Karan Thapar spoke to former High Commissioner to Islamabad T.C.A. Raghavan to discuss how concerned India should be about Pakistan's constitutional, political and economic crises. Read the full text. https://t.co/MSSGAyIxdy

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Full Text: ‘We’ve to Be on Guard So That Spillover From Pakistan’s Developments Don’t Impact India'

'We've to be constantly on our guard, but the fact that there is so much civil strife and civil-military dissonance [in Pakistan], it is an additional factor for us to take into account as we evaluate our own internal and external security threats,' says…

One of the four cheetah cubs born in Kuno died on Tuesday, May 23, the Madhya Pradesh forest department said. The cub was weak, and the runt of the litter of four that cheetah Jwala gave birth to in the last week of March this year https://t.co/LAadOzHHMF

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Cheetah Cub Dies in Kuno

The cub was weak, and the runt of the litter of four born to cheetah Jwala, the Madhya Pradesh forest department said.

There are increasing instances of the misuse of the law, especially against persons who are vocal critics of the government and its policies, and those who raise issues of the poor and oppressed sections of society, the letter said. https://t.co/QbFpjW2ZuO

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'Stop Misuse of PMLA to Target Scholars and Activists': Citizens and Rights Groups in Open Letter

There are increasing instances of the misuse of the law, especially against persons who are vocal critics of the government and its policies, and those who raise issues of the poor and oppressed sections of society, the letter said.

'These faded clothes whimper their secrets to each other.''
Read Revika Sangamita's poem for @livewire
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Mamata Banerjee said that the forthcoming vote in Rajya Sabha to convert the ordinance on control of services in Delhi into law will be a "semi-final before the 2024 elections". https://t.co/Bsp0GihcKM

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Mamata Banerjee Extends Support to Kejriwal in 'Fight' Against Ordinance on Delhi Services

Defeating the Bill to convert the ordinance into law in the Rajya Sabha will be a "semi-final before the 2024 elections", the West Bengal chief minister said.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar squandered no time in meeting Kejriwal, along with his deputy and RJD leader Tejaswhi Yadav, JD(U) national president Lallan Singh and RJD spokesman Manoj Jha, to amplify his support for Kejriwal. | @NalinAnant

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Opposition Unity: Seizing Opportunities and Breaking the Ice, Nitish Style

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is using the BJP's brusque ruling style and reliance on emotive issues to build consensus among the opposition.

Why are criminals called ‘Goonda', 'Mafia' or 'Don’?

How and when did these terms enter our common lingo and legal discourse? In what context did they first begin to be used and what connotation do they bear now? | Krishan Pratap Singh

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Why Are Criminals Called ‘Goonda', 'Mafia' or 'Don’?

Recently, convicted gangster Mukhtar Ansari filed an application in a local court in UP asking the media not to use words like 'bahubali' and 'don' with his name. But how did these words become part of common parlance?

Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to hold talks with his Australian counterpart on Wednesday. That same evening, the Parliament House in Canberra is going to be the venue for the screening. https://t.co/l1Z7KTt8hL

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Australia’s Parliament House Will Be Venue for Screening of BBC Documentary on Gujarat Riots

Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to hold talks with his Australian counterpart on Wednesday. That same evening, a group of lawmakers and human rights activists will screen the documentary, which explores Modi’s role in the 2002 anti-Muslim violence in Gujarat.

A part of Alan Morinis's 1979 PhD thesis was edited to claim that a Hindu temple was destroyed to build an Islamic shrine at Tribeni in Hooghly district of West Bengal. There is no conclusive evidence for this claim, he tells @thewire_in | @AjoyAshirwad

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My Thesis Was Doctored to Suit the Goals of Hindu Supremacists, Says Canadian Researcher

A part of Alan Morinis's 1979 PhD thesis was edited to claim that a Hindu temple was destroyed to build an Islamic shrine at Tribeni in the Hooghly district of West Bengal. There is no conclusive evidence for this claim, he tells The Wire.

That the gaudy pink unwanted child, born out of the whimsical demonetisation of high-value currencies in November 2016, would have to die early was always expected, writes @sritara.

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Withdrawal of Rs 2,000 Note Shows India Is Still Feeling Effects of Modi's Tughlaqian Demonetisation

The RBI appears to admit, without any embarrassment whatsoever, that once the purpose of inflating the value of currency in circulation has been served, there is no further need for the denomination.