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Thursday, August 14, 2025
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Topic: Racism

PepsiCo’s Aunt Jemima pancake brand to get a new name, lose logo of Black woman

The company said it acknowledged that the 131-year-old branding of the pancake mix and syrup was rooted in racially problematic tropes.

By destroying statues and equating Black lives with Indian Muslims, Leftists scoring self-goal

Whether in Britain or India, Leftists are caught in their own bubble. Their attempts to bring down statues or manipulate history will not help anti-racism movement.

Coronavirus pandemic has made the world more racist than before

The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked an increase in reports of racist incidents around the world. The fear caused by the virus is leading to discrimination.

Black lives mattered to Phule and Ambedkar. They had seen caste discrimination in India

The credit of drawing parallels between racial and caste discrimination goes to Jotirao Phule who compared conditions of Blacks in the US and Dalits in India.

Trump is isolating himself with his ‘bad apples’ argument on police brutality, race issues

With his responses to the protests diverging increasingly from even some Republicans, Trump is charting the kind of course he plotted for his surprise 2016 win.

HBO pulls ‘racist’ Gone with the Wind. Many Bollywood films haven’t aged well either

HBO removes Gone With The Wind amid Black Lives Matter protests, but Bollywood should also reflect on its own history of sexist, racist and homophobic films.

Daren Sammy shouldn’t wait for apology from IPL teammates. India is in denial about its racism

From Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds’ ‘monkeygate’ scandal to Daren Sammy’s racist nickname by IPL teammates, racism in Indian cricket continues unabated.

HBO axes Gone With the Wind, Netflix drops British comedy as anti-racism protests rage

Amid global protests over George Floyd's death, the media industry has been forced to review portrayals of race and policing in entertainment content.

‘This is a safe country’ – Australia hits back at China after it warned students on racism

China accounted for 27% of international students in Australia as of March this year, and Chinese travellers are the country's largest source of international tourism revenue.

‘You guys know who you are’: Ex-West Indies skipper Darren Sammy alleges racism during IPL

The Saint Lucian cricketer posted a video on Instagram, alleging he was called ‘kalu’ by his team members but did not know then what it meant.

On Camera

Biting terror, doggone dilemma, urban menace. Indian TV war over Delhi street dogs

News channels were also in two minds about removing stray dogs to the government dog pounds. NDTV took credit for it and CNN-News 18 called ‘controversial order’.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.