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291 - 30th August 2020 - CAA India - Daily Updates,

CAA India,
Daily update ⋅ August 30, 2020

Rights Bodies Urge President Kovind to Note Several Blatant Human Rights Violations
The Wire
The signatories to a memorandum have called for the release of intellectuals, writers, professors, students, anti-CAA activists implicated in the Elgar ...

Judge in Bombay HC bench that had quashed FIR against foreign Tablighi Jamaatis now dissents ...
OpIndia
... now dissents on linking the case with anti-CAA protests: Read full details ... to Indian Muslims” for protesting against CAA, reports Indian Express.

Tablighi Jamaat: HC judge disagrees with 'indirect warning to Indian Muslims' remark by fellow ...
The Indian Express
... action against the foreign nationals was an “indirect warning to Indian Muslims” after the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).

'World came crashing down': Delhi violence victims await justice
Aljazeera.com
New Delhi, India - Brothers Amir and Hashem were on their way home from their ... in northeast Delhi against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) ... said Mrinal Sharma, policy adviser at Amnesty International India.

Joe Biden or Donald Trump: Who is/ will be better for India?
WION
Be it abolishing Article 370, Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests, the US president has repeatedly said that he trusts India's democratic system.

What next? Now RW Twitter sees a link between violence in Sweden and Delhi, Bengaluru riots
Free Press Journal
"Big lesson for Indians who are against the CAA/NRC and want India to open their borders for all immigrants. Think again and react wisely," tweeted ...

Final Hearing in Case of Firing on Mangaluru Anti-CAA Protesters on September 1
News18
The final hearing as part of the magisterial inquiry into the firing on anti-CAA protestors on December 19 last year will be held here on September 1 ...

Zakat Foundation, which helps Muslims get recruited into IAS, has links to Islamist Zakir Naik ...
OpIndia
The Madina Trust-UK is known for anti-India activities. On the 15th of August and the 3rd of September, 2019, there were attacks on the Indian High ...

Delhi riots: Court dismisses bail plea of JNU student Devangana Kalita in UAPA case
Outlook India
... at the anti-CAA protest sites as part of a "conspiracy" which led to the riots. ... instigating protesters to get violent against the government of India.

All Assam Students Union takes out motorbike rally against CAA in Namrup
The Sentinel Assam
Home · North East India News · Assam News; All Assam Students... All Assam Students Union takes out motorbike rally against CAA in Namrup ...

NEET, JEE 2020: 'Postpone/Cancel Exams Under Disaster Management Act,' All India Students ...
India.com
Also Read - Delhi Police Uses Drone to Keep Track of Anti-CAA Protesters at Red Fort. “However, it is more important for your government to stand by ...

Tablighi Jamaat: Aurangabad bench order of August 21; HC judge disagrees with 'indirect warning ...
The Indian Express
Justice Mukund G Sewlikar disagreed with observations made by a senior judge that the action against the gathering was an "indirect warning to Indian ...

AASU staged protest at Bijni against Citizenship (Amendment) Act
The Sentinel Assam
Protesting against CAA, the AASU activists formed a human chain in front of Bijni subdivision office. The protest was staged by Bijni AASU in association ...

AGP re-elects Atul Bora as party chief while Prafulla Mahanta sidelined
The Asian Age
Several organisations have staged anti-CAA protests in different parts of the state in the past two weeks. The Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad ...

PUCL and other National Organizations Call for a Week of Protest Aug 28-Sept 5
Mainstream
Organizations from All Over India Issue a call for a Protest Week, ... In their call, the organizations note more than 24 anti CAA-NRC protestors and ...
Delhi Police: Some helped rioters, some the victims while others stood by and watched
National Herald
All other anti-CAA protests occupied a part or sides of the roads. Even at ... Politics of hate may win but India, democracy and the people will lose.

In New Letter, Congress Alleges BJP-Facebook "Quid-Pro-Quo Relationship"
NDTV
Used by 40 Cr Indians, WhatsApp also wants to be used for making ... WhatsApp is rolling out a digital payment service - WhatsApp Pay - in India, ... an ultimatum - clear anti-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) protesters from the city's ...

