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At 55, Sharif D Rangnekar stands at the intersection of several worlds – a journalist turned corporate professional, activist, and author of two books. Yet, it is his identity as a gay man and his role as a “facilitator” for the queer community that have defined his life narrative.  

Fried chicken for Rs 2,000, Hyderabadi-Muradabadi biryani for Rs 1,500, Schezwan rice for Rs 500, prawns biryani for Rs 2,000, mutton masala for Rs 8,000, and mutton curry for Rs 7,000. 

During the Dussehra break in October last year, Shaiytu Kunjam decided not to return to his residential school in Bijapur’s Basaguda, where he was a student of class 4, from his home in Pidiya village. Seven months later, that decision would cost him his life.

There seemed to be an investment in irony in the form of an unstarred question in Rajya Sabha last month.

About six days after he was allegedly “assaulted” and his e-rickshaw “damaged” by kanwariyas for brushing against a kanwar in Muzaffarnagar’s Khatauli, e-rickshaw driver Mohit Kumar died on July 28. But no FIR was filed as the police claimed he died due to chest pain due to a pre-existing condition,…

It was 46 seconds of “strong blows” when Italian boxer Angela Carini abandoned her match against Algeria’s Imane Khelif in the women’s 66-kg round of 16 bout in the Paris Olympics on August 1. Carini did not shake Khelif’s hands after the defeat and remarked that she had “never faced…

“Mahaul theek nahi hai. Hifazat kare…Jo bhi community stickers laga rahe hai apne mazhab ke, usse bhi kahin na kahin problem ho raha hain. Hum threat mein hain (The environment is not good. Be careful…whoever is putting religious stickers, that too is creating a problem somewhere. We are under threat).”

This week, host Pratyush Deep is joined by Newslaundry’s Avdhesh Kumar and Anmol Pritam.

Gujarat-based fintech company Infibeam Avenues has struck a deal worth about Rs 50 crore to acquire a 54 percent stake in Rediff, one of the oldest internet firms in the country.

I have a question for the future Chief Justice of India, Anand. If you haven't watched the Sansad speech of RG or PM, how do you have such strong opinions of RG’s speech and an acceptable vision of PM’s speech? You have the right to have your bias, but if…

This week started off with a tragedy as three UPSC aspirants drowned in the basement library of a coaching institute due to rainwater flooding in Delhi’s Karol Bagh. It soon triggered the usual blame game between the BJP and AAP.