7 Reasons Why Priyanka Chopra's Legs Were Disrespectful To PM Modi
1) An abundance of patriarchy.2) Sexism is our chief national pastime.3) Access to 21st century technology doesn't allay 16th century attitudes.4) For some people, a woman is only a sum of her body...
View ArticleRBI To Issue New Pink-Green ₹1 Notes
MUMBAI -- New one rupee notes with a multicoloured look will soon be put in circulation by the Reserve Bank of India, the RBI announced on Tuesday."The Reserve Bank of India will soon put into...
View ArticleUttar Pradesh's Anti-Romeo Squads Have Lodged Over 500 Cases In Two Months
LUCKNOW -- Anti-Romeo squads, which undertook a massive exercise to check eve-teasing at public places, lodged 538 cases and initiated legal action against 1,264 people in Uttar Pradesh in past two...
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Transgender Teen Wins Landmark Ruling Over Right To Use Boys Bathroom
A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that a transgender high school student in Wisconsin has both a constitutional and statutory right to use the bathroom that aligns with his gender identity.The...
View ArticleAs Trump's Aides Touted His Alliance-Building, European Leaders Mocked And...
BRUSSELS ― Donald Trump's first trip abroad as president showed "how quickly and decisively" he "is acting to strengthen alliances," White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday.But if Trump...
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From 'Scandal' To 'House Of Cards,' Political Dramas Are Suffering In The...
Television is like a time capsule. Inevitably an era's anxieties and priorities are reflected through entertainment.If we want to pinpoint what was going on socially, culturally and politically at any...
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White House Dodges Questions About Kushner's Meetings With Russians
White House press secretary Sean Spicer dodged questions Tuesday afternoon about President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and what Trump did or didn't know about Kushner's meetings last year...
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Here's How Two Organisations Are Helping 20,000 Farmers In Drought-Ravaged...
Along with the summer come water woes. Water scarcity and scorching heat arrive together, making day-to-day living difficult for many. Farmers are among the worst affected as they face scarcity of...
View ArticleA Place On The Podium: When Will We See An Indian Olympics?
The Evaluation Commission for the International Olympics Committee (IOC) has just returned from two of the world's cultural capitals, Los Angeles and Paris, with the 2024 Olympic Games in mind. One of...
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Being More Media Savvy Won’t Stop The Spread Of 'Fake News' – Here's Why
ShutterstockCraig Harper, Nottingham Trent University"Fake news" is the buzzword of 2017. Barely a day goes by without a headline about president Donald Trump lambasting media "bias", or the spread of...
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Why Mayawati Was Probably Right To Call The Bhim Army A Product Of The BJP
A few days ago, Mayawati created ripples when she referred to the Bhim Army, a newly formed Dalit rights organisation, as a product of the BJP. Interpretations of this statement have since come thick...
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Making GST A Reality Has Been A Truly Monumental Process
The government is now in the last leg of rolling out the new indirect tax regime, the Goods and Services Tax (GST). The target for its rollout has been scheduled to be 1 July 2017. The GST, as we know...
View ArticleWhy Press Freedom Is On The Decline In India
The Indian media is often criticised for its deteriorating reporting standards, jaundiced coverage of politics and regurgitation of online trends as prime time news. The 2017 World Press Freedom Index...
View ArticleCrime Branch To Assist Probe Into E-Rickshaw Driver's Killing In New Delhi
NEW DELHI -- The Crime Branch has been roped in to assist a probe into the killing of an e-rickshaw driver who had objected to two men urinating outside the GTB Nagar Metro Station in New Delhi.The...
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Tennis Player Banned From French Open After Forcibly Kissing Reporter On Live TV
French tennis player Maxime Hamou has been banned from the duration of 2017's French Open for kissing a female reporter without her consent on live television.After losing to Pablo Cuevas during a...
View ArticleTelecom Sector Reels Under Pricing Pressure, Competition From Reliance Jio
Reliance Communications' balance sheet troubles, which have wiped off more than a third of its value this month, have thrown into sharp relief the squeeze afflicting India's telecoms sector: fickle...
View ArticlePhD Student Found Dead In IIT Delhi Campus
NEW DELHI -- A 27-year-old woman student of P.hD final year committed suicide under mysterious circumstances in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi campus, police said on Tuesday.The student...
View ArticleThe Morning Wrap: BJP's Fortunes In Bengal; Niti Ayog Suggests Sale Of Air India
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning.Essential HuffPostIn the...
View ArticleRumours On Social Media Triggered Communal Tensions In Bhopal, Police Fired...
The Old City of Bhopal saw communal tension on Tuesday night with arson, stone-pelting among two communities. Reports suggest that at least four vehicles were also set on fire.The Hindustan Times...
View ArticleAamir Khan's 'Dangal' Becomes First Indian Film To Cross ₹1700 Crore Worldwide
NEW DELHI -- Aamir Khan's Dangal is in no mood to stop smashing records.After pinning down SS Rajamouli's magnum opus Baahubali 2: The Conclusion to become the highest grossing Indian movie of all...
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