The Bengali language versions of Sanskriti Bodhmala textbooks [Snigdhendu Bhattacharya/Al Jazeera] Tue 20 February 2024: The chain of schools run by the BJP’s far-right ideological mentor also served as a laboratory for government changes to syllabuses. Kolkata, India – At the three-storey building of Sarada Shishu Vidya Mandir, a school for grades five to 10 […]
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Tue 20 February 2024: With the advent of Internet today, production and distribution of multimedia is all in digital form. From the slabs of the initial printing press for the elite class to the widespread availability of complete libraries and reading material for anyone with an Internet connection, we have come a long way. Initially […]
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Photos of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, with flowers and candles, are laid on a ground in front of the Russian embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Friday, February 16, 2024 Mon 19 February 2024: In the last known video of Alexey Navalny shot one day before his death on Friday, the lanky, fair-haired 47-year-old looks […]
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Sun 18 February 2024: Academic research tends to focus on the negative aspects and sexual dangers of girls and young people viewing porn. But what do girls themselves say about growing up in a world where porn is so readily available from such a young age? It’s a question Deevia Bhana, a professor in gender […]
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Sun 18 February 2024: Beirut/Tripoli, Lebanon — The entrance to the Burj Barajneh refugee camp is covered in the small yellow flags of the Palestinian group Fatah displaying the faces of the late Yasser Arafat and his successor, current Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas. But these are not the men of the hour. That honour is […]
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Sat 17 February 2024: London, United Kingdom – For Sophia Naqvi, a longtime Labour Party activist, the lightbulb moment came just days into the current Middle East crisis. On October 11, four days after Hamas killed Israeli citizens and took many captive, Israel was responding with an aggressive campaign of air attacks and blockades. The Labour […]
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Sat 10 February 2024: Montreal, Canada – Human rights advocates are accusing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government of misleading the public over weapons sales to Israel, which have come under greater scrutiny amid the deadly Israeli bombardment of Gaza. At issue is legislation that prohibits the government from exporting military equipment to foreign actors if there […]
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Wed 07 February 2024: Few Indian South African women have achieved wider public recognition than author, human rights and cultural activist Zuleikha Mayat, who passed away on 2 February 2024. An honorary doctorate from the University of KwaZulu-Natal was just one of many awards bestowed on her during a life that spanned almost 98 years. Mayat […]
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Wed 07 February 2024: Beirut, Lebanon – In the Red Sea, Yemen’s Houthi group continues to attack Israel-linked vessels in support of the people of Gaza, vowing to continue until Israel stops its relentless assault on the trapped population. Internationally, the Red Sea attacks have grabbed headlines, not least for the dedication they demonstrate to the […]
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Tue 06 February 2024: Dakar, Senegal – Plateau, the downtown Dakar neighbourhood that is home to the country’s National Assembly, was tense but quiet on Monday morning. Inside parliament, the assembly was anything but. Lawmakers were debating on President Macky Sall’s announcement to postpone general elections – originally scheduled for February 25 – for an additional […]
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