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King Charles Faces Calls To Compensate For UK's Brutal Past At Summit
Britain's King Charles faced calls to reckon with his country's colonial past Friday, as a summit of Commonwealth allies turned into a factious debate about the legacy of slavery and empire.
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Opinion | With CIA And Mossad, West Shouldn't Lecture Others On Espionage
From the CIA's colossal resources and Mossad's precision strikes to MI6s legacy of colonial espionage and RAW's rising influence, these agencies navigate the murky waters of international politics anddiplomacy.
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Academic Project Investigates Links Between Milk And Colonialism
Professors will receive funding to examine a museum collection and uncover the "colonial legacies" of dairy.
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"Stop Making White People Feel Guilty For Being White": Ex UK Minister
Britain's former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has lashed out at a report handed to a parliamentary group that warned of "racist colonial legacies" as she said it was wrong to make "white people feel guilty".
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New Laws Have Unshackled Criminal Justice System From Colonial Legacy: Vice President
The three new laws - the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Act - have unshackled the Indian Criminal Justice system from its colonial legacy, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Wednesday.
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Court Cases Over In 2 Years After New Penal Code Comes, Says Amit Shah
After India adopts its new penal Code and disowns "colonial legacies", no case would continue in courts for more than two years, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said while chairing the 26th western zonal council meet in Gandhinagar today.
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Indian Navy Ends Colonial Era Practice Of Carrying Batons By All Personnel
In line with the government's direction to shed colonial legacy, the Indian Navy has ended the practice of carrying batons by all its personnel with immediate effect.
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Opinion: India's Perplexing Allegiance To The Commonwealth
The need to break free of the shackles of colonial legacy is an essential step for former colonies to assert their independence.
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Army Begins Process To Erase British Colonial Legacy: Report
In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's directions, the Indian Army led by General Manoj Pande has initiated the process to do away with the colonial practices and names of the units and regiments in the force, reported news agency ANI.
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West Bengal: Fresh Row Over Talk Of Replacing Governor As University Chancellor
The state's education minister Bratya Basu had tweeted on Friday that there was need to "introspect" on whether the state needs to continue with the colonial legacy of governor being ex-officio chancellor of all state-run universities and eminent scholars should be appointed instead.
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High Time We Introspect If Governor Should Be Chancellor Of State Universities: Bengal Education Minister
Education Minister Bratya Basu said, "It is high time to introspect whether we should continue with the colonial legacy of the Governor being the Chancellor of Universities just by the virtue of his post or we should nominate eminent scholars and educationists as Chancellors."
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World's Newest Republic, Barbados To Cut Ties With Queen Elizabeth
Barbados is about to cut ties with the British monarchy, but the legacy of a sometimes brutal colonial past and the pandemic's impact on tourism pose major challenges for the Caribbean island as it becomes the world's newest republic.
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"Like Killing A Part Of Ourselves": Goans On Vanishing Portuguese Legacy
As Lorraine Alberto begins her Portuguese class at Goa University, students from the former colony are in short supply.
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Definition Of Sedition Law 'Very Wide', Says Government
Government today acknowledged that the definition of sedition law is "very wide" and said it is being reviewed by the Law Commission after members in Rajya Sabha demanded that it should be scrapped as it is a colonial legacy and a "relic".
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Shashi Tharoor's column: Cricket among few finest legacies of British colonialism in India
Shashi Tharoor, author and Member of Parliament, says cricket probably remains, along with the English language, the railway system and the Indian army, the finest legacy of 200 years of British colonialism in India.
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King Charles Faces Calls To Compensate For UK's Brutal Past At Summit
Britain's King Charles faced calls to reckon with his country's colonial past Friday, as a summit of Commonwealth allies turned into a factious debate about the legacy of slavery and empire.
-
Opinion | With CIA And Mossad, West Shouldn't Lecture Others On Espionage
From the CIA's colossal resources and Mossad's precision strikes to MI6s legacy of colonial espionage and RAW's rising influence, these agencies navigate the murky waters of international politics anddiplomacy.
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Academic Project Investigates Links Between Milk And Colonialism
Professors will receive funding to examine a museum collection and uncover the "colonial legacies" of dairy.
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"Stop Making White People Feel Guilty For Being White": Ex UK Minister
Britain's former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has lashed out at a report handed to a parliamentary group that warned of "racist colonial legacies" as she said it was wrong to make "white people feel guilty".
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New Laws Have Unshackled Criminal Justice System From Colonial Legacy: Vice President
The three new laws - the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Act - have unshackled the Indian Criminal Justice system from its colonial legacy, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Wednesday.
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Court Cases Over In 2 Years After New Penal Code Comes, Says Amit Shah
After India adopts its new penal Code and disowns "colonial legacies", no case would continue in courts for more than two years, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said while chairing the 26th western zonal council meet in Gandhinagar today.
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Indian Navy Ends Colonial Era Practice Of Carrying Batons By All Personnel
In line with the government's direction to shed colonial legacy, the Indian Navy has ended the practice of carrying batons by all its personnel with immediate effect.
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Opinion: India's Perplexing Allegiance To The Commonwealth
The need to break free of the shackles of colonial legacy is an essential step for former colonies to assert their independence.
-
Army Begins Process To Erase British Colonial Legacy: Report
In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's directions, the Indian Army led by General Manoj Pande has initiated the process to do away with the colonial practices and names of the units and regiments in the force, reported news agency ANI.
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West Bengal: Fresh Row Over Talk Of Replacing Governor As University Chancellor
The state's education minister Bratya Basu had tweeted on Friday that there was need to "introspect" on whether the state needs to continue with the colonial legacy of governor being ex-officio chancellor of all state-run universities and eminent scholars should be appointed instead.
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High Time We Introspect If Governor Should Be Chancellor Of State Universities: Bengal Education Minister
Education Minister Bratya Basu said, "It is high time to introspect whether we should continue with the colonial legacy of the Governor being the Chancellor of Universities just by the virtue of his post or we should nominate eminent scholars and educationists as Chancellors."
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World's Newest Republic, Barbados To Cut Ties With Queen Elizabeth
Barbados is about to cut ties with the British monarchy, but the legacy of a sometimes brutal colonial past and the pandemic's impact on tourism pose major challenges for the Caribbean island as it becomes the world's newest republic.
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"Like Killing A Part Of Ourselves": Goans On Vanishing Portuguese Legacy
As Lorraine Alberto begins her Portuguese class at Goa University, students from the former colony are in short supply.
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Definition Of Sedition Law 'Very Wide', Says Government
Government today acknowledged that the definition of sedition law is "very wide" and said it is being reviewed by the Law Commission after members in Rajya Sabha demanded that it should be scrapped as it is a colonial legacy and a "relic".
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Shashi Tharoor's column: Cricket among few finest legacies of British colonialism in India
Shashi Tharoor, author and Member of Parliament, says cricket probably remains, along with the English language, the railway system and the Indian army, the finest legacy of 200 years of British colonialism in India.
