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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Topic: Varanasi

In UP’s two worst-hit districts, the fight is just to get tested

According to UP government, it is conducting 2.25 lakh-2.35 lakh tests every day, but state’s testing/million rate lags below the national average.  

The young in these 2 Varanasi villages started to die. That’s when Covid became ‘real’

Varanasi is among the 4 high-burden districts in UP. Villagers said 'fever & cough' had claimed many lives before they realised the deaths had 'something to do with Covid'.

Gyanvapi land title dispute pending in HC — why Varanasi court’s ASI order is a big surprise

The Gyanvapi management had appealed the HC in 1998 to decide whether a civil suit in the case is barred under a 1991 law. The HC completed hearings only last month.

Decoding the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi dispute, and why Varanasi court has ordered ASI survey

SC said in 2019 Ayodhya verdict that status of no other place of worship will be allowed to change. Yet, civil judge has ordered ASI to find if mosque is built over temple.

Why mosques in rear view mirror, like Kashi’s Gyanvapi, can crash India’s drive into future

Court’s order to ASI to survey Gyanvapi Mosque for remains of old Kashi Vishwanath Temple questions the optimism that Ayodhya wouldn’t be repeated.

Opposition guarded as BJP welcomes ASI survey of Kashi temple and Gyanvapi mosque

Top Muslim leaders said they would challenge the Varanasi court order while AIMIM questions legality of order. Opposition parties such as SP, BSP and TMC have refused to comment.

PM Modi interacts with Varanasi’s Covid vaccine beneficiaries

The prime minister had said the interaction would give first-hand opportunity to hear the experiences as well as get feedback from frontline warriors who are getting vaccinated.

4 arrested after allegedly listing PM Modi’s Varanasi office for ‘sale’ on OLX

An FIR was immediately lodged at the Bhelupur police station, and the matter is being investigated, Varanasi SSP Amit Pathak said.

With Nagari Pracharini Sabha’s ruin, Hindi is losing a major centre and its best think-tank

Caught between a bitter fight and a court battle, Varanasi’s Nagari Pracharini Sabha, once the most prestigious body for promotion of Hindi, needs urgent intervention.

BJP MP Subramanian Swamy now wants to ‘reclaim’ Kashi Vishwanath temple

Subramanian Swamy says panel led by him formed to ‘liberate’ Kashi Vishwanath site. Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, however, bars forcible changes to any place of worship.

On Camera

How a fading Benares dynasty commissioned North India’s greatest Ramayana paintings

In an India that was post-Mughal but pre-British Raj, diplomacy, popular religion, and a constellation of genius painters created the most spectacular Ramayana adaptation ever.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.