Daily Brief: Caged parrot v2: How Modi government has weaponised the CBI to target the Opposition, and more

  • 1 Mar, 2023

Caged parrot v2: How Modi government has weaponised the CBI to target the Opposition

Blamed for partisanship under the Manmohan Singh government, the use of the agency to target the Opposition has increased under Modi.

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How climate change helped spread a disease that killed more than 1.5 lakh cows in India

In 2022, more than 50 lakh cattle contracted lumpy skin disease in Rajasthan alone. Experts say that a shifting, unpredictable climate made the problem worse.

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India’s GDP growth slows down to 4.4% in October-December quarter

Last year, the growth rate in the corresponding quarter was 5.4%.

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Opinion: India needs a new lens to view those it labels ‘Bangladeshi infiltrators’

Claims that migration is security problem has never fully allowed a discussion of the issue as economic labour movement and the rights it should entail.

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No communal strife: What a globetrotter saw in Jammu and Kashmir in early 20th century

Offered a month’s vacation during WWI, British-Greek army officer Ambrose Petrocokino travelled to Kashmir and recorded his impressions in a travelogue.

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How a new book on the role of Buddhism in shaping modern Indian history came to be

How did Buddhism appear, disappear, and reappear in India? Douglas Ober’s book ‘Dust on the Throne’, published by Navayana, answers the question.

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The Jafar Panahi retro we deserve is just a click away

Nine of the celebrated Iranian director’s films are available on MUBI.

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ICC Women’s T20 World Cup: India’s selection puzzles, support-staff musical chairs need a solution

For India, there seems to be a permanent transition around the support staff appointments and confusion around selections.

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