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Call For Papers: NLIU-International Trade Law Journal (Volume IV) [Submit By 31st January]

Live Law

The National Law Institute University, Bhopal, established in 1997, is one of India's premier law schools and has consistently played a vital role in shaping the legal and academic landscape of the country. The NLIU-International Trade Law Journal, launched in 2021, is an annual, double-blind, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting quality research and facilitating intellectual discourse in the realm of …

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Rise & Rise of Ambedkar as an icon

New Indian Express

The fracas over an insult to Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar leading to fisticuffs between the members of the ruling coalition and the opposition within the parliament complex underlined two distinctive trends. Second, over the last few decades, Ambedkar has emerged as the only leader whom all political outfits - regional and national, cutting across ideological barriers - are competing to appropriate …

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5 days, 11 hours ago

Nick Jonas endorses Elon Musk, Tesla on X; fans wonder if ‘JoBros are Republicans’

Hindustan Times

Elon Musk uses Jonas Brothers meme The exchange started when an X user shared an old article with the headline “Elon Musk and the decline of Tesla.” “The megalomaniac CEO extracted $48 billion from his shareholders. Tesla is up 100% since Donald Trump won!” Elon reposted that tweet with the popular Jonas Brothers meme in which Nick and his brother …

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1 week, 1 day ago

How NYT columnist Jamelle Bouie became TikTok’s most unlikely star.

Slate

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. It’s more trivia that I work for the New York Times at this point on TikTok than it is people seeking me out as a guy who works at the New York Times. I think because people know that …

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ARISE, FICCI host two-day Annual School Education Conference 2024, discussions held on future of K-12 education in India

Hindustan Times

A two-day ARISE Annual School Education Conference 2024 was conducted in partnership with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry on December 13 and 14, 2024. The ARISE Annual School Education Conference 2024 was attended by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and host of other guests including government officials, educators, industry leaders, and innovators. Notably, the conference was …

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'Deeply Concerning': Ex-Prosecutor Calls ABC's Trump Settlement 'Far From Normal'

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance was among a chorus of legal experts and other critics who denounced ABC News’ decision to settle a defamation lawsuit with Donald Trump for $15 million. It also issued an editor’s note expressing regret about anchor George Stephanopoulos’ comments during a March 10 interview on “This Week.” Stephanopoulos had asserted during that …

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1 week, 1 day ago

How Priyanka's Speech on Sambhal and Caste Census Differed from Rahul's, Watch Report

ABP News

The Rajya Sabha will begin a two-day discussion on the Constitution today, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman from the ruling party starting the debate. Rahul Gandhi also took part, using references to the Manusmriti and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar to attack the central government, questioning its policies and ideologies. The debate in the Lok Sabha raised significant questions about the government's …

1 week, 1 day ago

Fudan Art Institute celebrates its official opening

China Daily

Pan Gongkai, the first dean of the Fudan Art Institute, speaks at the official launch of the new institute. The Fudan Art Institute celebrated its official opening on Dec 8 and will focus on the study and research in interpreting and constructing the discourse system of traditional Chinese art, re-understanding and interpreting the cultural structure of Western modern art, and …

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What's in Nehru's Edwina letters and why a storm after 80 years?

India Today

The Prime Ministers' Museum and Library has for the first time formally asked for the return of personal letters written by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to Edwina Mountbatten, Jayaprakash Narayan, Albert Einstein, among others. Kadri said these letters pertain to Nehru's communication with Edwina Mountbatten, Albert Einstein, Jayaprakash Narayan, Padmaja Naidu, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Aruna Asaf Ali, Babu …

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Is Francafrique ending? Why Senegal is cutting military ties with France

Al Jazeera

A wave of African countries is pushing the former coloniser back, but Senegal is the only one without a military government in power. In Senegal, a country bustling with French-owned businesses and nationals, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s recent announcement that France should shut down its military bases should have come as a surprise. Beverly Ochieng, a Dakar-based researcher with intelligence …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Young veena players reinvent the instrument for a wider reach

The Hindu

Picturise a concert hall filled with listeners maintaining pin-drop silence. Apart from this, there are several other modified veenas — Madhura veena developed by Kannan Balakrishnan, Chandra veena made by boutique veena makers in Kannur and Baradwaj Raman’s Sarasvitar. Veena players JT Jeyaraaj Krishnan and Jaysri Jeyaraaj Krishnan, regularly conduct veena festivals to commemorate the Muthuswami Dikshitar’s birth anniversary and …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Judge blocks The Onion’s purchase of Alex Jones’ Infowars

CNN

CNN — A bankruptcy judge has blocked The Onion’s winning bid for Alex Jones’ Infowars conspiracy platform, citing concerns with the auction process which he says left money on the table. Lopez said the process “while well intended, simply did not maximize value in any way based upon the record before me.” Last month, a court-appointed trustee said the satirical …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Residents' body appeals to PM Modi for action on Delhi's pollution crisis

India Today

The United Residents Joint Action, a group representing several resident welfare associations in Delhi, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging immediate action to address the city’s pollution crisis. With the Commission on Air Quality Management enforcing Stage IV of the Graded Response Action Plan, residents have been advised to stay indoors due to severe air quality restrictions. The group …

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Polarization: Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year; other key words that shaped the conversations this year

