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North East Dilemma: Is Fresh NRC A Solution To Citizenship Imbroglio?

ENews RoomPublished on 29 November 2019 Many have welcomed the move of fresh NRC in Assam, but have expressed their doubts about it being genuinely implemented in the North Eastern states of India Shillong: As the political game over NRC (National Register for Citizens) and CAB (Citizenship Amendment Bill) hots up, apprehensions about the exercises […]

Morning Digest: ‘revolving-door’ arrests in Kashmir, monsoon deficit reduced to near zero, and more, The Hindu

The Hindu Net DeskSeptember 01, 2019 Assam NRC final list: Rights group terms it largest incident of making people ‘stateless’ in decades A New Delhi-based rights group has termed the exclusion of 19,06,657 people from the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) as the largest incident of making people “stateless” in decades. Sri Lanka’s 1948 declaration […]

Northeast people battle racism amid coronavirus pandemic, The Week

The Week28 March 2020 Even as China battles global Sinophobia over COVID-19—since the disease was first reported from Wuhan—in India, people of the northeast are facing increasing harassment and violence over their looks. Kiren Rijiju, minister for sports and youth affairs, who hails from Arunachal Pradesh, has asked state governments to sensitise residents against such […]