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IIT Bombay faces flak after ‘imposing Rs 10k fine on student for eating meat at vegetarian table’

Last week, IIT-B's mess council sent an email designating some tables in a common mess as ‘vegetarians only’. Students reportedly protested by eating meat at such tables. 

Does urbanisation end caste, religious differences? Developmental economists measure ‘segregation’ in India

Researchers claim likelihood of availing govt facilities drops in areas where scheduled castes, Muslims are in majority & their children fare worse than students from non-marginalised groups.

Segregation in rural Karnataka greater than local Black-White division in US south: Study

Researchers mapped residents from over 26,000 villages to find that nearly 70 years on, little has changed in caste-religion-based spatial organisation in rural Karnataka.

Global Pulse: Even though homosexuality is legal in China, it wont be displayed on TV

Chinese broadcasters try to sensor tattoos and homosexuality on television but their European counterparts wont have it. The NFL has proven that it caters mainly to rich, white audiences and Ben Carson attempts to shelve a policy to eradicate segregation.

Asma Jahangir’s funeral terrified Pakistan’s right wing because it shows their failings

Some hardliners claimed that the mixed-gender gathering at the human rights lawyer's funeral was an affront to Islam.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.