India's finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman who is on a week long trip to the U.S. to attend World Bank Group and IMF's spring meetings and to chair G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting questioned the negative wesern perception about the safety of minorities, in paritular muslims in India.She asserted that muslims in India are thriving. She said claims made by the western media over violence against muslims in India are a ‘fallacy’.
11 Apr 2023Journalist Rana Ayyub's no-filter critique of New India make her impossible to ignore. In a year of international awards and honours, Lounge catches up with her as she prepares to receive an award from the US-based Muslim Public Affairs Council next week
11 min read2 Oct 2020Amid uncertain times of the pandemic, Muslims worldwide celebrated Eid al-Adha, the festival of sacrifice, where meat is being distributed to poorer peopleHarshly hit by the pandemic, many face the financial challenge of affording rituals of the festival
4 min read1 Aug 2020Two new books revisit the anti-CAA protests that began in Delhi and spread to other parts of the country
2 min read17 Jul 2020However, the Indian government will take a final decision on the matter only after Saudi Arabia makes its position on hosting the pilgrimage clear
2 min read6 Jun 2020All mosque committees in West Bengal have been asked to communicate to the members of Muslim community that they should not crowd the mosques and offer daily namaz at home
1 min read25 Apr 2020India says OIC statement was ‘deeply regrettable’ and ‘was factually inaccurate and misleading’
2 min read23 Apr 2020Indian ambassador to UAE Pavan Kapoor’s comment comes amid reports of alleged targeting of Muslims in India over the covid-19
2 min read20 Apr 2020'The CAA will not affect any citizen of our country and if it affects the Muslims then I will be the first person to stand up for them,' says RajinikanthRajinikanth also commented on the National Population Register and National Register of Citizen
2 min read5 Feb 2020All of us are biased—or choose to be—in some way or the other, but we could at least try not to be
4 min read6 Jan 2020The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared