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Iranian women protest against the compulsory hijab mandated by Islamic rulers, share pictures and videos removing veils on social media

OpIndia Staff -
Men are also showing solidarity as Iranian women remove their headscarves to protest ultra-conservative laws.
News Reports

Sri Lanka crisis: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees to the Maldives, India denies facilitating escape

OpIndia Staff -
Protestors had stormed into Gotabaya Rajapaksa's palace on July 9. It was reported in media that he had escaped with his family to an undisclosed location before that.
Opinions

Sri Lanka crisis: Liberals scream about ‘majoritarianism’ to avoid talking about dynastic loot, cronyism, rent-seeking

Ganesh R -
It is weird that so many of you ‘fearless and independent’ folks that call yourself economists, journalists and academicians are blaming the exact same thing – majoritarianism - for Sri Lanka crisis
World

“We are not tacos”, Hispanic journalists hit back at US first lady Jill Biden for comparing the Latino community in the USA to breakfast...

OpIndia Staff -
Speaking at the 2022 UnidosUS Annual Conference held in Texas, Jill Biden said that the Latino community is “as unique as the breakfast tacos here in San Antonio”.
News Reports

Indonesia: Islamic college shuts down a student magazine after it exposes sexual assault on campus. Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
Student magazine Lintas was ordered shut down after it exposed incidents of sexual assault in an Islamic college in Indonesia.
World

Pakistan: Site allocated for ‘IIT like institute’ turned into “Bakra Mandi,” former VC expresses dismay

OpIndia Staff -
A site allocated for Information Technology University in Pakistan has been turned into a Bakra Mandi (Goat market).
News Reports

China: Massive protests in Henan, people fear losing their life savings due to bank fraud

OpIndia Staff -
Such protests are unprecedented in Communist China where dissent and public demonstrations are curbed by the authoritarian State.
World

Watch: Two Muslim women ram their car into an anti-Islamisation group leader’s vehicle after he burnt Quran copies

OpIndia Staff -
Two Muslim women chased and rammed their car into anti-Islmisation group's leader in Norway after he burnt copies of the Quran.
World

‘We will keep men out of women’s sports’ – Trump calls for removing ‘trans’ athletes from women’s sports

OpIndia Staff -
Former President of the United States of America Donald Trump once again pushed for keeping biological men out of women's sports.
News Reports

43-year-old Uttar Pradesh resident Jang Bahadur killed by Pakistani co-worker in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; was planning to return on Janmashtami

OpIndia Staff -
Jang Bahadur was murdered by a Pakistani man who worked as a driver along with him.
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