Who is Finance Minister Fooling with Package to 'Boost Demand'?

As the economy appears to be nosediving, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a package on…

Bihar polls: When Will Agarbatti Workers Get a Breather?

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COVIS-19 Update: The Ups and Downs in Case Numbers

Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha analyses the trajectory of the disease worldwide.

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Daily News Round Up

HCU Students Continue Hunger Strike, Patwatoli Powerloom Initiative and More

We will also see why the students' union of Hyderabad Central University is on hunger strike over…

Politics

Punjab Assembly Unanimously Adopts Resolution Rejecting New Farm Laws

Amid farmer protests, House also passes four Bills to counter the Centre’s farm laws enacted by…

India

Bihar Elections: India’s First Solar-Powered Village Now has a Defunct Power Station

No one in Bihar’s Dharnai uses solar power anymore as the solar microgrid has been out of order for…

India

Hathras Rape Case: How the State Fails to Uphold SC/ST Victims Rights to Compensation and Rehabilitation

The nationwide demand for justice for Hathras Victim has brought the issues of caste atrocities…

sports

Football In Kashmir With Ishfaq Ahmed and Mehrajuddin Wadoo | 420 Grams S2, Ep-61 - Part 2

420 Grams show on Football in Kashmir

India

TN Elections: Political Climate Heats up; DMK Proactive, AIADMK Unsure of Alliance Partners

While work on election manifestoes has begun, the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance seems more…

India

Nigeria ‘Blacklists’ Gujarat-based Pharma Company over ‘Substandard, Falsified’ Antibiotics

India has previously committed to help Nigeria curb its fake drugs problem even as the African…

Environment

Uttarakhand Govt Cancels 5-Year Climate Change Centre Project Midway

The cancellation has been done without consultation with and approval of DST, which sanctioned it…

Spotlight

HCU Students Continue Hunger Strike, Patwatoli Powerloom Initiative and More

Punjab Assembly Unanimously Adopts Resolution Rejecting New Farm Laws

Bihar Elections: India’s First Solar-Powered Village Now has a Defunct Power Station

Hathras Rape Case: How the State Fails to Uphold SC/ST Victims Rights to Compensation and Rehabilitation

Football In Kashmir With Ishfaq Ahmed and Mehrajuddin Wadoo | 420 Grams S2, Ep-61 - Part 2

TN Elections: Political Climate Heats up; DMK Proactive, AIADMK Unsure of Alliance Partners

Nigeria ‘Blacklists’ Gujarat-based Pharma Company over ‘Substandard, Falsified’ Antibiotics

Uttarakhand Govt Cancels 5-Year Climate Change Centre Project Midway

Opinion

Education

Newspaper Ads: Are Tutorials Overtaking Navaratra Sales in Festive Season?

Millions of FDI is flowing in, as imparting training for medical, engineering and other competitive…

India

Will Chemistry Beat Arithmetic in Bihar Election?

The predominant narrative that all is well for the NDA based on caste math is unreliable. Bihar’s…

India

Who is Really the Enemy of the People?

India will have to look to forces within the country to steer back towards political processes that…

India

Durga with a Heart and Looks

A pandal in Kolkata has migrant workers at its core. Its location in a neighbourhood where all…

Sports

sports

Japan to Set Up Cyberattack Countermeasures to Protect Tokyo Olympics

The chief government spokesperson of Japan said that the country will use cyber attack…

sports

Bala Devi Returns to Action for Rangers FC; Jordan Pickford to Face No Action Over Virgil Van Dijk Challenge and More (Football Round-Up)

Short Passes (Football News Round-up): Bala Devi returns to footballing action for Rangers FC in…

Mohammedan Sporting Club enters I-League

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Mohammedan Sporting Enter The I-League (420 Grams, S-2 Ep 61)

Mohammedan Sporting Club won the I-league qualifiers with an emphatic performance in the five-team…

In March this year, Moukoko broke the scoring record for a Bundesliga U19 season scoring 38 goals in the season as Borussia Dortmund romped to the title. (Picture courtesy: Bundesliga)

sports

Schalke Apologise to Dortmund Teenager Youssoufa Moukoko For Fan Abuse In Derby

Schalke 04 issued an apology to Moukoko after the club's fans were heard racially abusing the…

Opinion

Newspaper Ads: Are Tutorials Overtaking Navaratra Sales in Festive Season?

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Will Chemistry Beat Arithmetic in Bihar Election?

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2000 Activists and Civil Society Members Condemn Tribal Rights Activist Stan Swamy’s Arrest

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Sports

Japan to Set Up Cyberattack Countermeasures to Protect Tokyo Olympics

Bala Devi Returns to Action for Rangers FC; Jordan Pickford to Face No Action Over Virgil Van Dijk Challenge and More (Football Round-Up)

Mohammedan Sporting Enter The I-League (420 Grams, S-2 Ep 61)

Schalke Apologise to Dortmund Teenager Youssoufa Moukoko For Fan Abuse In Derby

Videos

International

In Bolivia, a Mood of Watchful Celebration Prevails

We talk to Zoe PC of Peoples Dispatch, who is in Bolivia as part of the CODEPINK election…

India

Powerloom Industry in Gaya's Patwatoli Hopes for Government Aid

Following the announcement of the Bihar Assembly Election, NewsClick spoke to the Patwatoli…

Daily News Round Up

Proposal to De-Link Pantry Car in Indian Railways, COVID-19 Update and More

In today's Daily Round-Up, we talk about the Indian Railways, which is going to implement a…

India

Why Does the BJP Remember Pakistan During Elections?

