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Asad Ashraf

New Delhi, Southern Asia

Principal Correspondent at The Federal

Founder at Karvaan India

Founder: @Karvaanindia I Work:Outlookl Citizenl India Today I The Statesman |Tehelka |WION |HT l DNA | FP l AJEnglish |TRT lNewsreelasial @Jmiu_official alumnus

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  • 2 weeks ago | thefederal.com | Asad Ashraf

    As Gaza reels under what he calls a “textbook genocide”, Palestinian Ambassador to India Abdullah Mohammad A. Abu Shawesh says the region faces not just destruction, but a systematic erasure. In an exclusive interview with The Federal, the ambassador reflects on India’s diplomatic stance, the crisis in Gaza, and the shifting global alliances shaping Palestine’s future. He also opens up about the deep personal toll of representing his people while his own family is under siege in Gaza.

  • 2 weeks ago | thefederal.com | Asad Ashraf

    The aggressive counter-strike that a united Opposition launched against the Centre’s controversial Waqf (Amendment) Bill in Parliament last week had a surprise participant.

  • 2 weeks ago | thefederal.com | Asad Ashraf

    The Urdu media in India sees the Waqf (Amendment) Bill passed inParliament as a threat to religious autonomy, minority rights and cultural heritage. Newspapers like Roznama Hindustan, Rashtriya Sahara and Urdu Times, dissecting its implications for the Muslim community, have voiced concern and criticism. Qaumi Bharat adds its voice to the chorus. Introduced on April 2, the bill seeks to expand government control over Waqf properties. Notably, the Inquilab newspaper has remained silent.

  • 3 weeks ago | thefederal.com | Asad Ashraf

    With just weeks remaining until Delhi’s mayoral elections, the political landscape of the national capital is heating up as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) mounts a determined campaign to wrest control of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

  • 3 weeks ago | thefederal.com | Asad Ashraf

    With the Centre likely to finalise rules for operationalising the controversial Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act next month, RTI activists have intensified efforts to build pressure on the Centre to revisit, if not repeal, provisions of the law that they claim would sound the death knell for the Right to Information Act.

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Asad Ashraf
Asad Ashraf @Asad_Ashraf88
9 Apr 25

RT @TheFederal_News: WATCH | Palestinian Ambassador to India Abdullah Mohammad A. Abu Shawesh says the region faces not just destruction, b…

Asad Ashraf
Asad Ashraf @Asad_Ashraf88
8 Apr 25

RT @Apoorvanand__: Despite its defeat, AAP insists that it can be more vile than the BJP. It can go extra mile to stop Rohingya children fr…

Asad Ashraf
Asad Ashraf @Asad_Ashraf88
8 Apr 25

https://t.co/EmtMUccvGC My conversation with the new palestine Ambassador to India Abdullah Mohammad A. Abu Shawesh. @OnlinePalEng @Palestine_UN @AM_Shawesh