400 women's groups, rights organizations to launch nationwide campaign 'If we do not rise'
Northeast Now
“We begin with India's democracy and Constitution which are facing an ... The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) pushed through Parliament by the ...

Jamia police brutality: Delhi Police says its action was justified and at par with threat
India Legal
Unlawful, not because they were protesting against CAA, but because they indulged in acts of arson,” Lekhi added. Lekhi also said: “We made a ...

290 - 29th August 2020 - CAA India Daily Updates,

CAA India,
Daily update ⋅ August 29, 2020

India's police force 'complicit' in February's anti-Muslim riots in Delhi
TRT World
Anti-CAA protests started in India in late November. Their motive was to prevent the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from passing a law that ...

Bombay HC judge who quashed FIRs against Tablighis disagrees with fellow judge's remarks on ...
The Indian Express
... that the action against the gathering was an “indirect warning to Indian Muslims” after the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Pained to hear about my dear friend Shinzo Abe's ill health: PM
Times of India
“Abe was a diamond for India,” said Sujan Chinoy, former ambassador to ... cancelled a summit in Guwahati in December, during the anti-CAA riots.

Burnaby proclaims Jaswant Singh Khalra Day; New Westminster may do the same
Straight.com
Puchmayr had previously brought a motion against India's discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) that discourages accepting Muslim ...

New book blaming 'radical' Islamic groups for Delhi riots to hit stands after Bloomsbury row
ThePrint
New Delhi: Days after a row broke out over Bloomsbury India's decision to withdraw publication of a book on Delhi riots, a city-based publisher is now ...

Dismissal of hate speech case against BJP MPs 'unfair judicial process': CPI(M) leader
Outlook India
... of FIRs against the BJP leaders for their alleged hate speeches in relation to anti-CAA protest at Shaheen Bagh on the grounds that “no previous ...

Anna Hazare letter leaves Delhi BJP red-faced
Times of India
Recently Delhi BJP welcomed around 50 residents of Shaheen Bagh into the party including some who were in support of the anti-CAA protests.

Policy Picks: FSSAI food business licensing, UK's wish to join CPTPP, Japan food labelling and ...
FoodNavigator-Asia.com
Indian trade association Federation of All India Vyapar Mandal (FAIVM) has called upon the Food Safety and Standards ... This was announced by the Japanese Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) as a revision to the country's Food ...

PFI member arrested in Uttar Pradesh for offensive social media post
Hindustan Times
The Popular Front of India is also under investigation for its alleged role in August 11-12 Bengaluru riots in retaliation to an allegedly objectionable ...

AGP meet held despite court bar
Telegraph India
The CAA, on the other hand, provides Indian citizenship to non-Muslims who have entered India from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan till ...

Ali Fazal has THIS to say on 'Mirzapur 2', 'Death on the Nile' releasing on same day
DNA India
It so happened that the lead actor of the show, Ali Fazal's tweets from December 2019, during the CAA NRC protests were surfaced again and people ...

Jamia riot was a well-planned conspiracy, police action was proportionate to the violence: ASG ...
OpIndia
... Delhi police, saying that the action taken by police was necessary and proportionate to the violence unleashed the mob during the anti-CAA protests ...

'Vilification' campaign against arrested rights defenders: Week-long protests begin
COUNTERVIEW
In UP, they said in the statement, anti-CAA-NRC protestors are being ... to the President and Chief Justice of India for the immediate release of human ...

Chhattisgarh: Bastar villagers protest against NRC, NPR
Times of India
They demanded that tribal areas be excluded from NRC, CAA and NPR and that security forces should cease operations. They were afraid that security ...

Jamia Millia University seeks action against Sudarshan News for referring to Jamia UPSC ...
OpIndia
In a press release, the JTA alleged that the video targeted the recruitment of Muslims in the Indian Administrative Services and also labelled them with ...

Netizens question Amazon Prime's creative head's bias, wonder if shows like “Patal lok” are ...
OpIndia
Aparna Purohit is the head of Amazon India's creative development team and also the in-charge of platform's original web series. A social media user on ...

JEE-NEET row: Mamata challenges PM Modi to take impromptu opinion of students on 'Mann ki Baat'
Hindustan Times
What happened to digital India? If the USA can hold online ... “The NRC and CAA have been suppressed due to the pandemic. But they (BJP-ruled ...

