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TopicEthnicity

Topic: Ethnicity

‘Not racist to probe ethnicity’. What UK report says on ‘Asian & British Pakistani grooming gangs’

Allegations of girls being 'groomed' for sexual abuse had been circulating in UK for years. Louise Casey's report says authorities 'shied away’ from recording offenders' ethnicity.

A mammoth fight between Krishna & a thousand-armed king gave Assam’s Tezpur its name

In 'How The World Was Born', Lopamudra Maitra recalls 108 glorious creation tales and myths from all corners of India.

Chirus, Anals to Thadous — the origin stories of Manipur’s ethnic communities

In 'How The World Was Born', Lopamudra Maitra recalls 108 glorious creation tales and myths from all corners of India.

‘They’re taking over our hills’: Manipur groups want NRC to weed out Myanmar refugees

Myanmar refugees fleeing the Junta are finding a new home in Manipur, but some ethnic groups fear cultural and demographic change.

Obesity increases chances of Covid death across ethnicities: Study of 12.6 mn UK adults

South Asians with BMI 27 kg/m2 at same risk of Covid death as white people with 40 kg/m2, according to study by University of Leicester researchers, published in ‘Nature Communications’.

For Assam voters, CAA isn’t priority & ethnic identity issues have faded into background

Given how deep-seated the ethnic identity issue has been in Assam, there is no telling if this shift is merely a phase. But the voters don’t seem to have CAA on their mind.

Caste differences in govt bodies affect how lower castes get public services: Study

Harvard University scholar's study in Bihar shows SC representatives in municipal bodies deliver less when governing under upper caste members.

White nationalists want America to be white again, but here’s why it won’t happen

The white share of the US population has been dropping, from a little under 90 per cent in 1950 to 60 per cent in 2018.

On Camera

This is how Strait of Hormuz shock is forcing a global trade reset

The current Iran war has laid bare a fundamental reality: 20 per cent of global energy trade cannot afford to rely on a single artery, no matter how resilient and cost-effective.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.