Shafaqna English- More than half the voters in the Indian city of Rampur are Muslim, but its member of parliament is a staunch supporter of Narendra Modi. It is a situation repeated across Hindu-majority India, where many consider victory for Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in upcoming general elections
Voting begins in India for the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament, in the world's largest democratic election.
In the recent past, several news channels in India have received blocking orders from YouTube on the Indian govt's request. MediaNama spoke to representatives of those channels as well as legal experts to uncover the forces at play behind this growing trend.
The country’s general elections, the largest in the world, have become progressively bigger over the last 72 years.
Shafaqna English- For Indian Muslims,Important celebrations, such as Eid, are being publicly stifled and marked by peaks of discriminatory violence. For Indian Muslims, a targeted attack on their cultural identity is reflected in both how public spaces are reimagined, and how time is conceived within those spaces. This Ramadan, five students
By SHAWN SEBASTIAN and SIBI ARASU Associated Press GUNTUR, India (AP) — India’s southern Andhra Pradesh state has become a positive example of the benefits of natural farming, a process of using organic matter as fertilizers and pesticides that makes crops more resilient to bad weather, and advocates say active government support is the primary
Farmers in India are hit hard by extreme weather. Some say expanding natural farming is the answer
India's southern Andhra Pradesh state has become a positive example of the benefits of natural farming, a process of using organic matter as fertilizers and pesticides that makes crops more resilient to bad weather, and advocates say active government support is the primary driver for the state’s success
By SHAWN SEBASTIAN and SIBI ARASU Associated Press GUNTUR, India (AP) — India’s southern Andhra Pradesh state has become a positive example of the benefits of natural farming, a process of using organic matter as fertilizers and pesticides that makes crops more resilient to bad weather, and advocates say active government support is the primary
A newly formed progressive hybrid Political Action Committee (PAC) is looking to support Muslim candidates and naturalized citizens who want to run for federal office. The group, dubbed “Cavalry PAC,” was filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) last Monday. The group is headed by former Democratic Congressional candidate Kara Eastman and progressive media personality
José Vadi’s “Chipped: Writing From a Skateboarder’s Lens” is, literally, a collection of essays. But it’s also a map of Vadi’s personal California. From Pomona, where he was raised, to the Bay Area, where he lived until recently, “Chipped” charts the state’s urban spaces as seen from the back of a board, a network of routes traced block by block by block. Vadi’s vision of the neighborhoods is granular. “Off I went down Broadway and towards the bike lanes connecting Rockridge with neighboring...
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange that was banned by the government in January, is poised to return to India by paying a penalty of about $2 million, people aware of the developments told ET. The crypto exchange will come back as an entity registered with the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the finance ministry, they added. FIU is tasked with oversight of trade in virtual digital assets (VDA). Binance will comply with all applicable laws, including the...