Sushant Singh Rajput and the Indian media's khap panchayat
National Herald
... of Rohingyas, recurring hurricanes, wild fires, anti-CAA protests and so on. ... Yet the national channels and print media in India have largely steered ...

Arunachal assembly passes resolution for inclusion of state in Sixth Schedule
Economic Times
Arunachal unfortunately is the only state left out without any protective provisions for its tribal communities under the Indian constitution. "In absence of ...

289 - 28th August 2020 - CAA INDIA - Daily Updates,

CAA India,
Daily update ⋅ August 28, 2020

Artistes united by CAA, divided by politics
Telegraph India
While 39 artistes joined the Congress, which is opposed to the CAA, 30 others embraced the BJP, whose government at the Centre brought the law ...

Facebook executive who shared anti-Muslim post apologises: Report
Aljazeera.com
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed last year by India's Hindu nationalist government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi fast-tracks ...
In an 'Awkward' Appeal, Wikipedia is Asking Indian Users to Donate
The Quint
India is one of Wikipedia's leading markets. In 2019, the number of Indian visitors on Wikipedia was over 771 million – its fifth-largest number in terms ...

The CAA-NRC Row: “A Minor Technical Glitch Can Make You Homeless And Stateless”
Youth Ki Awaaz
In India, almost every two out of five children in the country don't have birth certificates as of 2015-16, National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) data. If we ...

Explained: Why Parts of India Are Seeing Extreme Rainfall & Floods
The Quint
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts active monsoon ... Why are these parts of India experiencing such heavy showers and floods?

UP Govt prepared to handle anti-CAA stir once rollout starts
Daily Pioneer
Bill was passed last year in December by the Parliament of India but due to protest and corona pandemic, it cannot be implemented yet”. According to ...

NEP 2020: A Lot to Look Forward to in the Indian Education Sector
The Quint
After several consultations on the draft National Education Policy 2019 with stakeholders in the education sector, the Government of India announced ...

PM Modi Announces National Digital Health Mission. What Is It?
The Quint
This is a digital health ecosystem being announced by the government under which every Indian citizen will have unique health IDs, digitised health ...

HC denies bail to anti-CAA activist Osama
Outlook India
Allahabad, Aug 26 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court has rejected the bail plea of an anti-CAA activist arrested on charges of being a participant of an ...

'Phenomenal Success': Indian Sworn in as US Citizen by Trump
The Quint
Software engineer Sudha Sundari Narayanan was naturalised as a US Citizen at The White House on 25 August. The Quint. Published: 26 Aug 2020, ...

Yes, Congress Can Still Be Saved by Only Gandhi — the Original One
The Quint
It lacks just about everything required of India's main opposition party: majority appeal, charismatic leadership, popular policies, catchy slogans, active ...

Court rejects plea seeking FIR against Union minister Anurag Thakur, BJP MP Parvesh Verma for ...
DNA India
Addressing a public meeting in support of BJP's Rithala candidate - Manish Chaudhary - Singh had linked opposition parties with anti-CAA protests in ...

Indian-American Couple Makes Campaign Video for Biden-Harris
The Quint
Targeting Indian-American voters in battleground 'swing' states, Silicon Valley-based Indian-American couple Ajay and Vinita Bhutoria released a ...

Sharjeel Is A Patriot Who Loves India From The Core Of His Heart: Family
Outlook India
He was opposing CAA which is not illegal at all. About 40 seconds of the whole speech was taken out of context and blown out of proportion. It is sad,” ...

WTF News of The Week: Chocolate Snow, Drunk On Carbs & More
The Quint
Bizarre things are happening not just in India, but pretty much everywhere. So we're bringing you a weekly round-up of the most peculiar and strange ...

New J&K LG Manoj Sinha Was Once Set to be UP CM
The Quint
Student Leader From BHU, And Modi's Close Aide. Sinha completed is B Tech and M Tech degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology, Benaras ...

Who Is Major Shweta Pandey Who Hoisted Flag With PM Modi On I-Day?
The Quint

288 - 27th August 2020 - CAA INDIA - Daily Updates,

CAA India,
Daily update ⋅ August 27, 2020

Second anti-CAA political front soon in Assam
Times of India
Top Searches: Coronavirus in India · Covid cases in India · Masood Azhar · CWC meeting ...

