.…Support Scroll.inYour support is crucial: India needs independent media and independent media needs you.Become a MemberWe welcome your comments atletters@scroll.in.WW…

Support Scroll.inYour support is crucial: India needs independent media and independent media needs you.Become a MemberThe 68-member Indian athletics contingent finished their 2022 Asian Games campaign pocketing a total of 29 medals – six gold, 14 silver, and nine bronze.This is the country’s highest medal tally in the sport since the turn of the century. It is also the country’s best-ever showing in terms of number of medals since the inaugural edition in 1951 when the track and field athletes from the country pocketed a total of 34 medals, including 10 gold.While it was indeed a highly...…Support Scroll.inYour support is crucial: India needs independent media and independent media needs you.Become a MemberThe 68-member Indian athletics contingent finished their 2022 Asian Games campaign pocketing a total of 29 medals – six gold, 14 silver, and nine bronze.This is the country’s highest medal tally in the sport since the turn of the century. It is also the country’s best-ever showing in terms of number of medals since the inaugural edition in 1951 when the track and field athletes from the country pocketed a total of 34 medals, including 10 gold.While it was indeed a highly...WW…

The chief of the Congress unit in Kerala, , on Sunday insulted rape complainants, claiming that a woman with self-respect would kill herself instead of publicly accepting that she was sexually assaulted, The Indian Express reported. His misogynistic remarks sparked public outrage, following which Ramchandran issued an apology.“No one can trust a woman who publicly says she got raped,” , according to Times Now. “A woman with self-respect will kill herself if she is raped.” The Congress leader was speaking at an agitation launched by the Congress-led United Democratic Front in...…The chief of the Congress unit in Kerala, , on Sunday insulted rape complainants, claiming that a woman with self-respect would kill herself instead of publicly accepting that she was sexually assaulted, The Indian Express reported. His misogynistic remarks sparked public outrage, following which Ramchandran issued an apology.“No one can trust a woman who publicly says she got raped,” , according to Times Now. “A woman with self-respect will kill herself if she is raped.” The Congress leader was speaking at an agitation launched by the Congress-led United Democratic Front in...WW…