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TopicAyyappa temple

Topic: Ayyappa temple

Kerala temple has a separate toilet for Brahmins, removes board after social media uproar

Temple authorities remove the board that marked the separate toilet for Brahmins, after a photo of the toilet block goes viral on social media.

How a photograph led to Kerala HC order banning entry of women into Sabarimala  

A plea was filed in Kerala High Court in 1991 after a photograph showing a rice-feeding ceremony at the Sabarimala temple was published in a newspaper.

Women activists express concern over acceptance of Supreme Court’s Sabarimala verdict

Doubtful that temple authorities will take it in right spirit, said a women rights activist who welcomed the top court's decision.

On Camera

Women are missing from Chinese politics. CCP is a boys’ club

Under Xi, the CCP’s political structure has become even more centralised and male-dominated. Power increasingly revolves around a tight inner circle of male loyalists.

Karnataka, Telangana, TN, Maharashtra power 40% of services output, pan-India growth uneven—NITI Aayog

Report on India's services sector examines state-level dynamics, maps disparities and suggests ways to tap into the sector’s potential.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.