Daily Brief: With Israel’s military assault, there is no dignity in life or death for the disabled in Gaza, and more

With Israel’s military assault, there is no dignity in life or death for the disabled in Gaza

For people with disabilities, the trauma of the genocidal attack heightens their sense of being a burden and despair.

The hidden lives of those who protect Mumbai from floods

Every year, in violation of various laws and rules, thousands of workers are hired to desilt drains that carry a mix of stormwater and sewage.

How the Indian government helped Sheikh Hasina suppress the 2009 revolt of The Bangladesh Rifles

An excerpt from ‘India’s Near East: A New History’, by Avinash Paliwal.

Heatwaves not listed as natural disaster as finance panel rejected request in 2020 report: Centre

India recorded 40,000 suspected cases of heatstroke and over 100 heat-related deaths during one of its hottest and longest heatwaves this year.

YouTuber Dhruv Rathee summoned in defamation case filed by BJP leader

Suresh Nakhua filed a complaint against Rathee after the YouTuber called him a ‘violent and abusive’ troll in one of his videos.

Languages are vanishing as climate change displaces Pakistan’s mountain communities

Residents forced to migrate out of their hometowns in Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are adopting the more widely spoken lingua fraca.

In Prayaag Akbar’s new novel, a young man works for a right-wing content studio. Then trouble erupts

An excerpt from ‘Mother India: A Novel’, by Prayaag Akbar.

Conflict, but no interest: The Manolo Marquez, India and FC Goa triangle raises countless questions

For his first year in charge of the men’s national team, Marquez will be dividing his time as the chief coach of FC Goa in the Indian Super League.

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