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Tuesday, April 7, 2026
TopicHunger strike

Topic: hunger strike

An IIT & Berkeley graduate is fasting to stop AI takeover. A protest with US, UK links

Bengaluru’s Samuel Shadrach is on Day 13 of his hunger strike against superintelligent AI. He says it could cause ‘human extinction’.

Arrested twice & on hunger strike for 18 days, Manipur transgender activist seeks end to conflict

Malem Thongam, 26, has sought a visit by PM Modi to Manipur and for him to assist in restoring peace in the state, and the revocation of the Suspension of Operations agreement.

Tripura royal scion in Delhi, says MHA has crafted ‘draft framework agreement’ to address tribal issues

Founder of TIPRA Motha, Pradyot Debbarma says he'll be forced to take agitation route ahead of LS polls if talks with Centre see no progress, since 'BJP won’t listen to us after polls'.

Immigrants, including Indians, detained in visa racket force-fed at US camps

The immigrants, who are being detained at the El Passo processing centre, were on a hunger strike to protest the conditions and lack of information on their asylum cases.

Anna could end his latest hunger strike on 29 March if satisfied with Modi govt assurances

Anna insists he will only end his strike when the government presents a detailed plan to implement his demands.

Message from the maidan

Political parties have to learn to keep talking amongst themselves even as they fight in the battleground of votes, ideas and ideology.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Air India CEO Campbell Wilson steps down amid turbulent times, to remain till successor is announced

Development comes days after Air India’s biggest rival IndiGo hired aviation industry veteran Willie Walsh as its next CEO replacing Peter Elbers.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.