What does hopelessness in prisons look like? One that even if offered free legal aid, a convict says, no thanks…won’t appeal my sentence because nothing good can come out of it. indianexpress.com/article/india/…

“What is the point now? The fear that he lived under for 10 years, of being taken away, died with him. If they still wanted to call him a foreigner, what would they have done? Picked him up from his grave?” asked his wife Hajera Bibi. A cruel twist. Read: indianexpress.com/article/long-r…

Interfaith couple -- 26-year-old Hindu woman and a 21-year-old Muslim man -- knock on Uttarakhand High Court's door seeking protection, told to register their live-in relationship within 48 hours. First such case under UCC indianexpress.com/article/india/…

Harappan society is ‘Sindhu-Sarasvati civilisation’ in NCERT’s new Social Science textbook for Class 6, reports Abhinaya Harigovind indianexpress.com/article/educat… via The Indian Express

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Standing ovation for genocide

It is not US hypocrisy; in fact, it is US consistency. The idea that this is alien and uniquely grotesque is ahistorical. The halls of Congress are where the slaughterhouses around the world, from Iraq to Vietnam to Gaza, are funded and facilitated.

Last week, 14-year-old Afnan Jasim from Kozhikode became one of only 11 people in the world to have survived Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis. indianexpress.com/article/long-r…

Out of the ashes, we always rise. Team Palestine 🇵🇸 #Olympics #Paris2024

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Breaking: Israeli occupation forces have just targeted another school in Gaza City early this morning. So far, 100 people have been killed, mostly women and children.

Absolutely heartwarming weekend read by Sophiya Mathew indianexpress.com/article/long-r…

Despite not fulfilling the minimum enrollment criteria of 20 students, this primary school in Gurgaon, located near Dwarka Expressway, has not been shut and continues to be a lifeline for its seven little learners. indianexpress.com/article/cities…

#ExpressDelhi | In the shadow of Maruti Suzuki’s Kharkhoda plant, a ‘Mini Japan’ takes shape Aiswarya Raj reports: indianexpress.com/article/cities…

Though police said they didn't know the accused, records showed that a day before Aryan Mishra's murder, an FIR was filed on a complaint by the main accused, tipping off police on "cow smuggling". The mother of the accused claimed he was in touch w cops. indianexpress.com/article/cities…

Police claim it was the first time the accused chased people. Aryan Mishra's family disagrees: “You don’t chase an unknown person for 30 km without having done it earlier. They fired twice, broke past barriers. They knew this would be captured on cam." indianexpress.com/article/cities…

As a witness, complainant or informant accompanying cops on "raids" against “cattle smugglers”, Anil Kaushik, accused of killing Aryan Mishra, and his outfit Live For Nation have been figuring in FIRs. We found four cases showing his connection with cops. indianexpress.com/article/cities…

🚨 GOA: 2 state ministers, a clutch of politicians across party lines & several real-estate companies in Goa are alleged beneficiaries of a controversial change in land use law, records investigated by Indian Express show Dheeraj Mishra & I report (1/n) google.com/amp/s/indianex…