Indian anti-CAA protest organiser now arrested for involvement in Delhi riots: report
DAWN.com
Police in India's capital arrested Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Sharjeel Imam, who was previously involved in organising protests ...

Book Explains The Taqlid Mindset & The Muslim Opposition To CAA, Article 370
Swarajya
The question for ordinary Indians to ask is this: why is a law intended to help persecuted people (CAA) settle in India suddenly interpreted as an attack ...

From COVID-19 To Delhi Riots - Choosing Scapegoats
The Wire
Anyone who seeks to divide Indians is anti-national in my view. ... It describes the anti-CAA protests across the country neutrally, but (referring to the ...

Twitter Calls For Boycott Of Ali Fazal's 'Mirzapur 2' Because He 'Supported Anti-CAA Riots'
Mashable India
A web series #Mirzapur2 of Ali Fazal, who opposed NRC CAA and provoked agitators communally . ... Wake Up India. pic.twitter.com/qwPvsw85lf.

Facebook's Ankhi Das Apologised For Sharing Anti-Muslim Post: Report
HuffPost India
Australia · Brasil · Canada · España · France · Ελλάδα (Greece) · India ... to the anti-CAA protests and had been shared by Das on her page in 2019.

Golaghat AASU takes out bicycle rally to protest against CAA
The Sentinel Assam
Home · North East India News · Assam News; Golaghat AASU takes ...

'Tainted' land of Gandhi: Whither India's faith in civil libertarian political system?
COUNTERVIEW
The very definition of citizenship for CAA and NRC is different from the way it has been stated in the Indian Constitution. Thirdly, according to the ...

HC asks police to place case diary of Delhi riots case in sealed cover
National Herald
... it case diary of communal violence in Delhi during protests against CAA in February, in which a member of Pinjra Tod group is allegedly involved.

Court dismisses plea seeking FIR against Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma for hate speech
Outlook India
... Anurag Thakur and his BJP colleague and MP Parvesh Verma for their alleged hate speech in relation to anti-CAA protest at Shaheen Bagh.

Aug 26, 2020
Outlook India
Indian Youth Congress workers during a protest outside the HRD Ministry for ... face masks pray by her tomb on her birth anniversary in Kolkata, India, ... in the Anti Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests, join the Indian National ...

JEE and NEET debate: Greta Thunberg getting involved suggests there is big money behind ...
OpIndia
... getting involved suggests there is big money behind destabilizing India ... The anti-CAA protests spread like a rash across many college campuses.

NEXT PHOTO GALLERY
Outlook India
... the Anti Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests, join the Indian National Congress (INC) party in presence of Assam Congress chief Ripon Bora ...

Sushant Singh Rajput case: Narcotics Control Bureau files criminal case against Rhea, others
Economic Times
Alibaba puts India investment plan on hold amid China tensions ... Sharjeel Imam arrested for his alleged inflammatory speech at an anti-CAA protest ...

Breaking News Latest Updates, Highlights of August 26
Jagran English
... states, for his alleged inflammatory speech at an anti-CAA protest last year ... 9:35 am: India's #COVID19 case tally crosses 32 lakh mark with 67,151 fresh ... to limit the spread of #COVID19 infection: Ministry of Health, Govt of India.

Insurrection and Mayhem by India's Internal Enemies
IndiaFacts
The anti-CAA conflagration lasted for more than two months before it ebbed slowly. This author has analysed the Delhi events and similar outbursts in ...

Cong working to form a pro-development alliance in Assam: Harish Rawat
Times of India
He maintained that though the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) ... the people and creating a rift among them in the name of NRC and CAA.

Explained: The National Education Policy 2020 & Reforms it Brings
The Quint
The policy is based on the pillars of “access, equity, quality, affordability, accountability” and will transform India into a “vibrant knowledge hub”, ...

Italy's R-Day Video Viral as France's Farewell to Rafale Jets
The Quint
Several social media users shared the viral video, with the claim, "You've seen the Rafael landing in India but see the farewell from France with Indian ...