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Quarter of schools closed in Burkina Faso as fighting escalates after coup

Nearly 1 million children denied education, along with many more across eight countries in central and west Africa, new report warns

The Guardian - UK

Assam deported 3,100 foreigners since 2001, says Sarma

Assam has deported 3,100 people declared as foreigners by tribunals since 2001. 224 non-citizens currently housed at a transit camp in Goalpara. Steps taken according to Foreigners Act, FT Order & Centre notifications.

The Hindu

Punjab’s Nasha Roko Committees: the anti-drug lords

In 47 days since Parwinder Singh ‘Jhota’s arrest, a sit-in has been in progress at the Mansa district admin complex. Supported by thousands from Punjab’s Malwa region, farmer unions, and Nasha Roko Committees, they are protesting the drug problem and lack of faith in police/govt. Parwinder, a former drug user,…

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I flew weightlessly on a parabolic flight to see incredible student science soar

Every year, a few Canadian students climb and fall in mid-air for a few precious research moments in microgravity. This is what it's like to fly along.

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Assam delimitation proposal: an erosion of representation

The proposed exercise is allegedly based on communal lines of segregation, rather than on logical geographic boundaries of the State. The plan, which also involves reservations, may reduce the possibility of Muslims being elected, diminishing the existing political power of the minority community

The Hindu

10 Kuki-Zo MLAs request PM to retain Assam Rifles

In the memorandum to PM Modi, these Manipur MLAs opposed the demand for a ‘separate administration’ by Kuki groups.

The Hindu

Woman alleges gang rape by Kuki men

In Manipur, a 37-year-old woman filed a complaint of sexual assault on May 3. Police registered a case of gangrape, assault or criminal force to outrage the modesty of a woman against unknown Kuki miscreants.

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United Naga Council seeks NRC in Manipur

The United Naga Council, an apex body of Nagas in Manipur, has asked the State government to immediately start the exercise to update the National Register of Citizens

The Hindu

‘Are we not Indians?’: In Imphal, thousands join march to demand normalcy

Amid intensified clashes between Kuki and Meitei groups, thousands of people – most of them Meitei women activists and some from Naga groups – took to the streets in Imphal on Saturday, to demand government action to restore normalcy in the state.

Newslaundry

Rohingya refugees face soaring hunger and crime after aid cuts

LONDON: Every day 5-year-old Jannat hunts for bottles and cans in the Rohingya refugee camp where she lives in Bangladesh – when she collects enough, she buys a snack to stave off her hunger pangs.

Bangkok Post

High Court quashes sedition case against Bidar school for staging play on CAA, NRC

The High Court of Karnataka in Kalaburagi has quashed the sedition case booked against Bidar’s Shaheen School for staging a play by schoolchildren on the theme of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in 2020.

The Hindu

157 contractual workers sacked from NRC in Assam

The authorities of Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) have laid off 157 contractual workers who were engaged in the exercise to update the list of citizens.

The Hindu

Is Nike Run Club Better Than Strava? I’m A Strava Devotee Who Switched For A Week—Will I Go Back?

While I’ve used Strava to track my runs for years, I gave a Nike Run Club a chance

Coach

Some female aid workers return in Afghanistan

KABUL: Afghan women employed by a leading international NGO have resumed their work in some provinces, months after the Taliban government banned them from working.

Bangkok Post

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Aid group NRC resumes work with female staff in Taliban heartland

An international aid agency in Afghanistan has resumed operations in the southern province of Kandahar - the birthplace of the Taliban and home to its supreme spiritual leader - after its Afghan female staff were allowed to return to work.

The Hindu

Disarm Meiteis only after cancelling pact with Kuki groups, says Meitei organisations

The Meitei groups also demanded that the process for drawing up the National Register of Citizens (NRC) had become imperative now more than ever.

The Hindu

West Bengal parties use Sagardighi defection and NRC to reach out to Muslims

This was not the first time Mr. Adhikari has raised the issue of the NRC.

The Guardian - UK

Burkina Faso is the world’s ‘most neglected crisis’ as focus remains on Ukraine

Chronic emergencies in Africa are being ignored while Ukraine dominates headlines and receives more funding, says NGO

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Reason

How To Restrain the A.I. Regulators

A more flexible model of oversight avoids hyper-cautious top-down regulation and enables swifter access to the substantial benefits of safe A.I.

What Hi-Fi?

PSB Speakers: a brief history

From a home-made violin – via Floyd Toole and Canada's National Research Council – to a a 50-year-strong speaker brand.

Reason

OpenAI Chief Sam Altman Wants an FDA-Style Agency for Artificial Intelligence

His licensing proposal would slow down A.I. innovation without really reducing A.I. risks.

The Independent UK

US regulators OK spent nuclear fuel facility in New Mexico

U.S. nuclear regulators have issued a license for a multibillion-dollar complex in New Mexico to temporarily store tons of spent fuel from commercial nuclear power plants around the nation

Al Jazeera

An election under the shadow of hatred in India’s Karnataka

Run-up to May 10 assembly polls sees polarising campaign by BJP in election rallies, on the streets and on social media.

The Guardian - UK

Aid agencies in Sudan plead with factions to allow supplies to reach needy

Six trucks of humanitarian supplies looted while airstrikes in Khartoum undermine ceasefire

Newslaundry

In headlines on Karnataka BJP manifesto, English dailies focus on UCC, NRC promises

The Uniform Civil Code and the National Register of Citizens are back in the news cycle with the BJP promising the same in its manifesto for the Karnataka elections.

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