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No lives lost due to NRC update exercise, Assam CM tells Assembly

However, data collated by NGOs say more than 60 people died due to citizenship-related issues in the State

The Hindu · Mar 30, 2022

Handgun Carry Permits Transform a Right Into a Privilege

The argument for loosening restrictions on armed self-defense goes beyond the measurable impact on public safety.

Reason · Mar 30, 2022

At least 7 dead after suspected bandits attack train in northern Nigeria -sources

At least seven people were killed and several were missing after suspected bandits attacked a passenger train headed to the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna from the capital Abuja on Monday night, a passenger and a security source said.

Reuters · Mar 29, 2022

Lawsuit looks to force nuclear regulator to turn over records from San Onofre 'near-miss' incident

A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court seeks to force the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to hand over unredacted documents regarding an incident in August 2018 when a 50-ton canister filled with nuclear waste from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station was left suspended for about 45 minutes.

Tribune News Service · Jan 25, 2022

At Delhi’s Jama Masjid, women and children power candle march against citizenship law

Khan sat on the staircase of Jama Masjid with her four-year-old daughter. Each held a candle. Khan said, “The last time I remember being outside like this was during demonetisation. Even at that time, I had to stand in line with my then one-year-old daughter. The same is happening today.…

Newslaundry · Jan 9, 2020

In pictures: The ‘kids’ corner’ at the Shaheen Bagh protest

Over 3,000 people have been protesting in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh every day against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Not all of them are adults — there’s a handful of children too. 

Newslaundry · Jan 6, 2020

How Saffron Supremacists are using religion to polarise India

Interrogating the mechanics of power in security, territory and population, French philosopher Michel Foucault coined the term “governmentality” to explain how governments try to produce citizens who obediently follow policies and practices through which subjects are governed. In the modern day, it translates to the state legitimising its power through…

Newslaundry · Jan 2, 2020

A sense of disappointment and confusion across Assam as final NRC is published

As soon as the clock struck 10 on the August 31st morning, in the Ata village of western Assam’s Baksa district, Samsul Hoque’s house was filled by around a dozen men and women. It was raining. But it did not deter the crowd from stepping out of their homes.

Newslaundry · Sep 3, 2019

In the run-up to final NRC, soldiers from an Assam village eagerly wait to be counted as Indian citizens.

Ever since July 2018, Azit Ali, a 28-year-old sepoy in the Indian Army, has been perplexed by one question. “How can I be a doubtful foreigner all of a sudden when I have served in the army for seven years already?” he asks.

Newslaundry · Aug 30, 2019

No country for Assam’s orphans

If you ask six-year-old Ratul (name changed on request) about his favourite pastime activity, the boy has a ready answer. “I just love playing kabaddi,” he says with enthusiasm. The reason, according to him, is simple and straight. “Nobody can beat me in this game,” declares the little man with…

Newslaundry · Aug 28, 2019