Live Mint

Polarization has been chosen as Merriam-Webster’s 2024 Word of the Year, a reflection of the deep divisions shaping political, cultural, and societal discourse. Defined as “define polarization as “division into two sharply distinct opposites; especially, a state in which the opinions, beliefs, or interests of a group or society no longer range along a continuum but become concentrated at opposing …

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2 weeks ago

Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih: “I believe in literary ambidextrousness”

Hindustan Times

How did you feel when you were announced as the winner of this year’s Shakti Bhatt Prize? In a vast and complex country like India, these languages would mean one’s mother tongue and the language of interaction. A native author’s work with any literary merit must “go singing through the world” as Pablo Neruda put it. Those being pitched by …

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'Take Strict Action Against Illegal Bangladeshi Immigrants': Delhi LG To Police Commissioner

ABP News

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Tuesday wrote to the Chief Secretary and Police Commissioner directing them to take "strict action" against illegal Bangladeshi immigrants residing in the national capital. The LG Secretariat has asked the Chief Secretary and the Police Commissioner to launch a special drive to identify illegal Bangladesh immigrants in Delhi and take strict action as per …

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CPM approaches Supreme Court, opposes pleas challenging Places of Worship Act

India Today

The Communist Party of India has approached the Supreme Court seeking to intervene in the pleas challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, which mandates maintaining the status quo of all places of worship as existed on August 15, 1947. It was precisely to obviate the possibility of similar religious strife over various places of worship in …

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Squid Game season 2 faces scrutiny over casting choice for trans character

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Netflix’s hit Korean-language series Squid Game is facing controversy after it …

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GTA 6's Second Trailer Is Not Being Dropped On Purpose? Here's What A Former Rockstar Games Developer Said

ABP News

GTA 6: It has been more than a year since Rockstar Games dropped the first trailer of GTA 6 or Grand Theft Auto 6. A former Rockstar Games developer revealed that the studio has had a history of maintaining radio silence over their projects to increase anticipation among gamers. Fans have been busy crafting countless theories and speculations in anticipation …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Innovative, participative diplomacy can help solving conflicts: Jaishankar

The Hindu

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Saturday called for “more innovative and participative diplomacy” and said the needle is moving towards the reality of negotiations rather than the continuation of the war between Russia and Ukraine. He also said the era of the 60s and the 70s when the UN Security Council or a few Western powers managed conflicts is …

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Chief Justice sets up special bench to hear challenges to Places of Worship Act

India Today

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court is set to hear a batch of pleas on December 12 challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act, which mandates maintaining the status quo of all places of worship as existed on August 15, 1947. The Chief Justice of India, Sanjiv Khanna, has constituted a special three-judge bench--comprising himself, Justice Sanjay …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Want to fight Trump? Then act now to strengthen democracy

Salon

While a post-election CBS News poll found majority support for Donald Trump’s promise to deport all undocumented immigrants, a more nuanced and less noticed poll from Data for Progress in late October showed exactly the opposite: Mass deportation is highly unpopular when you shift the question from an abstraction to specific details, such as asylum seekers or DACA recipients brought …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Neutralising Ambedkar: A Book Review of The Foresighted Ambedkar by Anurag Bhaskar

The Hindu

Published : Dec 06, 2024 19:28 IST - 12 MINS READ In The Foresighted Ambedkar: Ideas That Shaped Indian Constitutional Discourse, Anurag Bhaskar seeks to find a continuity between B.R. In a reflective moment, Ambedkar points to how members of the Constituent Assembly raised points that “were mostly ideological…but for them, I would not have had the opportunity which I …

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Woman reveals plans to charge her sister for Christmas visit after ‘disaster’ last year

The Independent

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Call For Papers: NLIU-International Trade Law Journal (Volume IV) [Submit By 31st January]

Rise & Rise of Ambedkar as an icon

Nick Jonas endorses Elon Musk, Tesla on X; fans wonder if ‘JoBros are Republicans’

How NYT columnist Jamelle Bouie became TikTok’s most unlikely star.

ARISE, FICCI host two-day Annual School Education Conference 2024, discussions held on future of K-12 education in India

'Deeply Concerning': Ex-Prosecutor Calls ABC's Trump Settlement 'Far From Normal'

How Priyanka's Speech on Sambhal and Caste Census Differed from Rahul's, Watch Report

Fudan Art Institute celebrates its official opening

What's in Nehru's Edwina letters and why a storm after 80 years?

Is Francafrique ending? Why Senegal is cutting military ties with France

Young veena players reinvent the instrument for a wider reach

Judge blocks The Onion’s purchase of Alex Jones’ Infowars

Residents' body appeals to PM Modi for action on Delhi's pollution crisis

Polarization: Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year; other key words that shaped the conversations this year

Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih: “I believe in literary ambidextrousness”

'Take Strict Action Against Illegal Bangladeshi Immigrants': Delhi LG To Police Commissioner

CPM approaches Supreme Court, opposes pleas challenging Places of Worship Act

Squid Game season 2 faces scrutiny over casting choice for trans character

GTA 6's Second Trailer Is Not Being Dropped On Purpose? Here's What A Former Rockstar Games Developer Said

Innovative, participative diplomacy can help solving conflicts: Jaishankar

Chief Justice sets up special bench to hear challenges to Places of Worship Act

Want to fight Trump? Then act now to strengthen democracy

Neutralising Ambedkar: A Book Review of The Foresighted Ambedkar by Anurag Bhaskar

Woman reveals plans to charge her sister for Christmas visit after ‘disaster’ last year