Farmer protests: Farmers enforce a ‘rail roko’ protest; Blockades affect 50 trains, 130 locations in Punjab, Haryana; the farmers have been protesting the farm laws that the union government passed through voice vote amidst pandemonium in the parliament in the middle of the pandemic

Hate criminal in Australia gets hero’s welcome in India: A 24-year-old Indian student who was in jail awaiting trial for violent assaults against Sikhs gave him hero status by the majoritarian right in India; he gets a roaring reception in Haryana and tweets of support by BJP officials

Home loans on the rise: Improved affordability, lowest-ever interest rate pushing home loan demand

Left-wing extremism on the decline in India: Instances of left-wing extremism or Naxalism have been consistently declining for over a decade

Fighting malnutrition, 4 meals a day: Chhattishgarh’s Rajnandgaon shows the way; Rajnandgaon is the only district in the state to serve four meals a day to children due to high prevalence of malnourishment there

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