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Topic: Hate speech

55 MPs submit notice for impeaching Justice Shekhar Yadav. ‘Targeted minorities, displayed bias’

MPs submitted the notice to the Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha. It alleges that prima facie, the Allahabad HC made 'outrageous, derogatory & hateful statements' in his speech.

Why BJP uses divisive ‘Ek Hain Toh Safe Hain’ instead of inclusive ‘Ek Hain Toh Mazboot Hain’

At election time, BJP rolls out its narratives of ‘Aurangzeb,’ ‘Pakistan,’ and ‘love jihad’ with machine-like precision. But like West Bengal, it won't work in Maharashtra.

Show Aadhaar card at entry: Hate speech accused Yati at large, security firmed up at Ghaziabad temple

Police are on lookout for Yati Narsinghanand, mahant of Dasna Devi temple in Ghaziabad, whose inflammatory remarks on Prophet Muhammad have sparked protests in parts of the country.

US flags concerns over ‘increasing hate speech, misuse of anti-conversion laws’ in India

At release of US report on religious freedom, Blinken points to 'concerning increase' in demolitions of minorities' homes, violence that leads to 'repression of religious communities'.

Families flee homes as communal tension grips Delhi’s Sangam Vihar — ‘just needed to save our lives’

Police are yet to find 'any solid evidence' in their probe to track culprits who dumped carcass in the locality. Local AAP MLA not happy with pace of investigation.

Delhi L-G approves prosecution of author Arundhati Roy under UAPA in 2010 hate speech case

L-G Saxena also sanctioned prosecution of former Central University of Kashmir professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain in connection with alleged anti-India statements at a conference in Delhi.

BJP is no longer as rattled as it was earlier in the 2024 election campaign

Narendra Modi is a loner in political terms. He decides what he wants to do and whom he wants to appoint to high office. And nobody can predict what he is going to say and when.

Not ‘uniter vs divider’, Indian politics is ‘divider vs divider’ right now

Monumental lapses of memory are responsible for the division bells of our time. Whatever happens in the 2024 elections, we need to fix our education, media, and, of course, our political discourse, in that order.

‘Will operationalise NATGRID database & counter-terrorism body NCTC within 1 yr’ — Congress manifesto

The country’s principal opposition party also signalled that probe agencies would be brought under the oversight of Parliament or the state legislatures.

Anti-Muslim hate speech on rise in India, Israel-Gaza war played key role — US research group

India Hate Lab's report, released Monday, documented 668 hate speech incidents targeting Muslims in 2023, 413 of which occurred in second half of the year, 75% in BJP-ruled states.

On Camera

Global economic growth to slow in 2026 as Trump’s tariffs bite, UN says

The global economy is forecast to expand 2.7% this year, down from an estimated 2.8% in 2025. Growth is expected to go back up to 2.9% by 2027.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.