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Topic: Hijab

Modi politicising migrant crisis of 1st wave, diverting attention from his 2nd wave failures

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Udupi Muslim girls hope HC will let them wear hijab to class, principal deems them ‘beyond help’

What started as a disagreement between a few students & Udupi Women’s PU College management sparked off statewide protests, nationwide debates. Karnataka HC to hear matter Tuesday.

Kundapur PU college allows hijab-wearing students in campus, but no teaching & no classes

Govt PU College says students won't be allowed to attend classes because of govt order. Other colleges in town confiscate saffron shawls from Hindu students, declare a holiday.

A timeline of how hijab row took centre stage in Karnataka politics and reached HC

Legal experts opine schools are well within their right to prescribe uniform but prior intimation and clarity key to case. HC will hear the case Tuesday.

Karnataka govt orders ‘dress code’ in all schools, colleges amid hijab row

Karnataka govt banned students from wearing clothes that 'disturb equality, integrity and public law and order' in education institutions.

2nd Karnataka college shuts gates on students over hijab, protests spread to more institutions

A Kundapur college allegedly shut the gates on students wearing hijabs as they pleaded that they be allowed to attend classes. Government to form panel to decide on a uniform dress code.

Young Muslims saying my hijab my choice because French politicians are obsessed with the veil

French politicians are nervous about ideas of critical race theory influencing the development of Muslim identity that sees itself part of racialised othering.

Hijab-clad girl in viral photo with Maharashtra Police is not breaking any dress code

Buldhana district administration had implemented an initiative in March to give young girls in government schools the chance to play Collector and Superintendent of Police for a day.

On World Hijab Day, women across the globe are polarised

While World Hijab Day calls on women from all faiths to cover their head for a day on 1 February, several women are trending #NoHijabDay on social media.

Where’s your hijab — the question I face the most as a Muslim woman online

Covering my head is a conversation I’ve never had with family or friends. The hijab debate only happens with strangers trying to counter me politically.

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Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

Over six-fold spike in digital transactions since 2019-20, govt informs Parliament

Govt says digital payments also uplift under-served communities by providing them financial footprint that can be used to assess credit worthiness in absence of traditional documents.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.