George Floyd’s death has caused a major uproar among various communities who are coming forward to support the Black Lives Matter movement. Floyd was killed when policeman Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for approximately 7 to 9 minutes, thus suffocating him to death. His death was captured through aContinue Reading
It is an unexampled experience for all Indians during this lockdown period thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of us are going through a rough phase and are finding it challenging to deal with the sudden change in lifestyle. Since the number of corona patients is soaring in Maharashtra, nobodyContinue Reading
Last year, 2019 saw a 25 to 50% increase in misinformation and disinformation. With major events like the Pulwama attack, elections, scrapping of article 370, CAA and NCR, the spread of fake news touched new highs. The entire narrative of the fake news machinery focussed on spreading communal hatred. TheContinue Reading
I am still finding it hard to comprehend, but will start somewhere! Didn’t really expect this, least of all at this time. The first movie I ever saw you in was Life In A Metro and by that time there was already a lot of hype around you. In myContinue Reading
The recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus which emerged from Wuhan, China in November 2019 has now spread to over 180 countries across the world. The world health organization declared COVID-19 as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. More than 600,000 people have now contracted the virus worldwide with approximatelyContinue Reading
Prime minster Narendra Modi addresess the people regarding the dreaded Coronavirus. In his speech, PM Modi requests all indians to observe a strict curfew by staying at home on Sunday 22nd March from 7 am to 9 pm calling it ‘Janta ka Curfew’. He also goes a step further andContinue Reading
The data team at DataLEADS, an Indian start-up that creates new platforms based on data-driven research mapped all of the 62 labs and 106 sample collection facilities for #COVID2019 testing in India. Now you can find all these centers on your Google Maps easily by clicking on the map belowContinue Reading
Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray said that they will not be blocking the National Population Register (NPR) in Maharashtra. Thackeray said that he will “personally check the columns” in the NPR himself and there shouldn’t be any problems with the exercise in Maharashtra. “CAA and NRC are different and NPRContinue Reading
Richa Singh, a social activist, who is also a member of Sangtin Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan, Sitapur, U.P. spoke about ‘State-sponsored Terrorism’ on Thursday at St. Peter’s Church Hall, Bandra. Richa Singh and the other activists from U.P narrated the eyewitness accounts of the State Police’s atrocities against protesters of theContinue Reading
In UP, when Irfan’s (name changed) calf died, instead of tending to the carcass, he locked up the women and children of his family inside the house, and ran to the local police station, where he pleaded with the police that he did not kill the calf. This incident wasContinue Reading