Tag: India
‘Dark day’: India on edge over religion-based citizenship law before polls
Protests break out in parts of the country. Police presence beefed up. Critics of the law call its timing cynical.
The law sparked lethal riots when it was passed. Now, after a four-year delay, it has come into force on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s re-election campaign.
Weeks before a national election, the Indian government has abruptly announced that it will begin enforcing a citizenship law that had remained dormant since late 2019 after inciting deadly riots by opponents who called it anti-Muslim.
Himalaya to Arabia: Breathtaking world tour from space with NASA
US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has shared stunning images of various locations on the earth from space in a recent post on Instagram. Sharing the photos, NASA wrote, "Approximately every 90 minutes, the International...
India moves to implement controversial citizenship bill that excludes Muslims | CNN
India has announced rules that would allow it to implement a controversial citizenship bill that excludes Muslims.
Singapore’s ex-president slams suffering in Israel-Gaza war as ‘degradation of soul’ amid debate over teaching about conflict
Halimah Yacob laments world’s ‘dithering’ over ceasefire efforts, urging people to ‘stand on the side of humanity’ in Facebook post shared by law minister K. Shanmugam Analysts say their remarks are a bid by the government to ‘calibrate and humanise the...
