NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Writers, critics and translators gathered at a leading Indian university to examine how women are shaping contemporary literary discourse, amid broader debates over representation, authorship and power in South Asian publishing. The national symposium, titled “Writing, Reviewing, Translating: Women, Words, and Worlds,...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A five-day artificial intelligence summit in India’s capital concluded this week with strong emphasis on innovation and technological leadership, but Amnesty International said the gathering failed to address what it described as growing human rights risks linked to AI deployment in the country. The AI Impact Summit b...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Urban and rural neighborhoods across India remain deeply segregated along caste and religious lines, with Muslim and Scheduled Caste communities disproportionately concentrated in areas that receive significantly fewer public services, according to a new working paper. The study, published by the National Bureau of Ec...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A video showing elderly Muslim men being assaulted and forced to remove their skullcaps in northern India has triggered fresh concern over escalating anti-Muslim hostility under Hindu supremacist rule. The incident took place in Budaun district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous region and a strongho...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A prominent Muslim cleric has sharply criticized remarks by the head of India’s largest Hindu supremacist organization after he called for accelerating efforts to bring Muslims “back” to Hinduism, reviving debate over religious identity and constitutional secularism in the world’s most populous democracy. Maulana Arsh...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Muslim traders in central India’s Chhattisgarh state have alleged they were forced to shut down their stalls and leave a Hindu religious fair after members of a Hindutva group reportedly went from booth to booth asking vendors their names and objecting to their presence. The incident took place in Devbaloda […]...
SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — A government order in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir requiring official oversight of Islamic charitable donations during Ramadan has triggered political backlash and accusations of state intrusion into religious practice. The directive was issued by the district administration in Kishtwar, a Muslim-majority di...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh has barred Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet from using its airspace over pending air navigation charges, forcing the airline to reroute several east-bound domestic flights and potentially increasing fuel and operating costs. The restriction affects flights operating from Kolkata to cities in India’s northe...
ABU DHABI, UAE (MNTV) — Abu Dhabi will establish a national-scale artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer in India with a computing capacity of 8 exaflops, officials announced on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit 2026. The initiative marks a major step in strengthening India’s AI infrastructure and collaboration with the UAE. The syste...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — At least two Indian nationals were assaulted in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon in what Israel’s public broadcaster Kan described as a premeditated and racially motivated attack, according to footage aired this week. Ashkelon lies roughly 30 miles south of Tel Aviv and close to the Gaza Strip. Video […]...