Amid the frantic electioneering in Bihar, the BJP has been reminded of Pakistan once again. BJP…

Videos

In Bolivia, a Mood of Watchful Celebration Prevails

Powerloom Industry in Gaya's Patwatoli Hopes for Government Aid

Proposal to De-Link Pantry Car in Indian Railways, COVID-19 Update and More

Why Does the BJP Remember Pakistan During Elections?

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Restoring Degraded Natural Landscape Could be Highly Effective in Mitigating Climate Change

International

20/10/2020

New research has suggested a mitigation process that would require a third of the planet’s most…

Bihar Elections: 31% Contesting Candidates Have Declared Criminal Cases

Politics

20/10/2020

A total of 375 crorepatis are in the fray, with average assets close to Rs 2 crore in the first…

Bonus in Mind, Rail Union Mulls ‘Indefinite Strike’ on Larger Issues of Privatisation, Pensions

Labour

20/10/2020

Final decision to be taken in meeting scheduled on October 21, says union leader. If staged, this…

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Admin’s New ‘Harmful and Haphazard’ H-1B Visa Rules

20/10/2020

As many as 17 individuals and organisations, including US Chambers of Commerce and the National…

NHRC Issues Notice to Madhya Pradesh Govt after Six SIMI Prisoners Hospitalised

India

20/10/2020

The commission has issued notices to the Chief Secretary of the state and Inspector General of…

Chhattisgarh: Tribals Dig Up Roads in Naxal-affected Areas to Protest New Security Camps

India

20/10/2020

Adivasis in the region have been opposing the increased militarisation and they see more camps as…

Thai Police to Probe Four Media Outlets as Protests Continue

International

20/10/2020

Thailand’s police ordered a probe against four media outlets, a social media protest page and over…

New COVID-19 Cases in India Dip Below 50,000 for First Time in Nearly 3 Months

Covid-19

20/10/2020

A total of 46,790 fresh infections were reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 1,15,197…

Hathras Rape Case: Grappling with Ground Realities of the Implementation SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act

India

20/10/2020

As lakhs of people take to the streets to demand justice for Hathras victim, and the many other…

COVID-19 Cases: Data and Graphs of India and the World

Covid-19

20/10/2020

With 75,97,063 total confirmed Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, India stands at the no.2 among all…

Bihar Elections: Gaya’s Powerloom Industry Plunges into Gloom Courtesy Govt. Neglect

India

20/10/2020

Weavers in Patwatoli said that despite several schemes for the development of cottage industries,…

‘Grave Injustice’: Disgruntled J&K Youth Demand Restoration of UPSC Age Relaxation Clause

India

19/10/2020

The relaxation in the upper age limit of UPSC aspirants from J&K was meant to compensate for…

COVID-19: IMA Questions Promotion of AYUSH Treatment by Centre

Covid-19

19/10/2020

The Association wanted to know how many of his ministerial colleagues were treated under AYUSH…

Jammu Tribal Body Alleges Marginalisation, Wants Forest Act Implementation

India

19/10/2020

Tribal rights activists also flayed exclusion of local Gojri and Pahari as official languages which…

‘Silent’ Mutations That Helped Novel Coronavirus Thrive Identified

Covid-19

19/10/2020

The finding, published in the journal PeerJ, could lead to new molecular targets for treating or…

Delhi Violence: Confessional Statements Not Made Public Can’t be Published, Says HC

India

19/10/2020

“You (Zee News) have got access to documents which even the accused does not have. You file the…

China’s Economy Recovers from COVID-19 Slump: Posts 4.9% Growth in Q3

International

19/10/2020

To soften COVID-19 impact, the Chinese government rolled out a raft of measures, including more…

Hyderabad University Students Relay Hunger Strike Against Admission Process Enters Second Day

Education

19/10/2020

The Students’ union argues that 71 seats are left vacant, including 64 seats from reserved…

Family of Dead Jabalpur Doc Alleges Caste Slur, to Meet Chhattisgarh Governor for Action

SC/ST/OBC

19/10/2020

On October 1, Dr. Bhagwat, a junior doctor from an OBC community, attached to a state-run hospital…

ED Summon to Farooq Abdullah is ‘Political Vendetta’, Say J&K Parties

Politics

19/10/2020

The ED’s move on a case of alleged embezzlement in JKCA comes days after the NC leader spearheaded…

Nagorno-Karabakh Needs Regional Solution

International

19/10/2020

The crisis exposes certain contradictions in Russian policies. On the one hand, Russia befriends…

World Struggles as Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Cross 40 Million

Covid-19

19/10/2020

To date, over 1.1 million confirmed virus deaths have been reported, although experts believe that…

Uttarakhand May See 2nd Chipko Movement as Hundreds Protests against Axing of 10,000 Trees

India

19/10/2020

Students are rallying en masse to ‘save Thano’ in a bid to recreate the Chipko movement to save…

Death Penalty Contributing to Annihilation of Sexual Assault Victims: NPRD

India

19/10/2020

It also said, “Though cases of sexual assaults against women/girls with disabilities are being…

News

Restoring Degraded Natural Landscape Could be Highly Effective in Mitigating Climate Change

International 20/10/2020

Bihar Elections: 31% Contesting Candidates Have Declared Criminal Cases

Politics 20/10/2020

Bonus in Mind, Rail Union Mulls ‘Indefinite Strike’ on Larger Issues of Privatisation, Pensions

Labour 20/10/2020

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Admin’s New ‘Harmful and Haphazard’ H-1B Visa Rules

US 20/10/2020