Hundreds of people have died and thousands have been treated for heatstroke while performing the annual Muslim Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca amid extreme temperatures of up to 51 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit).
21 Jun 2024Prime Minister Modi’s remark that Congress is eyeing people’s wealth and they would investigate who has how much gold and property and then redistribute it ’among those who have more children’ has snowballed into a big political controversy. But while the mudslinging between parties plays out, let’s find out where exactly the PM drew his inferences from and what the Congress manifesto, Rahul Gandhi and former PM Manmohan Singh actually said about wealth distribution
26 Apr 2024Prime Minister Narendra Modi cited a speech from 2006 by his predecessor, Manmohan Singh, to launch a scathing attack on the Congress during an election rally in Rajasthan on Sunday, following the Phase 1 voting in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. PM Modi alleged that Singh’s government had advocated for the redistribution of property from Hindus to Muslims. Did former PM Manmohan Singh actually say that? Watch his speech from 2006 to find out.
22 Apr 2024Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accused the Congress of wishing to take away the gold and property of people and distribute it among ‘those having more children’. The remarks — made during a poll rally in Rajasthan on Sunday — has prompted a sharp rebuttal from the Congress.
22 Apr 2024India’s finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman who is on a week long trip to the U.S. to attend World Bank Group and IMF’s spring meetings and to chair G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting questioned the negative wesern perception about the safety of minorities, in paritular muslims in India.She asserted that muslims in India are thriving. She said claims made by the western media over violence against muslims in India are a ‘fallacy’.
11 Apr 2023They are young, outspoken, easy to relate to, and don’t pull any punches. Lounge meets the influencers shaping and strengthening the queer liberation movement in India
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1 min read8 May 2021The former chief of National Commission for Minorities backs unverified claims of ‘love jihad’, says laws against ’forced’ conversion help prevent communal tension
6 min read5 Dec 2020Journalist Rana Ayyub’s relentless no-filter critique of New India makes her impossible to ignore. In a year of international awards and honours, Lounge catches up with her as she prepares to receive an award from the US-based Muslim Public Affairs Council next week
11 min read5 Oct 2020Journalist Rana Ayyub’s no-filter critique of New India make her impossible to ignore. In a year of international awards and honours, Lounge catches up with her as she prepares to receive an award from the US-based Muslim Public Affairs Council next week
11 min read2 Oct 2020The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared
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