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Study highlights multiple barriers faced by persons with disabilities, transpersons in accessing Covid-19 vaccine
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Study highlights multiple barriers faced by persons with disabilities, transpersons in accessing Covid-19 vaccine

The Hindu  

A recent paper that explored structural inequities in the access to, and uptake of, the Covid-19 vaccine among the disability, transgender and gender-diverse communities in India, has flagged several barriers that made it difficult for these communities to get vaccinated. The barriers included information and communication gaps, barriers in vaccine registration, transport and infrastructure among others, pointing to, the paper …

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Manipur’s BJP CM inflamed conflict: Assam Rifles report on India violence
8 months, 1 week ago

Manipur’s BJP CM inflamed conflict: Assam Rifles report on India violence

Al Jazeera  

It also points to the role of armed groups from the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities in the prolonged violence in northeastern India. The presentation put part of the blame on the state government, headed by Chief Minister N Biren Singh, a member of Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, and his “political authoritarianism and ambition”. Additionally, the presentation asserted that …

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Six months on, stalemate and spurts of violence mark Manipur ethnic clashes
1 year, 1 month ago

Six months on, stalemate and spurts of violence mark Manipur ethnic clashes

Hindustan Times  

On Wednesday, Union defence minister Rajnath Singh appealed to the Meitei and Kuki communities in Manipur to end the “trust deficit” between them and engage in “heart-to-heart conversations” to end the six-month-long ethnic clashes that have marred the northeastern state. Over 180 people from both communities and a few security personnel have been killed and over 1,100 injured in the …

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Manipur's perilous path: Navigating violence, deep ethnic divisions and the quest for elusive peace
1 year, 2 months ago

Manipur's perilous path: Navigating violence, deep ethnic divisions and the quest for elusive peace

Firstpost  

As time passes without resolution, the divide deepens, leaving it contingent on how much bloodshed the Kuki-Zomi and Meitei communities are willing to endure before reaching peaceful terms Peace is fragile and elusive in Manipur, and with even a small spark, unrest spreads like wildfire. Tabulated statements by the state and Central government in the past have indicated that the …

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Manipur violence is unprecedented: senior Army official
1 year, 3 months ago

Manipur violence is unprecedented: senior Army official

Live Mint  

Manipur has seen communal tensions previously also but the current situation is unprecedented owing to the fact that both communities have large number of weapons, a senior Army official said on Friday. Something similar happened in the early 90s when the Nagas and Kukis fought and then within the Kuki groups also there was a fight in the late 90s.” …

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Muslim Meitei Pangals fear they will be ‘pulled’ into Manipur conflict
1 year, 4 months ago

Muslim Meitei Pangals fear they will be ‘pulled’ into Manipur conflict

The Hindu  

The United Meitei-Pangal Committee of Manipur on August 18 said its best efforts to broker peace between the Kuki-Zo and Meitei communities were not yielding any results and urged the President, the Prime Minister’s Office, the Ministry of Home Affairs and the National Commission for Minorities to urgently intervene and bring peace. “Any attempt for a separate administration will put …

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Communal clashes: Peace committee meetings held in Nuh and Sohna
1 year, 4 months ago

Communal clashes: Peace committee meetings held in Nuh and Sohna

Hindustan Times  

Authorities in Haryana’s Nuh and Sohna organised meetings of the peace committee that has members of both communities on Tuesday morning in an effort to ensure peace in the area. Officials said the authorities first organised a meeting in Nuh on Tuesday and later decided to constitute a peace committee for Sohna as well. The local administration said the peace …

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Jamshedpur Communal Clash 2023| 'Can't Ascertain Which Community Was The Aggressor': High Court Grants Bail To 42 Accused
1 year, 4 months ago

Jamshedpur Communal Clash 2023| 'Can't Ascertain Which Community Was The Aggressor': High Court Grants Bail To 42 Accused

Live Law  

The Jharkhand High Court last week granted bail to 42 accused booked in connection with the April 2023 clashes which broke out between members of two communities in the State's Jamshedpur district over the alleged desecration of a religious flag.The bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Subhash Chand found that none of the appellants were apprehended at the …

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Demolition squad: Hindutva mobs go on a rampage
2 years, 7 months ago

Demolition squad: Hindutva mobs go on a rampage

The Hindu  

DELHI Agents provocateur DIVYA TRIVEDI “IF you speak in Hindi, they call you Pakistani; if you speak in Bengali, you automatically become a Bangladeshi,” said a young man whose shop was bulldozed as part of an anti-encroachment drive in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri following communal clashes in April. Reacting to the BJP’s “bulldozer politics”, as the action has been termed in social …

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Condition of Muslims in West Bengal: A reality check
3 years, 9 months ago

Condition of Muslims in West Bengal: A reality check

The Hindu  

The 2021 Assembly election in West Bengal is going to be historic because the Bharatiya Janata Party has for the first time emerged as the main challenger to the incumbent government. Bogey of infiltration If there had been a substantial infiltration in West Bengal, then the decadal growth rate of population in the State would have been significantly higher than …

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