News18.com Daybreak | Documenting Atrocities Against Dalits, Modi at Davos And Other Stories You May Have Missed
After the killing of a person during the violence on the 200th-anniversary celebrations of the battle of Bhima-Koregaon, violence against Dalits in India is again under the spotlight. In the first part of #BeingADalit – a series on recurring attacks on India’s Dalits – News18 maps the atrocities that took place over the last one year.
While the NCRB data shows us the numbers, it doesn’t tell us the larger story. Why are Dalits attacked even in 2018? What makes the people belonging to the “upper-caste” feel a sense of superiority? Here’s where we document violence against Dalits, one assault at a time.
Harry Potter was an unheard name, tweeting was done only by birds and Amazon referred to dense forests in 1997, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said to emphasise upon the changes the world has seen in the past 20 years. Addressing the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting, Modi said he is the first Indian Prime Minister to come here since H D Deve Gowda in 1997.
At his Davos speech, PM Modi laid down the biggest threats to mankind as he saw it.
The Supreme Court quashing pleas against the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat has raised tensions across the state. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the state government will approach the apex court with another review petition. Now, theatre owners are also apprehensive about showcasing the film after receiving threats from the Karni Sena.
A Class-IX student of Sorispadar Government School at Odisha’s Maoist-dominated Koraput district – who alleged she was gang-raped by four armed security personnel on October 10, 2017 – hanged herself to death at her house in Musaguda village.
The Supreme Court has said that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) can’t probe the martial aspect in Kerala 'Love Jihad' case. The apex court bench of CJI Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice DY Chandrachud said they can't question the legitimacy of Hadiya's choice. “A major woman can't be forced to live with her parents. Only Hadiya had a right to decide on her choices,” the bench said.
The Kerala government has issued a circular to all institutions in the state, detailing the procedure on how to celebrate Republic Day. The circular says that in all public offices, schools and colleges in the state, the national flag should be hoisted by the head of departments. This has become important as Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat is scheduled to hoist the national flag at a management school in Palakkad district. However, with the circular in place, he does not have official sanction to do so.
The Assembly election in Bantwal taluk will not be fought between the Congress and the BJP, but between Allah and Rama, a BJP MLA said at a party rally in this coastal Karnataka town. The speech of BJP MLA Sunil Kumar, who represents Karkala in coastal Karnataka has set off a debate in the communally-sensitive coastal Karnataka region, which has, in the recent past also seen some clashes between the two communities.
The Border Security Force has suspended Veeranna Bhavi, a constable with the 99th Battalion of the armed troops, after he was prima facie found involved in the alleged molestation of a Bangladeshi passenger at gunpoint on board the Kolkata-Dhaka Maitree Express.
The Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) and other organisations have approached Prime Minister Narendra Modi to suggest amendments to the proposed triple talaq law and reduced jail term for husbands from three to one year. BMMA, who were one of the petitioners in the triple talaq case before the Supreme Court, wrote to Modi, seeking a recognition for talaq-e-ehsan in the proposed bill so that "even husbands can resort to the practice".
Rahul Gandhi and the BJP locked horns over inequitable distribution of wealth in India, with the Congress president asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to tell people in Davos why one per cent of the country's population has 73 per cent of its wealth.
Fox Searchlight’s fantasy drama “The Shape of Water”, about a woman who falls in love with a strange river creature, led the Oscar nominations with 13 nods, including the top prize for best picture. It will contend with gay romance “Call Me By Your Name,” British World War Two dramas “Darkest Hour” and “Dunkirk,” racial thriller “Get Out,” mother-daughter tale “Lady Bird,” romance “Phantom Thread,” press freedom movie “The Post” and dark comedy “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”.
In a poem, singer-songwriter, Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, better known as Halsey recalls her personal experience with multiple instances of sexual assault and rape. The powerful poem will rip your soul apart.
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The outcome of the vote within the central committee meeting of the CPI(M), held in Kolkata, is being subjected to various interpretations, some of which are grossly misleading. Prasenjit Bose, writes in this post, that a CPM-Congress tie-up isn’t the answer for Left's revival. A pre-poll alliance with the Congress will imply a jettisoning of the alternative policy platform advocated by the Left since the Congress party remains firmly wedded to the neoliberal policy framework, which serves the interests of big corporates and international finance at the cost of the poor, working people, he writes.