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People gather for a protest against ICE outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis. (Picture credit: AP) Protesters across the United States staged widespread “no work, no school, no shopping” strikes on Friday, shutting businesses, walking out of classrooms and gathering in city centres to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, as anger…
Protests against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown spread across the United States on Friday, with organisers calling for a nationwide strike under the slogan “no work, no school, no shopping”.The protests were driven by anger over recent fatal shootings linked to immigration enforcement. Public outrage intensified after Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse, was shot…
Supreme Court stays UGC equity regulations 2026 (image source: PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the implementation of the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) Equity Regulations 2026, halting a contentious framework that triggered campus protests, political reactions and multiple legal challenges within days of being notified.According to PTI, a bench of Chief Justice of India…
UGC equity rules hit the streets: Student protests across states intensify as Supreme Court steps in In Indian educational institutes, policy rarely stays on paper for long. It steps off the page, enters the classroom, and—when it collides with identity—moves swiftly to the street. This week, a regulatory amendment meant to institutionalise equity in higher…
NEW DELHI: An Indian national from Gujarat, who escaped from a jail during last year’s “Gen Z” protests in Nepal, has been apprehended by Ahmedabad Police, officials said on Tuesday.Dharmesh Chunara, a resident of Thakkarbapa Nagar Road in Ahmedabad, was arrested by the Special Operation Group (SOG) Crime Branch, according to a police release.He had…
US President Donald Trump on Monday said that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz called following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in south Minneapolis by a Border Patrol agent on Saturday and requested that they work together. Amid the growing tension with ICE after Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s death, Governor Tim Walz gave Trump a…
Iranian women have become the face of resistance. On a cold Tehran night, an elderly woman walked through a crowd of protesters, chanting against the state. Her mouth appeared bloodied. She did not slow down. “I’m not afraid,” she shouted. “I’ve been dead for 47 years.”The video, filmed during Iran’s most recent wave of anti-government…
Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha Pakistan’s prominent human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, advocate Hadi Ali Chattha, were arrested on Friday while travelling to a court in Islamabad. The incident triggered strong condemnation from legal bodies and rights activists over what they described as unconstitutional move.The lawyer couple was on…
File photo: People gather in frot of the Iranian consulate to demonstrate in support of the protests happening in Iran, in Milan, Italy (Picture credit: AP) Iran is facing one of its gravest crises in decades as nationwide protests, a deadly crackdown by authorities, cyber disruptions to state television and rising international pressure converge amid…
The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran has climbed to more than 3,000, marking the country’s deadliest unrest in decades, rights activists said on Saturday.The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said it had verified 3,090 deaths, including 2,885 protesters, Reuters reported. Residents said a sweeping crackdown appeared to have largely quelled demonstrations…
