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Nov 13, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Zakia Soman |Muqtedar Khan |Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed |P.S. Munawar Hussain
The Story of Eve: Selected PoemsZehra Nigah, translated by Rakhshanda JalilSpeaking TigerRs.499One of the foremost Urdu poets today, Zehra Nigah (born 1935) engages with seemingly unpoetical themes—war crimes against women, female infanticide, stifling Shariah laws—as well as with subjects like love and relationship. This selection has her best-known nazms and ghazals, translated into English. ___Goddess of the RiverVaishnavi PatelLittle, BrownRs.599Goddess Ganga is cursed to become mortal.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Neha Dixit |Zakia Soman |Muqtedar Khan |Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
India has seen several monumental economic and political developments in the three decades since the 1990s. Several key facets of these have been documented, examined, or commented upon. Government agencies, academics, journalists, and activists have approached these from different perspectives and towards varying ends. India is a growth story of an emerging economy poised for global dominance, we are told.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | V. Anand |Vaishna Roy |Zakia Soman |Muqtedar Khan
The 2024 summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), held from September 4 to 6 in Beijing, has reinforced China’s geopolitical clout over Africa. The FOCAC, which was established in 2000, holds triennial summits. The theme of the ninth summit was “Joining Hands to Advance Modernization and Build a High-Level China-Africa Community with a Shared Future”.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Vaishna Roy |Zakia Soman |Muqtedar Khan |Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
The 1960s were a time of student uprisings across the world. Militant socialist students in Europe, especially in France and West Germany, staged protests with the aim of bringing about revolutions in their countries. Anti-war students and “hippies” in the US opposed the military intervention in Vietnam. There were student movements against undemocratic regimes in Latin America and in countries of the former Soviet bloc as well.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Ilangovan Rajasekaran |Zakia Soman |Muqtedar Khan |Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
When the Tamil film star “Thalapathy” Vijay, or General Vijay as his fans fondly call him, stepped on to the podium on October 27 to deliver a 45-minute speech, he was greeted by roars and applause in a charged and theatrical event that opened yet another exciting chapter in a State where politics and cinema have been conjoined twins since the 1950s.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Anand Mishra |Vaishna Roy |Zakia Soman |Muqtedar Khan
Jharkhand is heading for a polarised Assembly election, with the BJP raising the issue of Bangladeshi infiltration and vowing to implement the uniform civil code (UCC) and the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) banking on its tribal leadership and its demand for a separate code for the “Sarna”tribal religion to gain victory.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | T.K. Rajalakshmi |Vaishna Roy |Zakia Soman |Muqtedar Khan
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Congress-led INDIA bloc are about to engage in a significant face-off, not only for the forthcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand but also in the byelections to be held in mid-November in 48 Assembly and two Lok Sabha seats across 15 States. The byelections were necessitated as several State legislators got elected to Parliament in April-June this year. Some others passed away while holding office.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
indianexpress.com | Zakia Soman
Members of the higher judiciary, especially the Chief Justice of the highest court, are not merely public figures. They are ideal citizens who ordinary Indians look up to for inspiration, guidance, and even norms of behaviour. I remember attending your outstanding lecture some years ago at my niece’s valedictory programme at a law university.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
hindustantimes.com | Zakia Soman
If the spirit of genuine welfare and well-being as demonstrated by the Sachar committee is imbibed by JPC and enacted into the draft with genuine consultation and building of trust with the community, the Bill has the potential to become a milestone law. The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, was tabled in Parliament in the last session and is now being examined by a joint parliamentary committee (JPC). Under Islamic law, waqf is a religious charity.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
htsyndication.com | Zakia Soman
Posted On: 2024-08-29 Posted By: Zakia Soman Business & Finance National Education Employment Politics Real Estate & Construction Hindustan Times India, Aug. 29 -- The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, was tabled in Parliament in the last session and is now being examined by a joint parliamentary committee (JPC).
