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The Muslim Educational Society in Kerala has issued a circular banning niqab (veil covering the face) in all its educational institutions.

The MES is one of the largest minority educational organisations with over 100 institutions to its name. 

In the circular released by the organisation, president of the institution PA Fazal Gafoor says, “MES aims at the social and cultural progress of the Muslim community insists that the students, even while maintaining high standards in curricular and extra-curricular activities, follow certain decorum in the dress code too. We should discourage all undesirable practices on the campuses.”

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Doxxing involves looking up the details of people’s lives, usually by digging through their social media profiles, publicly available data, government records and even comments across old and defunct message boards. While snippets of this information might be irrelevant individually, put together,they can cause real harm.

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It’s been seven months since Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and dissident, was brutally murdered inside the country’s consulate in Istanbul. His dismembered body has still not been found. The Saudi Royal Family remains the chief suspect.

Yet, for globetrotting capitalists in search of opportunity in Riyadh, it’s back to business as usual.

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Masood Azhar was been blacklisted by the UNSC as a global terrorist, on 1 May. And it couldn’t have come at a better time for the BJP which is campaigning for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s re-election before the remaining phases which has some crucial constituencies in the Hindi heartland go to polls.

On the other hand, there seem to be glaring differences among the parties in opposition about the Congress cutting into the Mahagathbandan’s vote share in certain constituencies.

BSP chief Mayawati, on May 2, accused the BJP and Congress of having a tacit understanding and unitedly working against the SP-BSP alliance.

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The Indian electorate loves to throw up surprises in almost every election – whether in terms of throwing hung verdicts or giving decisive mandates. Something similar seems to be brewing in the politically significant state of Gujarat.

During the 2014 elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party smashed all opposition and rode to victory by sweeping Gujarat’s 26 parliamentary seats. The euphoria of seeing a fellow Gujarati becoming the PM, discarded both local dynamics as well as candidate considerations.

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